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Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
Head of School of Performing Arts (Professorial Appointment)
Ref 7961
The University of Surrey is seeking applications from exceptional leaders for the position of Head of the School of Performing Arts. In this newly created post, you will have a passion for innovation and delivery and a sense of excitement about delivering an outstanding academic product. You are likely to have held a senior leadership post within a discipline relevant to the Performing Arts and will be able to demonstrate an imaginative and collaborative approach to enhancing research and teaching across multi-disciplinary areas. You will have the academic standing to be a credible leader within a thriving Faculty, working with colleagues in the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences to define and enable the new School’s contribution to the University’s strategy.
The existing Departments of Dance, Film and Theatre, and the Department of Music and Sound Recording have an outstanding reputation for their international and professional focus. The University merger with the Guildford School of Acting has furthermore created a significant context for live performance at Surrey. Furthermore, our shared studio spaces in the recently opened GSA building and our new Ivy Arts Centre, opening this year, will provide state of the art performing arts facilities. Our internationally renowned Tonmeister, Music and Dance programmes provide a strong, shared context for cutting-edge research and teaching excellence, and our recently established undergraduate degree in Theatre Studies builds on our distinctive ethos that links research to specialist-led teaching.
Whilst the appointment to the role of Professor at the University of Surrey is a permanent one, the responsibility for the Headship of the School of Performing Arts will be for a period of five years in the first instance, ideally starting in June 2011. The post attracts membership of the USS pension scheme, thirty days annual leave entitlement, seven University days, along with eight public and statutory holidays. For staff relocating to Surrey, an excellent relocation scheme is also available.
For an informal discussion you may wish to contact Professor Phil Powrie, Dean of FAHS, 01483 689445; email: [log in to unmask] To apply please visit www.surrey.ac.uk/jobs. If you are unable to apply online, please contact Mrs Rebecca Varcoe via e-mail at [log in to unmask] or by telephone on 01483 689646 quoting reference number 7961.
Please enclose with your application a full CV, publications list, latest remuneration details and details of two referees. We would also request a cover letter of not more than two pages summarising your relevant skills and including details of budgetary authority and staff management responsibilities.
· Deadline for applications: 3rd February 2011
· Interview board: 21st February 2011
We acknowledge, understand and embrace cultural diversity
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
http://jpehs.wordpress.com/profile/
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