Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. We are ranked in the world’s top 350 HEIs in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and in the top ten mainstream universities in the country for the proportion of UK undergraduates in employment 15 months after graduating.  We have campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, London and Peterborough with around 2,500 staff and 35,000 students from 180 countries.  With a focussed civic mission, we are committed to working with others through education, research and knowledge exchange to enhance the economic, cultural and social wellbeing of the communities in which we work and live.

About the role:

The Faculty of Management takes an innovative approach to education, working closely with national and international businesses to offer contemporary, professionally accredited and employment focussed undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Continued growth allows us to offer additional faculty positions in our School of Economics, Finance and Law. You will have the opportunity to contribute to our on-campus, online, corporate and international work.

Through the position advertised, we are seeking to build on our existing strengths by appointing three new members of academic staff at lecturer/senior lecturer level who will, among other things, support the development of research within our subject group of Supply Chain Management. The central purpose of these roles is to undertake teaching, research and other academic activities within our faculty in the area of Supply Chain Management.

We are seeking academics with a passion for teaching and an enthusiastic approach for research.  We are also looking for academics who enjoy supporting students and working collaboratively with their colleagues. The appointee would also be expected to contribute to the teaching of Operations Management courses on our undergraduate and post graduate courses delivered to students across the Faculty of Business and Law as well as the supervision of PhD students. In addition, the appointed person would be expected to carry out administrative tasks and student pastoral care commensurate with an academic position.

You’ll have a degree plus PhD or Professional Doctorate as well as successful teaching experience at Higher Education level and/or relevant commercial, and/or professional experience. You’ll the ability and willingness to develop personal research/consultancy profile. The ability to meet deadlines sometimes under pressure and excellent written and oral communications skills is essential for this role.

Informal enquiries can be made to the Deputy Head of School, Brendon Shaw brendon.shaw@aru.ac.uk

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package.

Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. 

Guidance Notes: 

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification. 

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