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Interim Associate Dean, Resources - 0733-26
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Interim Associate Dean, Resources
LUMS - Faculty Office
Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Salary: (Full-time, Indefinite with End Date)
Closing Date: Monday 17 August 2026
Interview Date: Friday 28 August 2026
Reference: 0733-26
Please note: this job is only available to current employees of Lancaster University
Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is seeking an outstanding academic leader to join our Faculty Leadership Group as Interim Associate Dean (Resources).
This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in shaping the strategic direction of the School, ensuring the effective deployment of resources, and leading initiatives that enable our academic and professional services community to thrive.
Working closely with the Dean, Faculty Office colleagues, and our Business Partners across HR, Finance and Planning, you will provide strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of responsibilities. You will help ensure that resources, people, and processes are aligned with the University’s Strategic Plan while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture.
You will have a strong understanding of strategic leadership within HE, and experience of financial planning, resource management, workforce planning and organisational decision making. You will have a proven ability to lead and develop people, and a commitment to EDI.
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As a member of the Faculty Leadership Group, you will contribute to collective decision-making, represent the School internally and externally, and deputise for the Dean when required.
You should be a member of academic staff within LUMS at Senior Lecturer level or above. You should have experience of a departmental leadership role and sufficient expertise to enable you to lead with credibility – these experiences do not need to be limited to Lancaster University. You will have the ability to lead by influence, work collaboratively and within a matrix structure, have excellent communication skills and to represent the faculty in a variety of fora.
Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills are essential, as is the ability to work well as part of a team, both as a leader and as a supportive team member.
This is an interim appointment until July 2027.
You Will Receive
- A 50% workload allocation to support the role.
- An annual salary transfer (pro rata) to their home department.
- An unconsolidated, non-pensionable salary uplift, equivalent to one increment on the professorial scale or two increments on Grade 9.
- An additional £3,000 annual allowance to support research, knowledge exchange, scholarly activity and/or educational enhancement, payable either through salary or into a Personal Research Account (PRA).
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Prospective applicants should obtain the support of their Head of Department before applying.
Applications Should Comprise
- A short curriculum vitae
- A supporting statement/cover letter (maximum two A4 pages, Arial 11pt, normal margins)
We are keen to appoint as soon as possible in advance of the next academic year.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact the Dean, Professor Claire Leitch for an informal conversation (c.leitch@lancaster.ac.uk).
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