Job summary
- Main area
- Associate Dean
- Grade
- Associate Dean (AD)
- Contract
- Secondment: 11 months (Until 30 September 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 4 sessions per week (16 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 990-SE-16722-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York House
- Town
- Horley
- Salary
- In line with Associate Dean sessional payments
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Dean, KSS
Associate Dean (AD)
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Job overview
We are seeking applications for the role of Associate Dean in Kent, Surrey and Sussex to take on a wide portfolio supporting medical education in
the region as detailed below.
Main duties of the job
You will join the team of the Postgraduate Dean for Kent Surrey and Sussex, to support their mission. The role is dynamic and flexible, with each member of the team having direct responsibility for engagement and support, governance and quality for a geographical area and the learners, educators and providers within this.
The associate deans provide direct support for the directors of medical education and other senior educational leaders in these organisations as well as the heads of school and their teams.
There are also a number of innovative portfolio responsibilities covering operational, faculty and patient-focused development focused on current NHSE priorities such as health inequalities, clinical pathways and enhancing doctors working lives.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary clinical healthcare qualification
- Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at educational development training/courses
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
Desirable criteria
- A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
- Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
- Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- A transformation leadership style
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult issues
- Management of transformation and change
- Sensitivity, tolerance and acceptance of criticism
- Perform all duties in a manner that supports and promotes commitment to equal opportunities
- Conduct all duties in a manner that safeguards the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues, trainees and staff.
- A continuing quest for personal and professional development
- An academic interest in training and education across primary and secondary care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies.
- Understanding of the workforce transformation agenda.
- Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years
- Active involvement in, and up to date with, appraisal processes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Porter
- Job title
- Programme Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Enquiries about this role are welcomed. Please contact KSS Postgraduate Dean Prof. Jo Szram [email protected].
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