Professor, Director of Converge: Visa sponsorship available York St John University

4 weeks ago

York North Yorkshire, United Kingdom R360 Radio Full time

Salary: £68,857 to £73,040 per year

Hours: Full time

Closing date: 24 April 2024

Location: York, North Yorkshire

Company: York St John University

Job type: Permanent

Job reference: 034-24

Summary

Full time permanent

Location: York

Salary: £68,857 to £73,040 per annum

About Converge and York St John

York St John University is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

Converge is a partnership between the University and mental health service providers which provides courses for adults who use mental health services. Our courses help develop skills in a supportive educational environment. Courses are taught by staff, students and people with particular expertise and their own experience of mental ill health.

This post of director will lead and manage the strategic work, will collaborate and lead the Converge project, which provides courses for adults who use mental health services, and will be expected to contribute to the research development and dissemination and some delivery of the work. It provides a model with which to address issues of social justice and equality of access within education and mental health services. Converge is clustered within the school of the arts and works closely with the Institute for Social Justice.

The Role

We are seeking a strategic, reflexive and innovative leader, with experience in mental health work, with emotional intelligence and a strong ethical core, to lead Converge on the next stage of its development. The director will manage the projects and staff in Converge, work with project partnerships with the NHS and within YSJU, and the director will provide and develop research and dissemination of research in thew area. The director will be proactive in leading and raising the funding required to ensure the viability of the project.

It is crucial that the new director foster research links and facilitate engagement between community mental health users, providers, academics and educators. Part of this partnership development will include managing the growth of the new international partnerships. In addition, the director will take an academic leadership role in enhancing student engagement within Converge.

To this end the role will model and lead interdisciplinary approaches of participatory, inclusive and community research in the context of mental health. It will actively seek external research funding to deliver high-quality and impactful projects and activity; foster research links that facilitate the engagement and impact of co-productive research in mental health; supervise and provide training for PGRs and community researchers and provide leadership to the Converge Evaluation and Research Team.

Key Requirements

Candidates will have a strong record of working in mental health services, working in co-productive inclusive environments, with a track record of leadership, management and a strong grounding in risk assessment and health and safety.

The successful candidate will be somebody who grasps the challenges and opportunities of the Converge project with leadership, innovation, emotional intelligence, compassion and imagination.

We are looking for somebody for whom identification with a set of methodological and ethical principles is at the forefront of their research practice, which might be located in a range disciplines from across the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is essential that candidates hold a doctoral level qualification.

Further Information

For informal enquiries please Professor Helen Julia Minors, Head of the School of the Arts, h.minors@yorksj.ac.uk

This role is eligible for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. For further information regarding this visa route please visit Skilled Worker visa: Overview – GOV.UK (

If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to apply for this position please contact vacancies@yorksj.ac.uk. Within the application form there is an opportunity for you to request a reasonable adjustment at the interview stage of the process, however if you wish to discuss this in further detail at any point in the process please do not hesitate to contact us.

We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities to support staff from different backgrounds. As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form.

Our benefits package

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including –

– Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period

– Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)

– Pension scheme

– Health Cash Plan after six months service

– Employee Assistance Programme

– Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists

– On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software

– Relocation expenses package for certain roles

– Reimbursement of Skilled Worker Visa application fees and Visa loan scheme for additional costs

Further information about life at YSJ

Read more about our culture, inclusive community, working arrangements and benefits for York St John employees here.

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Closing Date – Wednesday 24 April 2024 at midnight

Provisional Interview Date – Tuesday 14 May 2024

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