Director of Research - Leeds Law School
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Leeds Beckett is a modern, professional university with a dedicated, diverse community. Our vision is to be an excellent, accessible, globally engaged university contributing positively to a thriving northern economy. Our mission is to ensure we use our knowledge and resources to make a positive and decisive difference to people, communities and organisations.
We are a community of around 23,000 students from over 140 countries and 2,200 staff, and our history dates back to the founding of Leeds Mechanics Institute in 1824. We are a major organisation in our region and the University contributes around £500m to the economy each year.
Our Law School sits in the heart of the great city of Leeds, the most important legal centre outside London and home to over 180 law firms employing in excess of 8,000 professionals. It is perfectly placed to ensure all our undergraduate, postgraduate, full and part-time students can access the wealth of practical experience and employment opportunities available on our doorstep.
We work closely with employers and partners to help our graduates become ready for work, ready for life and ready to seize all the opportunities that lie ahead. This is strengthened by our commitment to student success, innovation, enterprise, global reach and strong local impact and in an increasingly competitive Higher Education environment we are delighted to be investing in our academic provision with three new appointments.
We wish to appoint an experienced, inspiring and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Director of Research, taking a lead on the Research for Leeds Law School including strategy and associated planning for REF 2029.
• Applications are encouraged from existing professors who want to develop their career as a research leader in our School and broader research community.
• The successful candidate will assume the research leadership position of Director of Research, developing and leading the Research Strategy for the School, ensuring the research culture aligns with University values, increasing research income for the School and working with colleagues across the University.
• Leeds Law School expects everyone to contribute to the success of our students and help deliver a high-quality student experience.
• All colleagues are supported to develop their careers in both Research and Teaching.
• The successful candidate will develop and maintain a research profile of distinction, attract research funding to the School and encourage the promotion of research in Law within Leeds Law School and across the institution more broadly.
Closing date: Thursday 18th July 2024 (23:59)
Working here means you'll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.
We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from women and black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments are based on merit.