Job Description

We're looking to recruit an Academic Manager for the Leeds campus for a fixed term period of 1 year.
Reporting to the Head/Deputy Head of the Law Faculty you will be responsible for the leadership, management and development of our team of lecturers, senior lecturers and GTAs.
We are looking for an experienced educational professional with a genuine passion for quality and excellence, who has a demonstrative ability of managing people, including the recruitment, induction and day to day line management of lecturers, senior lecturers and GTAs.
As an Academic Manager at The University of Law, you will:

• People manage, including leading performance, attendance management and career development
• Establish effective use and apportionment of staff resource and the optimisation of resource allocation in liaison with the Head/Deputy Head of the Law Faculty
• Develop, monitor and upkeep the quality performance of the academic team, delivering sector leading quality results
• Motivate and develop the team which includes raising their external academic and professional profile.
• Ensure high levels of learning and teaching quality and ensuring outstanding student and client experience
• Liaise with Programme and Student Leads to provide academic staff resource to contribute to the development and delivery of courses.

We are looking for individuals who are/have:

• Considerable experience of teaching in Higher Education
• Qualification as a solicitor or barrister or other relevant qualification with minimum of 3 years PQE
• Interested in people management, specifically change management, staff motivation and development
• Enthusiastic self-starter, who can lead by example and be an effective role model for academic staff
• Able to weave your own experience in practice and/or Higher Education into teaching; ensuring that students benefit from an outstanding student experience.

For an informal discussion please contact Andrea Jones by emailing Full a full overview of the job descripiton please visit https://careers.law.ac.uk/
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 3rd December 2025. Interviews will take place in the w/c 8th December 2025.
Please note: the panel for these roles will be interviewing candidates on receipt of their applications and may close the advert early due to large volumes of applications.
About Us & Benefits
On top of a salary of 58,500, we provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 35 days, and there's a rewards package that includes:

• Private Medical Scheme and Life Assurance
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Training and Qualifications (including Course Sponsorship/Fee Discount)
• Season Ticket Loans and Student Discounts

Diversity, Inclusion and Flexible Working:
We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees.
We're also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process - please contact the ULaw Talent Acquisition Team via talentacquisition@law.ac.uk
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link .
Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Skills Required