Lecturer or Teaching Fellow in Economics (Fixed Term Maternity Cover)

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a distinctive institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region but with a global presence. Our students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of industry and the community. We couldn’t exist anywhere else and have helped shape the city in which we belong. Working with the people of Liverpool to improve lives and support communities is at the heart of why we were founded and why we exist today.

Liverpool Business School lies within LJMU and is known for its innovation and its history of nurturing talent by providing the knowledge, experience and contacts our students need to succeed in their specialist business areas.

We are proud to provide a first-rate teaching and learning environment backed by research and scholarship which is central to our school ethos, as is delivering practical business solutions to local, national and international businesses.

Liverpool Business School enjoys a strong reputation for its growing and vibrant undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, along with existing local, regional, and international partnerships. As a Business School we are committed to embedding digital literacy, employability, and internationalisation into all of our programmes. In addition, as signatories for PRME, we have a lively community of staff working across this area. We are also very proud of our Business Clinic that has been established to provide students with the opportunity to undertake a live business consultancy project with an external host organisation. Our Business Clinic works with businesses and organisations from across the Liverpool City Region.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced academic to contribute to the teaching and learning in the area of Economics. Please note this is a maternity cover role with a maximum contract length of 12 months.

The successful candidate will:

• have a strong commitment to ensuring an outstanding student experience
  • develop and deliver innovative teaching in Economics.
  • contribute to the pastoral and academic supervision of students
  • be committed to liaising with businesses and other organisations to connect the research and teaching capability of the School to professional leads.
  • have a clear understanding of how the outputs of scholarship and research or professional body engagement can inform curriculum development in order to enhance the learning experience of students.

In return, we offer an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, induction and development support as well as family-friendly policies.

If you feel that this is the role you have been looking for and your skills and experience can make a real difference at LJMU, we look forward to hearing from you.

Informal enquiries may be made to Katie Hyslop, Programme Leader, Liverpool Business School, email: K.A.Hyslop@ljmu.ac.uk

Please note we do not accept supplementary information when considering applications for this post and ask that you complete the on-line application only. Within the application form there is the opportunity for you to include everything that you wish panel members to consider, particularly in the Personal Statement section.

Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.

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