Professor of Education

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to provide intellectual leadership in a large diverse School. We are seeking applications from ambitious, highly motivated and talented senior academics across relevant disciplines who will build on the School’s national and international reputation, and sustain our vibrant intellectual culture. The School of Education is a dynamic interdisciplinary community, with students from foundation year through to postgraduate research students and incorporating the Sheffield Methods Institute. You will be expected to contribute to our collegial ethos, and work collectively to achieve our strategic goals in collaboration with the School’s senior leadership teams - the Professoriate and School Executive Committee. The School community enables a rich portfolio of educational and research related activities.

What We Offer:

● 41 days annual leave (including closure days and Bank Holidays), with the possibility to purchase up to ten additional days.
● Up to 5 days of paid time off to cover emergency caring responsibilities.
● A commitment to work life balance including, flexible working opportunities and hybrid working where possible.
● A highly competitive pension scheme.
● Discounts at participating shops and cinemas, and a cycle to work scheme.
● A commitment to your development, with programmes, learning modules and mentoring schemes.
● An inclusive and diverse workplace.
● A commitment to your wellbeing, with confidential emotional support, support for those going through the menopause, experiencing fertility treatment and having a baby, paid leave for IVF treatment and more.

Further information can be found at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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