Head Of Department and Chair in Music

About the job

The School of the Arts seeks to appoint a Head of Department and Chair in Music of appropriate experience, leadership ability and international stature. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a growing and successful Department at a key moment, as it benefits from a major investment in facilities, including the new Tung Auditorium.

The role of Head of Department will be for 5 years initially and will be offered in combination with a permanent post at Professorial level. You will be a leading researcher with an outstanding track record of internationally excellent publications and ambitious research plans for the future. 

Experience of winning major research council funding and/or a proven record of securing other sources of research income is expected. You will have extensive experience in organisational leadership. 

We would also expect you to demonstrate a track record of innovation in (research-led) teaching. 

We particularly encourage applications which would strengthen and/or complement our current research strengths (including: audiovisual media (increasingly praxis-oriented), cultural musicology, music analysis, music heritage, music industry, and popular music studies).

As Head of Department, you will be reporting to the Dean of School. You will provide leadership in contributing to the on-going development and oversight of the strategic plan for the School of the Arts and the annual operation of the School. You will work closely with the Dean and be an active member of the School of the Arts Management Team. 

You will be responsible for developing strategies and implementing plans at Departmental level and will have significant responsibility for staff line management, including workload management and all aspects of staff development. 

You will lead the development of the Department of Music, refining and implementing our plans to diversify and strengthen student intake, enrich music education, build local, national and international partnerships, and enhance staff research and collaboration. 

You will also have a key role in refining and implementing the research strategy for the Department, ensuring an outward looking research agenda, including embedding impact and knowledge exchange. 

You will oversee the strategic development of the Tung Auditorium as a facility for the University and the City of Liverpool.

As Professor in Music you will be expected to maintain research and teaching contributions alongside the Headship responsibilities. 

In your statement we specifically invite you to set out your research agenda/plan for the next five years and to explain how you see your research activity contributing to the School’s priority of maintaining and further developing our international research excellence.

For informal enquires about the role please contact Professor Peter Buse, Dean of the School of the Arts, p.buse@liverpool.ac.uk or Mrs Tracy Mann, PA, on 0151 795 0563.

Job Ref: 038366

Closing Date: 30 March 2022

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