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Lead a diverse, connected and highly capable set of clinical health disciplines Become a key member of the Dean’s Head of School Leadership team 5-year fixed-term appointment, based at AUT's South Campus in Manukau As one of the world's top 100 young universities and New Zealand's newest, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is a university of opportunity where all students with talent and potential have the chance to succeed. We are a socially driven university, with equity and excellence at the heart of our purpose and actions. We offer a stimulating teaching and research environment, characterised by strong connections to government, business, and industry. AUT has more than 26,000 students and over 4,000 staff, primarily based at our three Auckland campuses.   AUT's School of Acute and Primary Health The School of Acute and Primary Health is a leader in health education in Aotearoa New Zealand, delivering high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in oral health, paramedicine, midwifery and perioperative practice. These disciplines span the acute and primary care continuum, preparing graduates to work across diverse healthcare settings, from acute and emergency response, pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care to contributions in community-based and preventative healthcare services. The school’s unique combination of programmes reflects its commitment to integrated, person-centred healthcare that is responsive to both immediate and long-term needs. The school is part of our dynamic Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. Please review the extensive candidate information handbook available for this role (includes details on the school, faculty, AUT, position description and more).  The Opportunity | Te Whiwhinga mahi  We are seeking interest from experienced academic health leaders (not only from disciplines within those of the school). Join us and make real impact as the Head of School, Acute and Primary Health! As a key member of an empowered Dean's Head of School Leadership Team, this role contributes significantly to the faculty’s direction and provides exceptional academic, administrative, and people management to more than 70 school staff. The school has around 1600 students. Key focus areas of this role include:  Contribute to the collaborative leadership of the faculty through: Faculty-wide strategic and financial planning Undertaking cross-school initiatives Championing equity and Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments Ensuring the effective delivery of faculty-wide goals Lead and manage the school, ensuring operational and academic excellence within a cohesive, collaborative environment for staff and students. Strengthen academic performance by lifting research capability across clinical and industry focused teams. Drive and uplift research growth, including external funding and supporting staff to develop grant winning capability. Lead cohesive interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together expertise from the School with other Faculty health professions. Continue to develop the existing academic programmes that meet industry standards and student needs. Proactively cultivate strong partnerships with external stakeholders to amplify the school's national and international presence and influence. Drive enrolments growth of international and postgraduate students. Foster staff professional development and uplift of leadership capabilities About you | Ko wai koe You will be recognised as a positive, encouraging and culturally capable leader who champions inclusivity and diversity, and is committed to creativity and innovation. Your ability to listen, connect, collaborate, communicate, and influence will be critical, as will be a strong respect for others. A resolute, robust and positive attitude is essential.  We welcome applications senior academic leaders of health with staff management experience. The key selection criteria being sought: Proven academic excellence within health disciplines and a record of academic achievement suitable for appointment as a professor (preferably) or associate professor. Previous experience line-managing academics. Please indicate the size/scale of staff led, as well as other key leadership contributions you may have made (such as, for example, running a research centre or high-level innovative pedagogy and curriculum development etc). Evidence of successful cross-disciplinary leadership and contributions.  Successful track record securing grant funding and external research income. Demonstrated ability developing significant connections and partnerships with key stakeholders including government, industry, business and community. A champion for equity, diversity and inclusion. A brief summary of your interest and experience embracing innovation. Applicants are welcome to add further comments they may feel are relevant. A relevant PhD/doctorate is mandatory. How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono   Along with your full academic CV (including a complete list of publications and grant acquisitions) - please ensure to submit a) a cover letter which explains why this particular role (and AUT) is of interest, and b) a statement addressing how you feel you meet some, or all, of the criteria listed above. Further Information:  Start Date: The successful candidate would ideally join AUT in mid-2026 (to be agreed).  Term: The successful candidate will secure a 5-year fixed-term to the role of Head of School (with potential for further extension). Please note, this position does not include an additional substantive permanent academic appointment.  Salary: Aligned with the appropriate step in AUT's academic pay scales (Professor range: NZD $162,608 - $209,052; Associate Professor NZD $148,548 - $171,983). An additional annual allowance is also paid for Head of School responsibilities.  Contact for enquiries: Mike Wood, AUT Executive Recruitment Partner - mike.wood@aut.ac.nz. Please note: AUT is closed for summer operations until 7 January and enquiries will not be monitored over this time, but will be replied to upon our return. Please note: The actual formal title of the position is: Head of School – Acute and Primary Health Advertising closes:  Sunday 8 February 2026 at 11.55pm Reference: 94373 At AUT we strive to be a place where people love to work and learn. We are committed to te Tiriti, excellence and inclusivity and aspire to be the University of choice for Māori and Pacific communities. We welcome people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs, socio-economic situations and accessibility needs. Please note that all applications must be submitted through the online application process. For further information, please send us an enquiry here or call 921 9499. Please note we are happy to answer your questions but we do not accept applications by email. You will need to apply through the standard registration process.

About Us ​​King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. ​The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. ​As of 2025, Kings is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe. ​The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams. ​Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes. ​We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth. About the role This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual experienced in the practice and communication of sound statistical principles to join our Faculty. The Faculty supports high quality epidemiological studies and complex clinical trials in nursing, midwifery, palliative care, rehabilitation, technologies, and health services research. You will contribute to new grant applications and advise on studies to completion and publication, including supervision of junior statisticians. You will also contribute to teaching, provide PhD and MSc supervision and contribute to improving statistical skills across the Faculty. You will be associated with the UKCRC-registered King’s Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), working to their quality management system. The King’s CTU has world-leading statistical and trial delivery expertise and provides randomisation services and other management system support. You will be involved in grant applications to a variety of funding streams such as those offered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council (MRC), including pilot/feasibility to definitive trials and fellowships that typically involve trials or epidemiology using big data. There are excellent opportunities to develop, lead and apply novel methods and approaches, in response to complexities in data structures, interventions and outcome measures across the research areas of the Faculty. NMPC researchers collaborate in applications for trials of complex interventions, adaptive designs, cluster randomised trials and outcomes with intercurrent events. This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an ​indefinite ​contract. You will report to the Professor of Statistics and Epidemiology. Location: Hybrid – minimum of 2 days on campus (1 day at Waterloo, 1 day at Denmark Hill) About You To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Senior Lecturer (Education & Research)  Essential criteria Higher academic degree (PhD or medical equivalent) Clear upward trajectory of peer-review publications with sustainable track record consistent with world-leading or internationally excellent REF outputs, with originality, rigour, and significance in areas relevant to Faculty research themes. These should demonstrate growing international recognition of research excellence in their field. Evidence of ability to secure research grant funding, demonstrated by previous experience and upward sustainable track record, plans, experience of funding schemes relevant to Faculty research themes, and demonstrable leadership in delivering publications/projects. Clear ability to obtain sufficient funding to lead a research group to deliver an innovative research programme. Evidence of continued development in research methods in applied health and/or clinical research, and how these would contribute to improving and/or complement the Faculty’s research and education, with increasing expertise in specific areas (e.g. health services research, trials, mixed methods, co-design, big data analysis, implementation science, economics, statistics, patient and public involvement). Experience of and training in PhD supervision, as first or second supervisory and/or as part of supervisory progression panels.  Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis. Evidence of high-quality expert statistical input into planning, funding applications, protocols, analysis, interpretation and write-up of original and rigorous clinical trials and other well-designed studies (especially big data epidemiology). Evidence of provision of high-quality statistical advice e.g. serving as the independent statistician on study oversight committees Hold a postgraduate qualification in teaching, recognised by Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) Desirable criteria Relevant clinical, health or social care expertise and proven commitment to one or more of the fields relevant to the faculty, and a network of national successful collaborations that will benefit our future directions Ability to identify new research opportunities and collaborative partnerships to enhance the research of the Faculty and King’s Reader (Education & Research) Essential criteria Higher academic degree (PhD or medical equivalent) Clear upward trajectory of peer-review publications with sustainable track record consistent with world-leading or internationally excellent REF outputs, with originality, rigour, and significance in areas relevant to Faculty research themes. These should demonstrate growing international recognition of research excellence in their field or internationally recognised leadership in their field of research with new knowledge and innovation. Evidence of ability to secure research grant funding, demonstrated by previous experience and upward sustainable track record, plans, experience of funding schemes relevant to Faculty research themes, and demonstrable leadership in delivering publications/projects. Clear ability to obtain sufficient funding to lead a research group to deliver an innovative research programme or experience in obtaining funding and leading a research group to deliver an innovative research programme. Evidence of continued development in research methods in applied health and/or clinical research, and how these would contribute to improving and/or complement the Faculty’s research and education, with increasing expertise in specific areas (e.g. health services research, trials, mixed methods, co-design, big data analysis, implementation science, economics, statistics, patient and public involvement), and with international recognition of this. Experience of the planning and delivering high-quality evaluated education at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels with a strong focus on a high-quality student experience and success. Evidence of leadership in education or assessment initiatives. Evidence of supervising PhD students and strong progress and timely completion. Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis. Evidence of high-quality expert statistical input into planning, funding applications, protocols, analysis, interpretation and write-up of original and rigorous clinical trials and other well-designed studies (especially big data epidemiology). Evidence of provision of high-quality statistical advice e.g. serving as the independent statistician on study oversight committees Hold a postgraduate qualification in teaching, recognised by Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) Desirable criteria Relevant clinical, health or social care expertise and proven commitment to one or more of the fields relevant to the faculty, and a network of national and international successful collaborations that will benefit our future directions. Track record of successful capacity building, including PhD supervision, attracting PhD fellowship funding, and growing post-doctoral teams. Experience of serving on grant giving and funding committees. Ability to identify new research opportunities and collaborative partnerships to enhance the research of the Faculty and King’s. Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Further Information At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. Grade and Salary: Senior Lecturer: £65,091-£74,613; Reader: £66,884-£74,613 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Job ID: 134485 Close Date: 15-Jan-2026 Contact Person: Stephen Bremner Contact Details: stephen.bremner@kcl.ac.uk

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is seeking to appoint a motivated individual to join the Medical Programme Professional Service Team. The post holder will work closely with the Senior Administrative Officer and Medical Programme Manager to support them in delivering assessment and progression processes and for the School of Medicine’s Graduate Medicine programme. The role This role will focus on managing and implementing processes in relation to all aspects of student assessment and ensuring accurate records and data are managed and in line with University and GMC regulations. The postholder is expected to build a knowledge of the systems and processes involved in order to meet expectations for recording and tracking student progress. About you The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate strong technical and IT skills with a focus on reporting data and supporting the development of bespoke systems aimed at monitoring and recording student data. They should be a proactive individual, competent in the use of IT with an attitude open to change and working independently. The ability to work to a high level of accuracy is also essential. The role will require excellent interpersonal and organisational ability demonstrating adaptability and flexibility with regards to changing workloads and priorities. The role will involve working with a range of staff across the School of Medicine and wider university and to adapt and support a number of professional administrative activities involved in the BMBS Graduate Medicine programme. We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic and responsible person, with the ability to work both as an effective team member and independently. In addition to a competitive salary the post holder will receive 32 days annual leave/closure days and a great benefits package including pension and discounted membership to our world-renowned Surrey Sports Park. How to Apply  Please apply on the University website with your CV and a covering letter answering the criteria questions. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further, you can contact Emily de la Perrelle, Programme and Partnership Manager, via email at e.delaperrelle@surrey.ac.uk  Interviews will be held on Thursday 29th January. Further details Job Description