The Faculty of Engineering & Design is seeking a dynamic Professor or Associate Professor of Hydrogen Energy to lead research and education in this area.

Hydrogen has been identified as a cornerstone of the UK’s net-zero strategy, with a commitment to deploy up to 10 GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, at the least half from electrolytic sources. This ambition is supported by major government initiatives, including the Hydrogen Production Business Model (HPBM), the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Standard (LCHS), and the development of hydrogen transport and storage networks.

Bath's Leadership in Hydrogen Research

The VR成人视频 plays a leading role in the nation hydrogen ecosystem through two flagship initaitives:

• UK-HyRES (Hydrogen Research for Energy System) - one of the UKRI's national research hubs, addressing fundamental challenges in hydrogen production, storage, and integration within future energy systems.
• GW-SHIFT (Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies) - a regional partnership led by Bath, brining together industry and academia across the South West and South Wales to accelerate hydrogen innovation and demonstration.

These initiatives position Bath as a national and regional leader in hydrogen research and innovation.

VR成人视频 You

The post holder will have:

• A sustained record of high-quality research and funding in Hydrogen energy
• Evidence of leadership in innovation and collaboration, and the capability to translate research to deliver real-world impact
• Proven ability to score major funding 
• Strategic vision and capacity to lead large scale initiatives
• Commitment to mentoring and institutional development

You will be based in the Hydrogen Hub and one of the four departments within the Faculty of Engineering and Design. Bath offers interdisciplinary coverage across hydrogen storage and production, propulsion, electrochemistry, power systems, renewables, and applications in aviation and automotive systems

You will be a kind and culturally aware leader who fosters an environment where every individual is valued and respected, regardless of their background or identity. You will understand that change is inevitable and necessary, actively encouraging your team to adapt and evolve. By promoting a culture of openness and inclusivity, you will create a dynamic and empowered team that can thrive in today's changing world.

Further Information

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) open ended basis

Associate Professor (Reader) salary will range from £58,225 to £67,468 per annum and Professor salary will range from £75,182 to £138,905 per annum

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Prof Mi Tian (mt747@bath.ac.uk) and Prof John Chew (jc604@bath.ac.uk)

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the VR成人视频 a great place to work as well as following us and .

Closing Date: 16 Mar 2026

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £75,182 to £138,905

At the VR成人视频, engineering and design sit at the heart of our academic identity and our ambitions for the decade ahead. As we develop Strategy 2036, our framework focused on global excellence, outstanding people, and high-impact research and education, we are seeking to appoint a Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Design to lead that agenda from the front.   

This appointment comes at a pivotal moment. With a new institutional strategy taking shape and significant opportunities ahead in research, education, and global engagement, the Faculty is well positioned for its next phase. What it requires now is the right leader to drive it forward.  

VR成人视频 the Faculty 

The Faculty of Engineering & Design is one of Bath's largest and most distinguished academic communities, comprising four top-performing departments: Architecture & Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. It is home to approximately 3000 students and over 300 education and research staff, with student entry standards among the highest in the UK. 

The Faculty conducts high-quality research to advance engineering and address the environmental, social, and industrial challenges our world faces. Research activity is organised around three large-scale themes: digital, health, and sustainability, delivered through a network of well-resourced interdisciplinary centres and institutes. 

These include the Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, alongside centres specialising in bioengineering, climate adaptation, sustainable energy, and advanced manufacturing. The Faculty's research approach is deliberately challenge-led and collaborative, producing work with real-world impact across industry, government, and society. 

VR成人视频 the Role 

As Dean you will hold three distinct and equally important leadership responsibilities: 

1. Faculty Leader.鈥痀ou will set direction, shape culture, and drive performance. This means raising research quality and impact, building a compelling and diverse educational offer, championing commercialisation and innovation, and ensuring the Faculty is an environment in which exceptional people do their best work. 
2. Academic Executive.鈥疻orking closely with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, you will lead strategic planning, budget setting, student number targets, and KPI delivery, with direct accountability for the Faculty's financial sustainability and operational performance. 
3. Institutional Leader.鈥痀ou will sit on the University Executive Board from day one, contributing to Bath's wider institutional strategy and policy. This role extends well beyond the Faculty, and we are looking for a Dean who is genuinely energised by that broader institutional responsibility. 

Key priorities will include: 

• Developing a compelling and distinctive educational offer, attracting and inspiring a diverse student community 
• Enhancing research performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and commercialisation 
• Growing global engagement, partnerships, and transnational education activity 
• Strengthening the Faculty's culture, supporting staff, enabling high performance, and championing equality, diversity and inclusion 
• Ensuring strong financial management and maximising new income streams 
• Leading strategic planning, operational delivery, and cross-University collaboration at scale 

This appointment carries a genuine mandate to lead. The University will set the strategic direction and values, and then empower you, as Dean, to deliver, with the trust, autonomy, and institutional backing to make bold decisions and drive meaningful change at pace. 

VR成人视频 You 

You will:

• bring academic and/or professional qualifications and relevant experience in a discipline appropriate to the Faculty, with the personal authority and credibility to lead a top-performing engineering community. 
• have a proven record of leadership and management in a higher education environment, with the ability to motivate, develop, and performance-manage academic and professional staff. Your style will be open, inclusive, and collaborative, earning trust at all levels of the organisation. 
• be an exceptional communicator, with the confidence and interpersonal range to engage effectively with students, academic colleagues, senior leaders, and external partners, supported by strong written, negotiation, and presentation skills. 
• have a track record of leading change, managing complex resources, and making strategic decisions that deliver results, alongside a sound understanding of the national and international higher education landscape. 
• have experience of cross-disciplinary working and engagement with professional bodies would be an advantage. Above all, you will bring the leadership character and cultural conviction to build an environment in which people and performance genuinely thrive. 

Why Bath? 

We are a distinctive institution: compact, campus-based, and genuinely cohesive. It is a place where leaders can see strategy become reality, and where the relationships between academic and professional communities are substantive rather than merely formal. You will join at a moment of genuine strategic momentum, working alongside a Vice-Chancellor who is an engineer and who understands this Faculty, a Provost who is deeply invested in Faculty performance, and a senior leadership team committed to excellence. This is a role with real autonomy. You will be trusted to lead, empowered to act, and supported to succeed. 

What we can offer you 

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme 
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. 
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements. 
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce 
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities 
• several support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, and Interest-Free Loan. 

Equal Opportunity 

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

Closing Date: 31 Mar 2026

Department: Education & Research