Expressions of interest open – Chair of CASES Biomechanics and Motor Behaviour Division

Dr Andrew Mitchell HonFCASES will finish his second term as the Biomechanics and Motor Behaviour Division Chair and Director of the Association after the November 2026 Board meeting.

CASES would like to thank Andrew for all his hard work and support of CASES and of his Division over his tenure.

CASES is going to open advert to recruit a new Biomechanics and Motor Behaviour Division Chair who will also become a Director of the Association, starting their term from the end of November 2026. The incoming Division Chair will attend and observe the November 2026 Board meeting on 18 November 2026.

If you are interested in applying for this role, download the job description here and the application form can be found here. 

The appointment of this role will be via a formal, open and transparent recruitment process, with the aim of attracting the widest range of the most suitable talent. 

At CASES, we are committed to Fairness, Professionalism, Honesty, Responsibility and Excellence. We strive to improve our ways of working to be more inclusive and diverse, to accelerate our impact on society and live up to our Values. We acknowledge that we lack representation from various underrepresented groups and therefore strongly encourage applications that will amplify the voices of people with a disability, those from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds, women or gender diverse people in STEMM and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Please notify the Chief Executive Officer (iwilson@cases.org.uk) if you require reasonable adjustments throughout the application process.

Interested candidates are to submit their application form by noon on Friday 31 July 2026. Please mark your email Confidential and send to iwilson@cases.org.uk.

The Human Resources, Appointments and Remuneration Committee will review all applications. The successful candidates will be announced around early September 2026.

If any prospective applicant would like a confidential chat about the role, please contact Dr Andrew Mitchell HonFCASES, Chair of the Biomechanics and Motor Behaviour Division (a.mitchell21@herts.ac.uk), or Ian Wilson, CASES Chief Executive Officer (iwilson@cases.org.uk) or Prof Zoe Knowles FCASES, CASES Chair (Z.R.Knowles@ljmu.ac.uk).