Dean of Lincoln Medical School

Job responsibilities

Post title: Dean of Lincoln Medical School

Department: Medical School

Salary: To be agreed with successful candidate

Period of appointment: Permanent

Responsible to: Pro Vice Chancellor / Head of College

Role Purpose

The primary role of the Dean of Lincoln Medical School is to provide the strategic and operational executive leadership for the School, and to ensure it achieves the highest possible standard of excellence in all its activities. Supported by a management team of academic and professional services colleagues, the Dean will work collegiately and collaboratively with other University colleagues to set and pursue a clear course of direction that aligns with University strategy, develops the Schools regional impact and national and international reputation, and achieves the best possible outcome for the University as a whole.

The Dean is expected to exercise leadership, demonstrate vision, and inspire and empower others. They will drive continuous improvements in the Schools academic and financial performance, its student recruitment, and reputation among regulators, health and NHS stakeholders and the wider HE sector. They will promote teaching excellence, student engagement and graduate outcomes; oversee developments in the curriculum and diversification of the teaching portfolio; extend external relationships and knowledge exchange; boost research quality, power and external income generation; extend regional and civic engagement; and foster a diverse, inclusive environment in which all staff and students are supported to achieve their potential.

The Dean will have line management responsibility for members of the Schools Management Team. They will report to the Pro Vice Chancellor / Head of College of Health and Science, and contribute to the management of the College as a member of its Leadership Team.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the Dean of Lincoln Medical School are to:

1. Set and review the School strategy and plans, ensuring their alignment with the Universitys overall strategies and policies.

2. Develop a compelling motivational vision for the School, which inspires potential students, stakeholders and benefactors, and delivers the best university experience and outcomes for students, colleagues and partners.

3. Drive the development and continuous improvement of the Schools performance, its national and international academic reputation, student recruitment, and reputation amongst employers;

4. Lead by example, by working collegiately and collaboratively with other University colleagues, and ensuring that the University values are fully embedded within the Medical Schools culture, operations and processes.

5. Increase the Schools contribution to the College and wider University, ensuring that its programmes, research, scholarship and professional practice are innovative, focused, relevant to employers, impactful beyond the university, meet targets and performance metrics, and delivered efficiently and effectively.

6. Identify and exploit cross-university synergies in teaching, research and knowledge exchange, particularly in relation to challenge-based projects, and exploration of links between business and health, arts and creativity, and sustainability.

7. Ensure that the School focuses its efforts and resources to deliver excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and professional practice, with overall executive responsibility for the Schools budget, colleagues, use of resources, and application and adherence to university systems, processes and policy.

8. Ensure that School programmes, projects, partnerships, courses, modules and research are effectively grown, developed and performance managed, regularly reviewed and reported on; and that appropriate exit, expansion or development strategies and investment and divestment decisions are taken in a timely manner.

9. Chair and lead the Schools Management Team, ensuring identification and agreement of priorities, resource allocation, focus and problem resolution whilst supporting and encouraging respectful open debate, challenge and innovative thinking within the framework of the Universitys published values.

10. Contribute, as a member of the College Leadership Team, to shaping and managing the College of Health and Science and to advise the Pro-Vice Chancellor / Head of College as and when required.

11. Ensure that the School is well-placed to meet to meet the Universitys civic responsibilities: to make a difference to peoples lives, increase opportunities, and support regional prosperity agendas.

Qualifications

Essential

• A primary medical qualification, full registration with the GMC and a licence to practise Medicine in the UK, or equivalent registration status in another country. In order that they can have credibility with the wider medical and clinician stakeholder community.

Desirable

• A PhD, MD or other post-graduate professional qualification within Medicine.
• Membership or Fellowship of one of the UK Medical Royal Colleges, or overseas equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of senior leadership in academia and clinical or health related environments, with executive responsibility for service delivery within an environment of high customer and regulator expectation, and commercial targets.
• Experience of leading and delivering culture change.
• Teaching experience within one of the core fields of study within the School.
• Leadership or oversight of research within one of the core fields of study within the School.
• Experience of developing, setting and monitoring complex multi-factorial budgets.
• Significant experience of people and performance management.

Desirable

• Experience of oversight of online education and/or foundation delivery.
• Experience of civic engagement and of working to achieve regional prosperity agendas.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to identify the key current and future academic, policy and commercial drivers and areas of potential that will lead to success.
• A good understanding of the current issues and pressures in higher education, as well as understanding of best practice in medical education, research, knowledge exchange and partnership building.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver meaningful and sustainable partnerships.

Desirable

• Ability to work across subjects and disciplines, identifying research, teaching and knowledge exchange synergies with creative arts, health, science and social science disciplines
• Ability to maximise efficiency and effectiveness of programmes to deliver sustainable improvements to the organisation, and stakeholders.
• An outwardly facing leader keen and comfortable to be involved in national and international debates on medicine, health and Higher Education.

Competencies and Personal Attributes

Essential

• Consultative and emotionally intelligent, with the ability to influence, work collaboratively and communicate effectively with a wide range of people at all levels.
• Results-focused, ambitious and determined to achieve for students, staff, stakeholders, the University and themselves.
• Integrity, openness and honesty with a strong commitment to equity and inclusivity, and an understanding of cultural differences.
• Resilient, able to work well in a fast-changing environment, and negotiate conflicting priorities and high stakeholder expectations.
• Political and commercial acumen, able to seek and identify meaningful opportunities for the benefit of the University.
• Ability to manage sensitive and sometimes challenging situations and relationships.
• A creative and innovative thinker who is also pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
• Empathetic and adaptable to various different audiences, contexts and situations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).