FTE: 1.0 FTE (working 37 hours a week)
Duration of Contract: Permanent
Annual Leave: 35 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year
Location: Hatfield
Overview
The Professional Lead will drive the School and University strategy within their specialist area, ensuring effective operational delivery, academic quality and professional practice. You will champion effective teaching and assessment, lead curriculum development, and support continuing professional development to enhance the student learning experience.
You will contribute to shaping the School’s academic direction by supporting research, commercial and international activity, and by developing strategic partnerships that strengthen experiential learning. The role includes working with professional advisory groups, ensuring staff maintain required professional registrations, and liaising with PSRBs, visiting academics and clinical partners to enhance the academic environment.
As part of the Senior Management Team, you will contribute to departmental strategy and policy development and deputise for the Head of Department when needed. You will chair profession/subject meetings and serve as a full member of the relevant Programme and Module Boards of Examiners.
Skills and experience
* Significant experience contributing to academic or professional leadership within a higher education or relevant professional setting, with a demonstrated track record of collaborating effectively with academic and professional colleagues across multiple disciplines to deliver teaching, research, or enterprise outcomes.
* Evidence of establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders such as regulators, NHS organisations, or professional advisory bodies.
* Experience in line management, including performance review, workload planning, and staff development, and experience in chairing formal meetings related to education and quality assurance.
* Knowledge of and expertise in developing and delivering teaching and assessment of the profession at undergraduate or postgraduate level; knowledge of academic/professional quality assurance processes.
* Excellent communication skills and proven experience of producing and presenting high-quality written reports, proposals, and presentations tailored to academic and external audiences.
Qualifications
* Minimum of a Masters Degree, or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
* Current membership of a relevant professional body, or equivalent.
* Recognised Teaching Qualification and Fellowship of Advance HE (formerly the HEA) are essential.
Disclosure and safeguarding
Our commitment to the University’s Safeguarding Policy requires that the recruitment of staff in this area will require a minimum of a Basic DBS Check. In the course of our work and University-led activities, there may be external contractual obligations where a further Enhanced Check is required. DBS checks may require renewal in line with policy.
Overseas applicants
Successful applicants who have lived outside the UK for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years will be required to produce a Certificate of Good Character/Conduct from each of those countries.
Salary: £58,225 to £69,488 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience, UH9.
Closing Date: 17 June 2026
Interview Date: TBC
Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Xabi Cathala, x.cathala@herts.ac.uk
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