The School of Education is a part of the highly impactful Faculty of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich. The faculty has a strong focus on professional workforce development, with long-established and extensive partnerships across a wide range of professional sectors. The School of Education represents a continuation of teacher training started in 1906 at Avery Hill College. We are a thriving school of around 45 academic staff, with programmes from early years, through primary, secondary and FE, into master’s and doctoral levels. The school works in partnership with a broad range of educational settings across London and the Southeast of England. We are currently in an enjoyable and effective partnership with the University of Derby for ITT programmes, but the School was recently successful in regaining provisional accreditation as an ITT provider. We expect to be a fully accredited provider for programmes starting September 2026.
Cross-professional collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and the Institute for Lifecourse Development brings our professions and disciplines together under one umbrella, to address the challenges people face at different points in their lives. All staff have the opportunity to join the ILD. By harnessing those effective links between professionals, the Institute enables students, staff, and partners to address societal problems though learning, research, and practice.
Embedded in the community but with a clear global outlook, the faculty offers a welcoming and supportive environment to students from a wide range of backgrounds, and at various stages of academic and professional development. We aim to transform the lives of our students by providing an education that enables them to become creative and confident contributors to society, along with the skills and knowledge needed to make a real difference to local and global communities.
Reporting to the Head of School, you will join our enthusiastic and collaborative school and ITE leadership teams to ensure high quality provision and partnerships, trainee outcomes, and experience.
This is a permanent appointment to the substantive post of Associate Professor in Initial Teacher Education (teaching and learning career pathway) and, initially, a three-year fixed term role as the Head of Initial Teacher Education. Please note, we are looking for an applicant with a strong grasp of ITE, who has led research or practitioner-focused projects leading to transformative outcomes for educational settings in the UK-context. Experience of successful ITE leadership across phases is essential.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact the Head of the School, Iain Kitchener, i.kitchener@greenwich.ac.uk
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The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030 and our people are truly at the heart of what we want to achieve. We offer a great set of benefits including an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working options including hybrid working and a genuine commitment to development.
We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.
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We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.
We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.
Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role meets the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application