Head of Academic Planning

TPP RECRUITMENT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a key managerial position in academic planning for the Law School. The successful candidate will oversee workload allocation processes, ensuring fairness and alignment with institutional goals. Responsibilities include strategic input into course planning, staffing, and resource allocation, as well as managing the recruitment of Guest Teachers and Graduate Teaching Assistants. Applicants should possess strong analytical skills and experience in managing academic staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead managerial role in academic planning for the Law School.
• Oversee workload allocation for fairness and transparency.
• Model data analysis and reporting for monitoring workloads and teaching quality.

Job description

The Role

Working for this leading university, you will play the lead managerial role in academic planning for the Law School. Working closely with the Associate Dean (Education) and other senior colleagues you will oversee the workload allocation process to ensure fairness, transparency, and alignment with institutional goals. The role encompasses strategic input into course planning, staffing models, and resource allocation to support high-quality teaching and student experience. This is a complex and large‑scale process , with indicatively 80+ academic staff, over 100 courses (across undergraduate and postgraduate teaching) as well as a large number of Guest Teachers and Graduate Teaching Assistants each year.

A key focus of the role is on modelling, data analysis, and reporting to monitor workloads, teaching quality, and resource efficiency, and providing advice and insight to inform academic decision‑making. The postholder has ownership of the end‑to‑end recruitment and management of Guest Teachers and Graduate Teaching Assistants , ensuring timely contracts, accurate payments, smooth onboarding and effective budget control.

You will line manage staff to oversee academic recruitment, review, promotion and various types of leave including sabbatical. T...