Dean and Director of the Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Department: Institute of Dentistry
Salary: Attractive Package
Reference: 00010699
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 20 October 2022
Closing date: 14 November 2022

Overview

Queen Mary University of London

Dean and Director of the Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Location: London

Salary: Attractive Package

About the Role

We seek an exceptional candidate for the role Dean of Dentistry and Institute Director, a pivotal senior leadership position within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London. Reporting to the Vice-Principal (Health), Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, you will help us to realise our ambition of being top in dentistry worldwide. You will build on our local and global impact by developing and delivering an ambitious strategy for a world-leading dental school, delivering a step change in research, high impact publications, and enhanced academic and employer reputation. Based within a state-of-the-art Dental Hospital you will oversee new course development and implementation of innovative approaches to learning that enriches the student experience, enhances outcomes and produces the highest calibre dentists and allied health professionals.

About You

You will be an inspirational leader with significant experience of management and leading change in a complex clinical academic environment. You will have an internationally renowned academic reputation with an outstanding global research and/or education profile in a field relevant to the Institute’s portfolio as well as proven ability to successfully engage and bring together staff around a compelling vision for the future of dentistry, the faculty and university. Key to your success will be your ability to work collaboratively and in close partnership with clinical academics, allied health professionals and other key NHS partners and our wider community. You will have a commitment to the University’s values and will be able to evidence leadership in embedding the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.

About the Faculty

In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) 92% of Queen Mary’s research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent and we were 7th for Research Power.  The Institute of Dentistry is one of six in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry offering international excellence in cardiovascular, inflammation, cancer, genomics and population health research and teachng.  In the QS rankings Dentistry is 14th in the workd but we aspire to be the top dental school.  The Institute has a long and proud history of providing internationally renowned taught programmes and currently offers 2 undergraduate programmes and 14 Post graduate taught programmes, with a combined cohort of circa 500 students.  It also supports clinical service for a population of 2.5 million with unrivalled ethnic diversity in East London and the wider Thames Gateway.

Benefits

In line with the seniority of the post, this position attracts a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

The Institute of Dentistry at QM is embedded within the state of the art Barts and The London Dental Hospital in Whitechapel. The professorial appointment is made on a full time, indefinite basis: the Dean of Dentistry and Institute Director role is for five years in the first instance with the opportunity for renewal for at least a further 5 years. You will also hold a Professorial Chair in a relevant institute within the Faculty.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic and/or women, as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

For further information on the role, including details of how to apply, please visit www.veredus.co.uk , quoting reference number 10699.

Closing date: 9am on Monday, 14th November 2022.

The Faculty of Medicine holds an Athena Swan Silver Award.

Further information regarding our extensive work and research across Equality, Diversity and Inclusion can be found on our website .

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