Professor

The School of Management  is seeking to appoint a Professor to join us on a full time, permanent basis.

About the role

This is a pivotal position leading research with high international impact and profile. You will also lead teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level alongside management and leadership duties.

While we welcome applications from excellent candidates in any field of business and management, candidates with interests and expertise in the following areas are particularly welcomed at this time: Climate Change/Action; Computational Finance; Digital Futures; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; Interpretive Consumer Research/Consumer Culture Theory (CCT); Mathematical Finance; Organisation Studies; Project management and Strategic Management. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact either: 

Professor Steve Brammer, Dean of the School of Management, at mnssjab@bath.ac.uk 

Professor Alistair Brandon-Jones, Head of Information, Decisions & Operations Division, at abj20@bath.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Glozer, Head of Marketing, Business & Society Division, at sag62@bath.ac.uk

Professor Nancy Harding, Head of Strategy & Organisation Division, at hnh25@bath.ac.uk

or Professor David Newton, Head of Accounting, Finance & Law Division, at dpn25@bath.ac.uk

Please ensure you submit your application via our website.

About you

We are seeking candidates who excel in research, teaching, and leadership roles, who are actively applying for research grant funding, and who will contribute in a dynamic way, to both the vibrant research culture and to knowledge exchange.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline
• A sustained record of publications in leading peer-reviewed journals
• A track record of securing research funding
• Academic leadership skills
• A commitment to excellence in research and teaching

For a full view of the person specification for this role please see the attached Job Description.

About us

We are one of the UK’s leading Business Schools, located in an impressive new building with state-of-the art resources near the city of Bath. Ranked within the UK’s top ten and the world’s Global 100 business schools, in REF 2021, 91% of our submissions were judged to be ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, with 51% of submissions rated as 4*. This placed the School 7^th in the UK for business and management studies.

Knowledge from our research informs our teaching, and we are proud of how this helped us gain the award of TEF Gold status in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework. The School has gained Athena Swan bronze status and is actively challenging limitations placed on academic careers by any forms of bias.

We provide a highly successful portfolio of teaching programmes including undergraduate, masters, MBA and PhD. We aim to build on these successes, and part of this strategy involves expanding our group by attracting outstanding scholars who will engage in research, teaching, and administration at the highest level of excellence.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal & professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new & existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

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