Director of the Centre for Teaching Excellence

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Job Description

Grade: J
Salary: £70,564 per annum, rising to £79,840 per annum through progression
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Interview Date: Monday 13 October 2025
Location: Birmingham City University

The Role

We're looking for an experienced and forward-thinking educational leader to take on the role of Director of the Centre for Teaching Excellence at Birmingham City University.

This is a key position within the University, offering the chance to influence and shape the future of teaching and learning on a university-wide scale. You'll provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the Centre, ensuring that our approach to academic development, digital learning, and inclusive teaching is joined-up, evidence-based, and impactful.

Reporting to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education), you'll work closely with academic teams and professional services to support innovation, enhance teaching quality, and deliver the University's education priorities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the development and delivery of the University's approach to teaching excellence and academic practice
• Managing a high-performing team, including the Senior Academic Development Manager and Senior Learning Technologist
• Advising senior leaders on teaching strategy, digital learning, and curriculum development
• Overseeing academic development programmes, teaching resources, and staff support
• Driving improvements in curriculum design, digital capabilities, inclusive teaching, assessment, and feedback
• Leading on the implementation and evolution of the University's Education Strategy
• Representing the University in national and international education networks
• Encouraging a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across all aspects of learning and teaching

What We're Looking For

You'll be an experienced leader in higher education with a strong track record in academic development, teaching enhancement, or digital education. You'll understand how to make change happen in a large, complex organisation and be confident working with senior stakeholders to shape and deliver strategic goals.

We're particularly looking for someone who can bring:

• Significant experience of leading educational development or digital learning initiatives at a strategic level
• A track record of delivering successful change across departments or institutions
• Expertise in inclusive curriculum design, pedagogy, and digital teaching practices
• Experience of supporting and influencing senior leadership on teaching and learning matters
• Strong people management and team leadership skills
• Principal Fellowship of Advance HE (or equivalent)
• Experience representing your institution in national or sector-wide education networks
• An understanding of policy developments and frameworks in UK higher education

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior role at the heart of educational change in a modern, inclusive, and ambitious university. At BCU, we place teaching and student success at the centre of what we do - and we're proud of our commitment to innovation, practical learning, and academic support.

You'll be joining at an exciting time, with the chance to shape how we deliver education for years to come. Please note the start date is to be confirmed.

Interested?

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The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation, and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.