Recruiting: Associate Director of Research Ethics

28 Mar 2025

SEED seeks to appoint a new Associate Director of Research Ethics, starting 1 August, 2025. Deadline for Expressions of Interest is 2 May, 2025

Dear Colleagues, 

SEED seeks to appoint one new Associate Director of Research Ethics, to work alongside Dr Helen Zheng, the other Associate Director of Research: Ethics. The two Associate Directors for Research: Ethics work together to provide academic leadership and operational management for SEED’s Ethics Committee, ensuring compliance with The University of Manchester’s ethical approval processes for human research. The role involves overseeing ethical review structures, training staff and students, liaising with the University’s Research Governance team, and representing SEED at the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC).

Each of the Associate Director of Research: Ethics roles attracts 2000 workload points. Representation on UREC is an expectation of each role and carries an additional 700 workload points for each Associate Director.

The start date for the post is 1st August 2025. This is a three-year appointment, with the possibility to extend.

The deadline to submit expressions of interest is 2nd May 2025.

Interview dates will be confirmed in due course.

Expressions of Interest should be sent to seedheadofschool@manchester.ac.uk  

Further particulars: SEED Associate Director of Research: Ethics 

I encourage you to follow the link above for the further particulars of this role before submitting an expression of interest.

Expressions of Interest should consist of a brief up to date CV with a covering letter of up to 500 words, outlining your suitability for the role and what you would like to achieve if appointed.

Candidate applications will be reviewed by a panel and shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview. The interview will often consist of a presentation and some questions to enable the panel to ascertain suitability for the position. The panel will always include members of SLT.

Anyone with questions or interest in applying, and would like to discuss informally, please feel free to get in touch with myself or Pam Qualter.

Ensuring that our School is inclusive as possible is a fundamental part of what we do in SEED. We aim to redress staffing imbalances and inequalities. We promote equality and actively challenge unfair discrimination. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – people of all ages, sexual orientations, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and beliefs. However, we particularly encourage applications from staff who identify as women, colleagues with disabilities, and individuals from minority ethnic groups, because these groups are currently underrepresented at more senior levels in Higher Education.  

Juup Stelma 

SEED Head of School (Interim)