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Professor and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, London
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Posted:
12.08.2025
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26.09.2025
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About the role
As Director, you will be responsible for the strategic leadership of the Centre, communicating a vision for its future, driving its strategic direction, including to identify new areas of development and innovation for the Centre, to develop a strategy for future funding, and having overall responsibility for all Centre staff.
You will be a champion of the CLS cohorts, communicating their value to a wide range of scientific and non-scientific audiences, nationally and internationally. In your role as the leader of a major social science data infrastructure, you will engage with, and be alert to the needs of, current and future data and evidence users as well as the cohort study participants.
In your role, you will work very closely with the CLS Senior Leadership Team (comprising the 3 CLS Study Directors, CLS’ Managing Director, Research Director, and senior team leads). You will also collaborate with other senior academics in CLS and its wider network, including SRI.
The role is a UCL professorship in SRI, funded through the ESRC CLS Resource Centre grant. You will conduct and publish outstanding academic research, raise research income, develop a network of collaborators, and contribute to teaching and leadership activities.
About you
You hold a PhD or equivalent in social science or a related discipline, with a record of publications based on quantitative analysis of longitudinal data, including CLS cohorts or similar data.
You have proven leadership experience in managing large, complex programs involving multiple partners across organizations and disciplines.
Please address all person specification points in your application, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet each criterion. Ensure each criterion is numbered and addressed clearly.
This position is available from January.
For further information, contact Toby Seddon.
What we offer
* 41 days holiday: 27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 6 closure days (pro-rata for part-time staff)
* Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme (pro-rata for part-time staff)
* Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
* Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
* Relocation scheme for certain posts
* On-site gym
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
* Employee assistance program: Staff Support Service
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