Aarhus University is seeking a head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences
Aarhus Universitet
Shape the Future: Exciting Opportunity to Head Aarhus University’s Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics! The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics is an internationally highly recognized department with a strong international profile.We are looking for a new head of department and a leader who can ensure a strong focus on securing a high quality and coherence, in research, teaching, talent development, collaboration and innovation at the department.
Aarhus University (AU) is research-intensive with a high national and international impact. Moreover, AU supports study programmes and research-based consultancies of high academic quality. Finally, AU has a sharp focus on close collaboration with the business community, the public sector, and internally between researchers across AU departments.Your responsibilities You will be the AU-internal and external representative of the department, and under the authority of the AU rector and the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, you will be in charge of academic, financial and personnel-related matters, including the planning and allocation of job responsibilities.You will be responsible for drawing up strategy and action plans for research and education at the department, with a particular focus on active contributions to interdisciplinary research across traditional academic boundaries, both within the department, and with the other departments and centres at the faculty and beyond.You will implement the visions of the department in contributing to shape the university of the future through the further development of the department’s profile as an attractive and inspirational research, work and study environment. In doing so, you will help attract the best employees, PhD students, students and partners from Denmark and abroad.You will maintain a focus on strategic management, financial responsibility, and good HR management. For this, you will be supported by a professional and specialized administrative support function at both department and faculty levels.You will refer to the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and you will be a member of the faculty management board. The faculty management board has the overall responsibility of the Faculty of Natural Sciences’ departments and centres and you are expected to contribute to the overall development of the faculty, and for securing the faculty in achieving its goals and being managed as a coherent and well-functioning organization. You are expected to be abel to read and understand Danish whitin 2 years.Your leadership style and personality
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AU has active focus on gender diversity, equity and inclusion, and applicants are expected to have an interest in working with this part of the culture and to have constructive suggestions for how to attract, include and develop talents from underrepresented groups.The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
The main tasks of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics are to teach research-based degree programmes at the BSc, MSc and PhD levels; to conduct high-impact research at an international level; to exchange knowledge with businesses and industries, and to disseminate research activities and results to the public.At the department research ranges from basic to applied within molecular biology and genetics, and the educational programmes are within the areas of molecular biology, molecular medicine and bioinformatics.. The department is organised into six research sections (bioinformatics; cellular health, intervention and nutrition; plant molecular biology, neurobiology; protein science; and RNA biology and innovation): Within these sections the department houses several interdisciplinary centres and centres of excellence. Departmental research is often collaborative between local laboratories as well as with other research groups within Denmark and abroad.
The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics strives to ensure that new knowledge generated by its researchers is efficiently communicated to a wider group of our society and when relevant leads to the development of new products and technologies. This is for example reflected in the collaboration of the department with companies, the filing of patents, its stimulation of start-up entrepreneurship, its industrial PhDs and its active interaction with secondary school pupils as well as dissemination of knowledge to the general public by the Department.
The department consists of approximately 150 academic staff, 70 technical and administrative staff, 80 PhD students and 400 bachelor and master’s students.
Aarhus, Midtjylland
Fri, 03 May 2024 03:15:46 GMT
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