HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPOINTMENT DETAILS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE ROLE OF HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

The University of Liverpool is one of the UK’s leading research institutions and is Building on Liverpool’s significant ranked in the top 1% of higher education achievements as a research powerhouse, institutions worldwide. you will be an exceptional professional joining our community of 5,500 talented With an annual turnover of £480 million, staff, including 1,300 researchers, and including £102 million for research, 23,000 campus-based and online students. Liverpool is the original ‘redbrick’ university and a member of the prestigious Russell The University community wishes to build Group, which comprises the leading on the progress made over the last 10 years research universities in the UK. and is keen to seize the opportunity and challenge of taking this great institution Led by our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Janet into the world’s top 100. Beer, the University is entering an exciting new era as we strive to maintain and The successful applicant will join an enhance our dynamic reputation and innovative University that is passionate performance in a rapidly evolving higher about inspiring people to learn and education environment. In order to help us achieve, that celebrates individuality and achieve our ambitions, we are seeking to ingenuity, energy and enterprise, and is appoint a new Head of the Department of committed to enhancing both the student Veterinary Pathology and Public Health. experience and our research excellence.

Our University is a great place to work! As a university at the heart of the Liverpool city region, our culture of support and collaboration influences and benefits the communities in which we operate, both at home and overseas, and the institution is a major contributor to the regional economy.

We aim to give our staff and students the best intellectual, social and physical OUR environment to research, teach, and learn in, at the cutting edge of their disciplines, and VISION with award-winning, world-class facilities.

Liverpool graduates are global citizens, benefiting from an international curriculum As a distinguished 21st century and experience, empowered to address global university, we have a global reach challenges and with opportunities to study at and influence that reflects our our partner institution in China. We work hard academic heritage as one of the to ensure our students form a relationship with UK’s largest civic institutions. the University that they will want to continue throughout their lives. A strong infrastructure supports academic endeavour and teaching As a research-intensive Russell Group university prowess, while research excellence, with a tradition and reputation for excellence, focusing on the advancement of we are focusing on existing and emerging human knowledge, underpins all strengths while planning to achieve growth in our activities. quality and scale across five key priorities:

• Improving our research performance

• Positioning ourselves as a global university

• Driving knowledge exchange and innovation

• Enhancing the student experience

• Extending widening participation.

We believe this is an exceptional place with an exceptional story to tell. And with an international network of partners, our impact is being felt all over the world. We are committed to ensuring that OUR we offer a truly world-class student experience, investing £600 million in our teaching, research and residential UNIVERSITY estate over a 10-year period, including £250 million in high-quality accommodation, both on-campus and off-campus at our residential site in South Liverpool, where we are currently developing a self-contained Student Village which will include Established in 1881, Liverpool catering and sports facilities. is the original ‘redbrick’ university – the term inspired by our iconic Following investment of £25 million in state-of-the-art centralised Victoria Building. teaching laboratories, the teaching

environment for science-based Our mission is: ‘for the advancement of subjects is amongst the best in the learning and ennoblement of life’ and we are UK. Our new facilities have enhanced proud to offer an intellectual environment the overall student experience where teaching and learning takes place at through the creation of a modern, the cutting edge of disciplines and is driven high-quality and vibrant laboratory by research excellence. environment. Supporting

interdisciplinary science, the One of the great civic universities, laboratories are a new innovation in founded by Liverpool’s leading 19th century the HE sector and are transforming philanthropists and steeped in history and teaching in the physical sciences culture, our modern, 100-acre campus is including Physics, Chemistry, situated in the heart of Liverpool's Knowledge Environmental Sciences and Quarter – a hub for university and business Archaeology. collaboration – and is a short walk from the city centre. We also have a campus at Leahurst in Wirral, 12 miles from the main campus, where our School of Veterinary Science is located. The Leahurst site has two working farms, a world-leading Equine hospital, and a small animal teaching AMBITIOUSINSPIRINGSPIRITEDCHALLENGING hospital, providing fantastic teaching opportunities for our students and the best animal care for our clients.

ENGAGING IN GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

A member of the Russell Group of 24 We focus our academic efforts around UK research-led universities, we have seven research themes representing the a long tradition of pursuing novel 'great grand challenges' faced by mankind: interdisciplinary research that has a tangible impact on people, places, • Changing Cultures policies and the planet. • Global Health

Associated with no fewer than nine Nobel • Living with Environmental Change Laureates, the University is recognised for • Materials for the Future its high-quality research, with more than half of our staff ranked world-leading or • Personalised Health internationally excellent. • Security and Conflict

Our research collaborations extend • Sustainable Energy. worldwide, bringing together academics, many of whom are internationally- We have invested significantly in staff, renowned, from across our three Faculties resources and cognate groupings in order of Health and Life Sciences, Science and to improve our research performance and Engineering, and Humanities and Social this has helped to achieve a marked Sciences to conduct research that improvement in the number of Research addresses some of the most pressing Council awards we are receiving. But we global challenges. need more. We have also improved our collaboration with colleagues in the N8 Liverpool is one of only three UK group of high performing Northern institutions to offer the full range of clinical universities, the NHS, and industry, subjects. We prioritise joined-up thinking as well as cultural partners, in order to across the spectrum of scientific discovery, strengthen our position within the sector. clinical research and healthcare provision in pursuit of safe, effective therapies and practice to make life better for patients and professionals.

COMPETING ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Ranked in the top 150 universities in ensuring that our programmes the world by the Academic Ranking are underpinned by international of World Universities, there are 7,700 research and providing opportunities for international and EU students from students to learn a language and study 127 countries currently studying abroad as part of their programme. at Liverpool. The University’s International Graduate We are the largest provider of 100% School also gives postgraduate students online postgraduate degree courses in the opportunity to undertake research in Europe, with some 10,000 students some of the world’s most prestigious currently studying for University of universities and research institutions, Liverpool degrees all over the world. enabling collaborators to tackle massive societal challenges and offering This global focus has led the institution a truly international experience for to establish a university in the World young researchers. Heritage city of Suzhou near Shanghai, in partnership with Xi’an Jiaotong University – a top 10 university in China. Representing a new model for a British operation in Higher Education in China, “LIVERPOOL STAFF, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University STUDENTS AND (XJTLU) is based in Suzhou Industrial GRADUATES ARE Park – one of Asia’s most successful business parks and a hub for foreign AMBASSADORS investors, attracting 3,300 international FOR AMBITIOUS AND organisations including 84 Fortune 500 ORIGINAL THINKING. companies. This unique partnership has TODAY THEIR IDEAS, AND recently been voted ‘Most influential THE GROUNDBREAKING Sino-Foreign Higher Education RESEARCH THEY Institution in China’. UNDERTAKE, ARE HAVING As well as establishing a campus in A GLOBAL IMPACT AND London, we are building partnerships HELPING TO SHAPE with leadin institutions across the globe OUR WORLD.” that can provide the best opportunities for collaborative research and study, “WE GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE SKILLS THEY NEED OFFERING TO LEAVE AS GLOBALLY AWARE, HIGHLY A BRILLIANT EMPLOYABLE, STUDENT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, EXPERIENCE The University offers much more than The University has also opened a campus a high-quality degree and we are in London. Based in Finsbury Square, the proud that our students benefit from campus increases the number of students a vibrant research environment with able to study for a research-led Russell excellent teaching facilities as well as Group degree in London and enables us first rate careers guidance and a to bring the characteristic spirit of wealth of extra-curricular activities. individuality, ingenuity and enterprise from our home city to the capital – for a Liverpool is an academically strong uniquely Liverpool experience in London. institution offering more than 445 Close to the financial heart of London, university programmes across the campus offers postgraduate degrees professionally-focused disciplines and in Architecture, Accountancy, Law, academic subjects. We work closely with Psychology and Public Health, benefiting the Liverpool Guild of Students to provide from accreditation with key professional a culture where students feel valued, bodies in the City. It also offers graduates, supported and inspired to achieve, with professionals and employers the access to state-of-the-art facilities, award- opportunity to enhance their capabilities winning accommodation and in one of the world’s most dynamic and comprehensive pastoral care and careers inspiring cities and we expect to have support. registered 1,000 students within five years.

Liverpool is one of the top 25 universities in the UK targeted by leading graduate employers, and 95% of our graduates are currently in employment or further study. Taught by experts, our programmes challenge students to equip them for their career with an emphasis on problem- based learning, placement opportunities, comprehensive academic and personal support, and an active extra-curricular programme.

The University is investing As well as refurbishing existing transformed with an investment of £25 £600 million in its teaching, accommodation, the University has million in Centralised Teaching INVESTING IN research and residential estate opened an additional 1,259 new Laboratories. The award-winning over a 10-year period, including study bedrooms. Crown Place facility has enhanced the overall OUR CAMPUS £250 million in high-quality opened in September 2014 and student experience through the accommodation. provides state-of-the-art creation of a modern, high quality and accommodation, further increasing vibrant laboratory environment. Part of this investment – a £44 million the number of student rooms project to construct high-quality available on campus. The University has also invested accommodation at the city centre £32 million in teaching facilities in campus – is now open to students. The The University is also investing in its the Faculty of Humanities and Social 729-bedroom Vine Court development off-campus accommodation, Sciences, £7.5 million in an extension features shops and a 250-seat developing new residences in South to the Management School restaurant and is at the cutting edge Liverpool to provide a self-contained and £10 million in a refurbishment of sustainable design. Student Village, including catering of its Guild of Students. A further £350 million is being invested and sports facilities. in the academic estate at its city centre campus and at its The teaching environment for Leahurst campus in Wirral. science-based subjects has been • Established in 1881

• The original red brick university

SPIRITED • Ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide

• An internationally-renowned Russell Group university

• Annual turnover of £480 million

AMBITIOUS • 23,000 students

• 7,700 international and EU students from 127 countries

• 5,500 talented staff

INSPIRING • More than 445 university programmes

• 10,000 online students from more than 190 countries

• Associated with nine Nobel Prize winners

• One of the first UK universities to establish a joint venture institution in China SPIRITED • 1,300 world-leading researchers

• Annual research income of £102 million

AMBITIOUS • 95% of our graduates in employment or further study

• A global alumni network of 202,000

• A UK leader in widening participation

• Committing £11.5 million to support students from low-income backgrounds INSPIRING • Student satisfaction rates at 85%

• More than 75% of our students receive a First or 2:1

• Award-winning careers service SPIRITED • The largest providers of wholly online degree programmes in Europe

• London campus since September 2014

• Award-winning labs crowned UK’s best scientific teaching facility AMBITIOUS INSPIRING• 20th in REF with seven subjects in top 10 and 81% of our research ranked as 3* and 4*

GRADUATE TO GREAT THINGS

Liverpool students are following in the footsteps of prominent alumni including Professor Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE, Poet Laureate; Dr Paul Roy, Founding Chairman of asset management company NewSmith LLP and Chairman of the Retraining of Racehorses charity; Dame Stella Rimington DCB, former Director General of the UK’s national Security Service, MI5; Sir Robin Saxby, Founder and former Chairman, President and Chief Executive of ARM Holdings; Dr Lewis Booth CBE, Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Rolls-Royce PLC and Keith Williams, Chief Executive and Executive Chairman of British Airways.

Liverpool graduates have become pioneers in every field, with Nobel prize winners including: Sir Ronald External organisations benefit from the University’s Ross (1902; discovery of mode of spread of malaria), DRIVING world-class expertise through a range of Professor Charles Glover Barkla (1917; discovery of the mechanisms including: contract and collaborative electromagnetic properties of x-rays), Professor Sir KNOWLEDGE research, consultancy, training and Continuous Charles Sherrington (1932; functional analysis of motor Professional Development, knowledge transfer unit in a muscle), Professor Sir James Chadwick (1936; EXCHANGE partnerships, student projects and placements, discovery of the neutron), Professor Sir Robert volunteering and access to world-class Robinson (1947; investigation into alkaloids and The University is committed to making equipment and facilities. other plant products), Professor Har Gobind Khorana its groundbreaking research and frontier (1968; genetic code of protein synthesis), Professor technologies available to its business Last year the University of Liverpool engaged Rodney Robert Porter (1972; structure of antibodies) partners for the benefit of regional and with more than 176 businesses and other external and Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat (1995; work to national economies. organisations in the context of collaborative diminish the role of nuclear arms in international research. Our researchers have won £26.3 million politics). of collaborative research grants funded jointly by business and the public sector, and £900,000 of collaborative research funded by the EU. PROVIDING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES

A UK leader in widening participation, the University exceeds its benchmarks for both the recruitment of students from low participation neighbourhoods and the State Schools and “THE OPPORTUNITY Colleges sector and we have achieved the Buttle UK Quality Mark at ‘exemplary level’ TO LEARN IS MADE in recognition of our commitment to young AVAILABLE TO ALL, people in care. WHEREVER THEY COME We offer a range of aspiration raising activities to FROM AND WHATEVER more than 8,000 young people each year, with STAGE OF THEIR LIFE.” the focus of our activity on pupils who are ‘most able but least likely to attend HE’. This activity includes welcoming 100 people to our Scholars programme – for students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds – and 57 people on our Go Higher programme, which is designed to support entry to the University for applicants who do not have formal qualifications.

The University has developed a partnership of Merseyside secondary schools and colleges whose performance at GCSE is below the national and local average and we work intensively with them and with their feeder primary schools to raise aspirations and support attainment. We co-sponsor two Academy Schools – the North Liverpool Academy, and University Academy, Birkenhead. We also commit £15 million a year for scholarships and bursaries to support those who would otherwise not be able to consider entering higher education. Voted third in the top 10 world cities 2014 according AT THE HEART OF to the Rough Guides, Liverpool is a fantastic ONE OF THE UK’S place to live, work, study and invest. MOST DYNAMIC AND A major cultural destination, the city is CREATIVE CITIES home to more national museums, theatres and art galleries than anywhere in the UK outside London, and the port of Liverpool is the largest Freeport zone in the UK.

With the fastest growing economy in the UK outside of London too, Liverpool benefited from an £800 million boost to the region’s economy when it was named European Capital of Culture in 2008 and has continued to thrive ever since.

This is a city where individuality, innovation and enterprise are celebrated; home to explorers and revolutionaries for more than 800 years, their pioneering spirit inspires everything we do.

The University helps to drive the city’s vibrant knowledge economy through close collaboration with other universities, industry and the NHS, helping the City Region to compete in the global business arena. There are around 50,000 students living in the city and the region also has one of the highest student retention rates in the UK, with six out of 10 students still in employment in Liverpool following graduation. OUR GUILD OF STUDENTS EXISTS TO ENSURE STUDENTS LOVE THEIR TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY

The Guild has existed for more than 100 years to provide students with a voice. That voice has been used to lobby, link communities • Being a fun and vibrant place where and liberate members. students can try new things and have a laugh – from our Give it a Go trips to live And it continues to be heard. The Guild is music gigs, the Guild offers a range of a student-led, dynamic and constantly good quality, affordable services evolving organisation; a not-for-profit charity of which every student at the • Being a caring organisation and there University of Liverpool is a member. when needed – from the moment students arrive in Liverpool the Guild team The Guild at Liverpool is a Guild of is there to help them settle in and offers pioneers. an independent, free, confidential advice Its members elected the first black service Students’ Union President in the UK, built the biggest Students’ Union building in • Being a democratic organisation that Europe and grabbed national headlines listens to its members and fights for the with a 300-strong sit-in protest. Today issues that matter – providing effective the Guild continues to be the beating heart representation and being a critical friend of the student body and the place where to the University. everything happens. Our Guild strives to achieve the best for students by: September 2014 saw the completion of a £14.5 million redevelopment programme • Offering valuable opportunities to of the Guild’s main building, demonstrating develop new skills – whether through the excellent working relationship it has one of 170 student-run societies, student- with the University and in recognition of staff roles, or volunteer programmes the value the Guild adds to the student experience. FINANCIAL POSITION

The University had a turnover of £480 million for the year to 31 July 2015 (which included £102 million for research) and generated an operating surplus of £34.5 million. Total expenditure for the year was £446 million.

Our primary financial objective is to generate surpluses to sustain ongoing activities and to maintain the necessary investment in our estate and associated infrastructure, which in the last year included a total capital investment of £87 million.

Further details of the University’s financial position can be found in the financial statements by visiting: www.liverpool.ac.uk/finance. CHANCELLOR HOW WE • Vacant

ARE RUN PRO-CHANCELLOR Our governing body, with ultimate • David McDonnell CBE, DL, FCA, FRSA responsibility for the conduct of all the affairs of the institution, is the University Council. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL • The Earl of Derby DL The Council is also the Trustee Board and its members are the trustees of the University. The Council has a number of committees, including VICE-PRESIDENT Planning and Resources, Audit, Education, and • Christopher Graham BA Research and Impact. LAY OFFICERS SPIRITED There are 21 members of Council with a lay • Jon Haymer MA, FCA majority. Membership comprises: the President, • Dr Andrew Scott MA, DPhil CHALLENGING the Vice-President, the Pro-Chancellor and two other lay officers (all drawn from the lay AMBITIOUS membership); seven other lay members; VICE-CHANCELLOR the Vice-Chancellor; Deputy Vice-Chancellor and • Professor Janet Beer BA, MA, PhD other Pro-Vice-Chancellors; the President of the INSPIRING Guild of Students; and four members of the DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR academic staff drawn from the Senate. Elected • Patrick Hackett BArch and appointed members serve for renewable three-year terms. Council meets six times per year (four business meetings and two away PRO-VICE-CHANCELLORS days). The University Senate, which is subject to • Professor Dinah Birch MA, DPhil, FEA (Research and Impact) the powers of the Council, is our governing body • Professor Gavin Brown BSc, PhD (Education) for all academic matters. It has overall responsibility for academic quality and standards, EXECUTIVE PRO-VICE-CHANCELLORS learning and teaching, examinations, research • Professor Kenneth Badcock BSc, DPhil, FRAeSoc (Faculty of Science and Engineering) and knowledge transfer. It has 77 members, • Professor Fiona Beveridge LLB, MPhil (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) including the Senior Management Team, Heads • Professor Robert Burgoyne BSc, PhD, FMedSci (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) of Institute/School/Department, elected Faculty representatives and student representatives. Senate is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and normally meets four times per year.

The governance structure is laid down in the University’s Charter and Statutes from which both Council and Senate derive their powers.

To view the organisational structure visit: www.liverpool.ac.uk/about. SPIRITED CHALLENGING AMBITIOUS THE FACULTY INSPIRING OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES SPIRITED The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences The Faculty has eight Institutes: The University has introduced a is one of three Faculties that make up widespread programme of Business CHALLENGING the University of Liverpool, the others • Ageing and Chronic Disease (IACD) Process Improvement based on being Science and Engineering and Business Excellence principles. • Clinical Sciences (ICS) AMBITIOUS Humanities and Social Sciences. • Infection and Global Health (IIGH) This sits alongside a People The Faculty is one of UK’s leading Management Framework incorporating • Integrative Biology (IIB) INSPIRING centres for health and life science key people management policies, core research and education. They are the • Life and Human Sciences (ILHS) expectations and standards aligned to only organisation of their kind to offer • Psychology, Health and Society (IPHS) the priorities of the Strategic Plan. scientific and clinical education that Translational Medicine (ITM) spans the full range of biosciences, • Through partnerships with the NHS, clinical medicine, health sciences, • Veterinary Science (IVS) industry and academia the Faculty is dentistry, veterinary science and tropical able to host and support numerous medicine. This positions the Faculty as The Institutes enhance collaboration centres of excellence in fields ranging one of the largest and most innovative and foster interdisciplinary alliances, from drug safety and personalised educators in their field and they are allow better integration of related medicine to zoonosis and dairy farming. dedicated to the development of their research activities and increase the They are strongly committed to education offering within their Institutes. critical mass focusing on areas of applying their research and have a research with high impact and those proud The University of Liverpool has been at requiring cross-disciplinary record of improving the lives of people the forefront of Health & Life Sciences arrangements. They also provide for and animals around the world. research for 130 years and continues to greater devolution of decision making build on the impressive research and budgetary control. A central For further information on the Faculty of knowledge, experience, resources and element of this is a closer alignment Health and Life Sciences, please visit partnerships that they have amassed. between the academic structure and www.liv.ac.uk/health-and-life-sciences/ The Faculty has over 1850 staff, 5,000 the Professional Services, ensuring the undergraduates and 1,000 postgraduate required levels of support and expertise students who, together with many are in place at the appropriate levels alumni and partners, are helping to within the structure. build the University’s reputation every day.

SPIRITED CHALLENGING THE ROLE AMBITIOUS Role Overview The main focus of the Institute and the five constituent INSPIRING departments is the delivery of high quality research-led Reporting to the Head of the Institute of Veterinary Science curricula, and learning & teaching activities that maximise and as a member of the Institute’s Management Team, the student opportunities and experience. The Institute provides SPIRITED Head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public students with excellent learning opportunities through a Health will provide direction and leadership for the wide range of specialist focused undergraduate, taught Department and Institute. postgraduate (PGT) degrees and Continuous Professional CHALLENGING Development (CPD) activities, in addition to clinical About the Institute engagement. Core within this is the provision of AMBITIOUS undergraduate teaching for the RCVS and EAEVE Accredited The Institute of Veterinary Science will work with the other BVSc degree. Integration of the five departments and the seven Institutes across the Faculty, and Departments across Faculty’s Research Institutes provides a stimulating INSPIRING the University, to incorporate their latest research discoveries environment that enriches the staff and student experience into their educational programmes. of university life. The Veterinary Institute’s departments operate collegiately and, through the shared Institute The Institute of Veterinary Science has its main campus at management structure, coordinate and optimise investment Leahurst, which covers an area of approximately 200 acres in staffing, teaching and research developments and and is situated in Neston on the Wirral. The work of the facilities. Recent endorsements of the Institute include campus revolves around undergraduate and postgraduate ranking in the top 10 vet schools in the world (number 6 veterinary teaching, clinical work and research. On the site based on the QS World University Rankings 2016) and there are 3 referral hospitals, two first opinion practices, post excellent NSS scores (97% student satisfaction scores in 2016). mortem room facilities and research laboratories, clinical The Institute has approximately 450 staff, and almost 800 skills laboratories, conference facilities and a lecture theatre. students. In close proximity to the Campus are two working farms, one has a mixture of sheep, pigs and pedigree cows and the The Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health other is a large dairy farm. In Liverpool additional clinical and comprises 14 academic staff and many more associate teaching facilities include the Veterinary Teaching Suite (VTS) members in the Faculty’s Research Institutes. The HoD role is and University Veterinary Practice and administrative offices to lead development of the Department in terms of teaching, in the Thompson Yates Building. research and diagnostic services. The specialties/areas The Institute was ranked 6th in the QS World University practised and taught within the Department include Rankings by Subject of Veterinary Schools in 2016. Pathology, Microbiology and Public Health. The staff teach across much of the BVSc curriculum, primarily in providing The Institute of Veterinary Science provides leadership and research lead knowledge, using a range of teaching management within five Departments: approaches, to deliver programmes in infectious diseases, morbid and cellular pathology, immunology, parasitology • Dept of Veterinary Education and public health. Incorporated in these programmes are extensive diagnostic and surveillance systems, each with • Dept of Small Animal Clinical Science state of the art laboratory facilities which are new in the cases • Dept of Equine Clinical Science of histopathology and microbiology.

• Dept of Livestock Health and Welfare

• Dept of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health

SPIRITED CHALLENGING AMBITIOUS INSPIRING SPIRITED THE ROLE (CONT.) The work of the Department includes provision of teaching for these core CHA • To promote research collaboration, philosophy and leadership within the areas of the UG BVSc curriculum, in addition to other degree courses run by Institute, the University and externally IoVS (including ConsMed in future, or MSc courses), post-grad specialisation training (residents) in different disciplines and also PG students (PhD) • To provide research leadership in their area of expertise for the benefit of the training. The diagnostic services provided by members of the Department. Department and Institute create a steady throughput of case material enabling both teaching and research. The VPPH department contains fundamental bridging subjects which integrates Preclinical with Clinical subjects combining their research • To ensure that academic plans and performance targets for the programme are potential into the Vet Institute, hence allowing opportunities for extensive delivered, monitored and reported to the Head of Institute interdepartmental collaboration. • To maintain and enhance the reputation of Department of VPPH, and the Core Accountabilities Institute of Veterinary Science within and external to the University

• To provide strategic direction, vision, leadership and management for the • To contribute to on-going and systematic review processes for the development Department of VPPH and ensure delivery of high quality teaching for BVSc, and evolution of the BVSc curriculum to ensure it remains fit for award, practice postgraduate courses and CPD; high quality diagnostic services to support and purpose though liaising with key external stakeholders, in particular the teaching; and high quality research programmes RCVS and EAEVE, but also with AVMA and ANZCVS, to maintain the operation of the programme within the regulatory and funding frameworks

• To promote excellence in learning and teaching to ensure a high-quality student experience that is research-led and career relevant, in terms of • To contribute to the strategic direction and management of the Institute as a pathological, public health and other paraclinical teaching member of the Institute Management Team and by undertaking specific responsibilities for such areas of the Institute business as may be designated by the Head of Institute • To ensure the development, updating and maintenance of quality of the various paraclinical teaching programmes that meets the student, professional and institutional requirements. Specifically, this will not only meet, but is expected to • To assist the Head of Institute in the professional development of individual demonstrate excellence in, both the current and future specific standards set by academic members of staff who support the programme the RCVS and EAEVE for undergraduate veterinary training and education • The Head of Department will liaise with Heads of Research Institutes for delivery • To have responsibility for the diagnostic services provided by the department of the teaching required from them in relation to the funding provided, and and to promote the development of these service, in order to maximise monitor this to ensure that high quality teaching is delivered teaching resource and to provide a source of income to support activities. To manage the diagnostic load and service delivery for both internal and external • To manage academic and non-academic staff in the Dept to ensure customers. The Head of Department is responsible for developing high quality performance targets are met diagnostic services to support teaching and high quality research programmes • To mentor all Departmental staff to generate collegiality within the department and understanding of Departmental responsibilities within the Institute

SPIRITED CHALLENGING AMBITIOUS THE PERSON INSPIRING Essential Qualifications and Experience SPIRITED • MRCVS, or eligible CHALLENGING • Demonstrable track record in strategic and operational • Experience in a senior academic leadership/management management and planning role related to veterinary education, service provision and/or AMBITIOUS research • Well developed understanding of the priorities, operation and strategy of relevant approval/accreditation bodies INSPIRING • Successful track record of academic leadership and team building • Understanding of cross disciplinary research initiatives and research-led and globally-orientated teaching • Evidence of higher postgraduate research, for example with a degree comprising a PhD or equivalent • Ability to combine and integrate the skills and expertise of highly motivated staff into multi disciplinary teams, • Postgraduate speciality qualification (e.g. EBVS/RCVS/ developing and building upon existing collaborations as well FRCPath) certification. as creating/facilitating new opportunities

• Experience of managing staff and their performance • Ability to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders to collaborate in identifying problems and appropriate solutions, within agreed timetables and • Experience of leading and successfully implementing budgets. change

• A proven ability to create a working environment that is • Successful track record in research in a field relevant to stimulating, collegial, and empowers staff to be creative and Dept. of VPPH effective

• Understanding of the purpose and integration of Pathology • Ability to motivate academic staff to create, develop and and Public Heath within the Veterinary Science deliver innovative pre and post registration programmes, undergraduate curriculum working in collaboration with other Heads

• Understanding of the postgraduate training in the • Commitment to support teaching of the highest standards specialities within the Department of VPPH and to enhancing the quality of the student experience

• Understanding of the role and value of diagnostic work • Ability to integrate the University’s internationalisation within the teaching and research activities of the strategic objectives into the School/Institute plans department

• A collegiate manager who can play a full role in the • Experience of financial planning and resource allocation, management of the Institute ideally including business plan management

SPIRITED CHALLENGING THE PERSON (CONT.) AMBITIOUS Career pathway For the T&S career pathway Desirable: INSPIRING The University offers two career pathways for staff – Teaching and Research (T&R) and Teaching and Scholarship (T&S). 2. To contribute to pedagogic research and scholarship • Masters degree in a relevant subject leadership at a national/international level, which will include SPIRITED

Both share the following core role expectations: where applicable generating funding, producing high quality • Recognised teaching qualification publications, building capacity in discipline-specific learning, CHALLENGING teaching, assessment and student experience research across • Excellence in teaching activity including undertaking delivery, the School/Institute and more generally extend the research Skills, General and Special Knowledge: related assessment, student supervision and support at portfolio in learning and teaching. AMBITIOUS undergraduate and postgraduate level • Ability to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders to

Senior level appointments collaborate in identifying problems and appropriate solutions, • Contributing to ongoing curriculum development and within agreed timetablesINSPIRING and budgets innovation to meet the changing needs of students, graduates, 3. For appointment at Senior Lecturer level, you will be expected • Well-developed understanding of the priorities, operation and employers, the profession and wider society, and in support of a to have an excellent record of research and publications and strategy of relevant approval/accreditation bodies research-led approach to student learning evidence of high quality teaching skills. An appointment at

Chair level is available for a suitably qualified candidate. • Proven ability to create a working environment that is Undertake leadership, management and administrative • stimulating, collegial, and empowers staff to be creative and responsibilities that contribute to policy development and the Person Specification effective delivery of local and institutional strategies, plans and priorities

Experience: • Commitment to support teaching of the highest standards and Engagement in external academic activities (conference • to enhancing the quality of the student experience presentations, membership of journal editorial boards, • Experience in academic leadership and team building

membership of national or international committees), to enhance the national and international reputation of the School • Experience of managing staff and their performance • Track record of research and scholarly activity in a relevant area and the University of Life Sciences

• Experience of leading and successfully implementing change • Engagement in appropriate training and professional • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

development (including completion of mandatory requirements Experience of financial planning and resource allocation • Desirable: of induction and probation)

Demonstrable track record in strategic and operational • • Evidence of innovative thinking in learning and teaching management and planning For the T&R career pathway

Personal Attributes and Circumstances: 1. To contribute to research leadership at a national/international • Education, Qualifications, Training level, which will include developing and leading a research An ability to engage with senior managers and students group, generating significant grant income, producing • • PhD or Professional Doctorate in a relevant subject publications of high scientific quality in high impact journals and

promoting more generally the research culture and activities of • Flexible and adaptable to the working situation the School/Institute and University through collaborative work. • Appropriate CPD activities

• Willingness to build partnerships with external partners

• Ability to work in a multi-professional team

Applications should consist of a full CV detailing academic Formal interviews will take place on Tuesday 4 April 2017 at and professional qualifications, full employment history, latest which point selection of the preferred candidates will take APPOINTMENT remuneration and relevant achievements and should be place. accompanied by a covering letter describing briefly your PROCESS suitability for this role, why the appointment is of interest, All Informal enquiries to: and what you believe you can bring to the role. Applications AND HOW TO APPLY should be submitted to [email protected]. Corporate Services Manager, Mrs Saskia Wood on 0151 794 5622, email: [email protected]. The closing date for applications is 11.30pm on 3 March 2017 For more information about the University, visit: Applications will be considered by the Selection Committee in www.liverpool.ac.uk early March 2017 and shortlisted candidates will subsequently be invited to interview. twitter/@livuninews

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THE UNIVERSITY IS A MEMBER OF THE ELITE RUSSELL GROUP OF RESEARCH-LED UK UNIVERSITIES