Assistant Professor / Lecturer in International Business

Job title:

Assistant Professor / Lecturer in International Business

Company

Northumbria University

Job description

Job Description:ABOUT THE ROLEWorking 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. The role holder will contribute to delivering the Faculty’s strategic priorities, which include the integration of excellent teaching and high-quality research. The role holder will be responsible for the development, organisation, and delivery of curriculum content of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with the International Business & Strategy subject group. The role holder will also contribute to research activities, delivering appropriate research outputs in relevant journals, income generation and impact as agreed by the department Research leadership team.We welcome applications from scholar who have research interest in the following areas (as well as those more broadly situated within the field of IB):

• Cross-Cultural Management
• International Business Ethics and CSR
• Sustainability in International Business
• International Trade and Finance
• Global networks
• International Development
• Business-Government relations in IB

The role holder will contribute to modules on the BSc International Business Management and the MSc International Business Management. Most modules are team taught, so colleagues are expected to work in collaboration with other developing and delivering modules. There is also opportunity to contribute to our distance-learning modules and guest lecture on our partner campuses.This post is advertised across our and roles.Colleagues appointed into our Lecturer grade are usually early career academics who are supported through their probationary period to develop their Academic profile. Upon completion of probation objectives these colleagues are automatically moved into the Assistant Professor role. 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 TEAMThe Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy brings together themes of entrepreneurship, innovation, international business, business strategy, and regional development. Our teaching is informed by strong connections with the region’s business community and by our world-leading research across each subject area. It is a vibrant, internationally diverse, and inclusive department whose staff are passionate about creating an engaging student learning experience. Our International Business subject group has published across the leading IB journals including, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Business Studies, and International Business Review.We have a strong research culture complemented by research seminars, electrode lectures, paper hackathons and writing retreats. Those in the International Business and Strategy subject are members of a wide range of research centres here at the Business School such as EPIC, Organisational Change & Development and the Responsible Business research group.Our programmes, BSc International Business Management and MSc International Business Management, are the largest programmes in the department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy, attracting 50-200 students every year.ABOUT YOUYou will have:PhD in core discipline in International Business, strategy or related fieldsEvidence of developing a strong research profile and publications.Experience of teaching in the areas of International Business and/or Strategy.Experience of designing, delivering, and assessing high quality teaching and learning practice as well as evidence of high-quality research outputs are essential.For our lecturer grade we would expect an emergent publication record in top journals relevant to the field of International Business. For the Assistant Professor role, we would expect an established and growing publication record in relevant journals, with an ambitious research plan including grant capture activities. A candidate who has active research networks in the field of International Business and a passion for enhancing our research culture is essential.If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Roseline Wanjiru,Further information about the requirements of the and roles is available in the person specification.We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details aboutThis opportunity is open to applications from internal candidates who do not hold a current substantive academic role at Northumbria. Current academic colleagues with a substantive role are encouraged to consider options to progress via the Academic Development Review process.To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’. 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).ABOUT USAt Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold.Northumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally, and internationally. Find out why we were named Times Higher Education’s in 2022.Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure.One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university. Discover more .Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and .Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.Our Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what’s important to us.Please visit page to find out more.We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. Our campus locations include City Campus Newcastle and Coach Lane Campus Newcastle.Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.We are committed to keeping your data safe so it’s important for you to know how we use any personal data you give us. For more detailed information, access our .

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Location

Newcastle

Job date

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:10:43 GMT

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