Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Responsible Business

About the role

Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will be responsible for contributing to an exceptional student experience through the delivery of teaching, research, knowledge exchange and business and enterprise engagement activity. With research already published in relevant journals, the successful applicant will join one of the UKs leading centres for Responsible Business teaching and research. You should be prepared to develop, lead and contribute to teaching on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules within the subject area in addition to developing research bids and outputs which enhance understanding of dimensions and implications of responsible business. The Subject Group include specialists in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), ethical business, co-operatives, democratic self-management, meaningful work, the Sustainable Development Goals, responsible leadership and organisational applications of moral philosophy and we are looking for someone whose research complements these existing strengths.

Colleagues appointed into our Lecturer grade are usually early career academics who are supported through their probationary period to develop their academic profile. The selection panel will assess your application and discuss with you which role you are being considered for at selection and appointment stages.  

About the team

Working within the Department of Leadership and HRM, you will join a team of highly qualified academics with a passion for enhancing the student experience through their research expertise. You will contribute to research informed and technology enabled learning and teaching on our contemporary suites of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, which include: Business Management Foundation year, BA Business Management, MSc Business and Management programmes at all levels. In addition to teaching, you will undertake research and scholarly activities, contributing to the Faculty’s research profile and REF submission, together with contributing to consultancy, enterprise, and other income generation and business development activities.  

About you

Applicants should hold a doctoral qualification (Assistant Professor) or exceptionally soon to be qualified (Lecturer) and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge and subject expertise in a relevant subject discipline.

Experience of designing, delivering, and assessing high quality teaching and learning practice as well as evidence of high-quality research outputs are essential.

Further information is available in the Lecturer and Assistant Professor person specifications. If you are having issues accessing the role descriptions, please email humanresources@northumbria.ac.uk.

Informal enquires about the role can be made to Deputy Head of the Department of Leadership and HRM, Dr. Yevhen Baranchenko Yevhen.Baranchenko@northumbria.ac.uk

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance.

To apply for this vacancy please click the 'Apply' button above. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.  Please ensure your CV includes research / education statements, and grants and publications list highlighting your highest quality research outputs up to a maximum of four. For your most recent grants please include the grant title, funder reference, funder, amount, and your role. In addition, you are asked to provide copies of the top two research outputs (Journal / book chapter / practice-based portfolio).

Locations: Sutherland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8ST, GB
Apply before: 21/07/2024, 23:59
Job shift: Office Hours Monday to Friday

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