About usUnder the leadership of the Vice Provost (Health) and in close collaboration with the Vice Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) and Global Engagement team, we are seeking applications to take on a new senior strategic academic role – a Pro Vice Provost (International Health) – with responsibility for leading and shaping an emerging new strategic global partnership for UCL in health with Tsinghua University, China.Since January 2024, Tsinghua and UCL have been exploring the possible co-creation of an UCL-Tsinghua partnership based in Beijing, focusing in particular on high quality translational and basic science, plus health systems transformation.The joint partnership, which aligns with UCL’s Global Engagement and Health strategies, would form an integral part of Tsinghua’s plan to establish a new academic health science campus, and could lead to development of a physical presence for UCL in Beijing.About the roleThe Pro Vice Provost’s key responsibilities will focus on strategic academic leadership to support development of the emerging partnership in health with Tsinghua.This will broadly include: collaborative working across Faculties, oversight of related governance and approvals at UCL, development of related business cases, external partnership engagement and stakeholder management, and development of a shared academic vision with Tsinghua.The postholder will work closely with the Global Engagement team who will provide professional services leadership for the partnership.For further details on the role, please view the job description which is available at the bottom of this page.Practical Details relating to the Role
This role is for internal UCL candidates only, and should be combined with existing academic responsibilities.
Candidates will be appointed on a fractional basis of 0.4 FTE (2 days per week). Candidates will therefore be expected to have agreement of their Line Manager (and HoD / Dean where appropriate) to take on this role in line with their existing responsibilities.
The role will report to the Vice Provost (Health), but will also work closely with the Vice Provost (RIGE), and will benefit from project management support and professional services leadership provided by the Global Engagement team.
This is a fixed term appointment, initially for 18 months with potential for extension.
Applications from Senior StaffWe are seeking internal applications from senior UCL academic staff, at the level of Professor, with strong strategic leadership experience in a global context (preferably in China or Asia more broadly), and with the ability to work across UCL’s Faculties.We would particularly like to encourage women, and men or women from an ethnic minority, to apply, as they are under-represented within UCL at senior levels.Application ProcessApplications should be in the form of an expression of interest (no more than 2 pages), together with a short CV, uploaded via this advert, by 23:59 on 7 September 2025. If required, interviews will be held w/c 22 September.In the expression of interest, candidates are asked to briefly reflect on the following:
Reasons for applying for the role
How candidates meet the person specification
A brief outline of how candidates propose combining this role with current responsibilities.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents
