Professor of Leadership Studies

Purpose and Main Duties

Birkbeck, University of London is a research-intensive institution ranked in the top 1% in the world by the THE. The School of Business, Economics and Informatics brings together the College’s business-facing activities, teaching around 5,000 students across its four departments.

The Department of Organisational Psychology is looking to enhance further its research reputation by the creation of a new Chair in Leadership Studies. The new professor will be a specialist in leadership and bring a track record of research funding with an associated high quality publication portfolio. The Department has a vibrant research culture with groups specialising in qualitative and quantitative methods, and collectively it has a wide range of research projects across organisational psychology. Our students are predominantly professionals in their own right and are taught in the evenings and by distance learning.

This role has been created to develop a cluster of expertise in leadership within the Department. The post-holder will be an integral part of a new MBA programme which is being developed in partnership with Central St Martins. This programme aims to deliver design thinking to business leaders underpinned by a critical approach to research that will enable innovation to thrive. A further key partnership is with the Royal College of Physicians with whom we deliver an MSc in Medical Leadership. This programme is specifically designed for clinicians and has created a leadership-focussed pool of alumni, all of whom are doctors. The post holder would be likely to join the team developing research collaborations with the RCP in the area of leadership in the NHS.

About the Department

For further information about the department and School, please visit the following websites:

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/orgpsych/

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/business

Further Information

Salary: Grade 10 of the College’s London Pay Scale which is a minimum of £60,597 per annum.

This post is full time, 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE) and open-ended. The salary quoted above is on the College’s London Pay Scale and includes a consolidated Weighting/Allowance which applies only to staff whose normal contractual place of work is in the Greater London area. The initial salary will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful applicant. The appointment is subject to a probationary period of 3 years. Birkbeck also provides a generous defined benefit pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and other great benefits.

The closing date for completed applications is midnight on Sunday 15 May 2016.

Interviews will be held in late May or early June 2016.

For further information on this opportunity contact Professor Philip Powell, Executive Dean (beidean@bbk.ac.uk) or Professor Pat Tissington, Assistant Dean (p.tissington@bbk.ac.uk). A link to the PDF document containing the job description and person specification is on the vacancy page.

Birkbeck is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates irrespective of their sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief.

Birkbeck is a member of the ‘Positive about Disability’ two ticks scheme and guarantees to interview all candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post.