Vice-Chancellor

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Employer:
Bath Spa University
Location:
Bath
Salary:
Competitive
Closing date:
Noon, Monday 21st October 2024
Job Ref:
GSe114336

Recruitment timetable

Closing Date
Noon, Monday 21st October 2024
Long Listing
Thursday 31st October 2024
Preliminary Interviews
w/c 4th November 2024
Short Listing
Tuesday 19th November 2024
Final Panel
Wednesday 4th December 2024

Description

Bath Spa University is where creative minds meet. We teach and research across art, sciences, education, social science, and business. The University employs outstanding creative professionals who support its aim to be bring professional creativity to the heart of all that we do.

We were delighted to have been awarded the University of the Year for Social Inclusion by The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, in recognition of our commitment to welcoming and empowering students from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are a TEF Silver university and were recently recognised as one of the best performing mid-size, teaching focused universities in the most recent KEF results.

8000 students study our campuses in the UNESCO world heritage city of Bath and at our BSU London campus in Hackney.  An equally substantial number of students study with our UK and international partners.  Together  with our 1200 members of staff, the Bath Spa University community (like the values which underpin our brand) is respectful, inclusive, collaborative and sustainable. 

We are looking for our next Vice-Chancellor to replace Professor Sue Rigby who will be leaving us for her next role in early 2025. As we approach our 20th anniversary in the summer of 2025,  Bath Spa University has huge potential. We are dynamic, innovative and ambitious.  We operate on a more stable financial footing than many comparable universities.  We are therefore looking for a financially astute, authentic and compassionate leader with  the creativity, curiosity and confidence  to take us forward.

The new Vice-Chancellor will guide the University through a challenging and exciting time for the higher education sector, leading Bath Spa to be recognised for bringing creativity and innovation to successfully addressing the key issues of our age.

If you share a commitment to professional creativity, have a passion for leading our vibrant and diverse community of staff and students, we would love to hear from you.

This is a key appointment for us, and it will be for you, so we will invest time to get to know you and to give you the chance to get to know us. For a confidential discussion please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson - Ross Highfield (ross.highfield@gatenbysanderson.com)

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How to Apply

To apply please submit:

  • A short CV (no more than 4 pages)
  • A supporting statement (no more than 4 pages) outlining your sense of the assumptions underpinning BSU’s Strategy 2030. Is there anything you would look to stop, start and/or continue if you become the University’s next Vice-Chancellor?
  • A 2-3 minute video response to the following question: 'What makes for a good partnership in HEIs in your experience?' Please use this link only to submit your video: https://myint.video/atlt~FR4_7  - if you need any technical support submitting your video, please contact chloe.marshall@gatenbysanderson.com
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