Chair in Global Ethics (EXPIRED)

Main Responsibilities

The successful applicant will need to:

-  Contribute to the development of the Department and to its current upward trajectory in terms of world-leading research;

-  Build the profile of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics both academically and in the public sphere;

-  Contribute to the future vision and trajectory of the Centre; and work with current staff to devise an ambitious strategy for the Centre in its three focal areas of research, impact and teaching;

-  Enhance Birmingham’s national and international profile and reputation in global, applied and practical ethics through excellent personal publications, suitable for submission as world leading to the Philosophy sub-panel in the next REF (or equivalent);

-  Apply for and attract significant research funding, both on an individual and a collaborative basis;

-  Work with colleagues in other disciplines to produce research and proposals which are academically excellent and also useful to policy and practice;

-  Facilitate discussions with policy-makers, practitioners, activists and the public;

-  Influence debate in the public sphere at national and/or international levels;

-  Produce an outstanding ‘impact case study’ for submission to the next REF (or equivalent);

-  Enhance the activity and capacity of the Department by attracting research visitors and organising conferences, colloquia, workshops, outreach and engagement events;

-  Contribute to the general administration of the Department, the School and the College of Arts and Law.

Staff

-  Develop and support junior members of staff, providing informal support and mentoring, for example, around submitting high quality peer-review publications and when leading on high profile research bids;

-  When appropriate, advise on staffing needs and on the appointment of new staff.

Students

-  Provide high-quality supervision, both in person and on distance learning programmes;

-  Maximise recruitment, retention and employability of postgraduates;

-  Deliver relevant programmes of teaching and learning at all levels (UG, PGT and PGR), in traditional and distance-learning formats;

-  Review and design/redesign relevant teaching programmes within the School, ensuring these meet the declared standards of the University and external bodies.