Recruiting: SEED Director of Postgraduate Research

22 Jul 2025

SEED seeks to appoint a new Director of Postgraduate Research, starting 1 February, 2026. The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 18 September, 2025.

SEED seeks to appoint a new Director of Postgraduate Research, starting 1st February, 2026 as a three-year appointment, with the possibility to extend. Handover processes will commence from 1st November, 2025, three months prior to start of appointment.

The School’s Director of Postgraduate Research (PGR) is responsible for developing and achieving a School PGR strategy in accordance with the Faculty’s and University’s overall strategy, and for providing leadership to colleagues in support of the strategy. 

The post attracts an Honorarium of £5000 and 6000 workload points. 

The deadline to submit expressions of interest is Friday, 18 September. 

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

SEED Director of PGR - Job description 2025 

 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 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 and this can be arranged. 

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.   

Best wishes 

Juup Stelma 

SEED Interim Head of School