University of Sheffield
Contract Type: Open-ended
Working Pattern: Full-time
Faculty: Social Sciences
Department: Department of Journalism Studies
Salary: Professorial
Pay Scheme for appointment as Chair: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/thedeal/professorial/structure OR Grade 9: £52,560 to £ 59,135 per annum (pro-rata), with potential to progress to £68,529.
Closing Date: 29th March 2021
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, a world top 100 University. We are seeking applications for a Head of Department (HoD) and/or Chair. The successful candidate may be either on a Teaching and Research career pathway (T&R), or a Teaching career pathway (T).
This is an exciting opportunity to provide academic leadership, including original studies in your subject area and to further influence the direction of your subject area on other fields of academic work. You will work in a diverse community of colleagues and students, with a shared commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. You will provide dynamic leadership, aligned with the strategic goals of the University and Faculty, in order to promote and enhance the Department’s strengths and specialisms in teaching and research in collaboration with the Department’s senior leadership teams.
The Department of Journalism Studies is one of the major journalism research and teaching establishments in Europe. Our staff are drawn from journalism practice and academia and are complemented by an excellent and dedicated professional services team who support education, research and the management and administration of the school. We have an excellent network of national and international contacts both in journalism and in the academic world and are home to the internationally recognised research and advocacy centre, Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM). We have a thriving international community of postgraduate research students, taught postgraduates and undergraduates. Our alumni are working in newsrooms in the UK and abroad as reporters, editors, producers, presenters while others have gone on into the wider media and communications sector and into academic careers.
For more information on the Department of Journalism Studies please visit our website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism
You will have a doctorate in the discipline of Journalism, or a related Social Sciences or a related Arts and Humanities discipline, or equivalent experience.
Ability to demonstrate strategic leadership and management of the Department, consistent with Department and Faculty vision and goals for research, knowledge exchange and impact, student recruitment and student experience, and quality assurance is essential.
We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
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