Lecturer/Senior in Defence Acquisition & Strategic Capability

Lecturer: Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £48,760 to £58,664 per annum, with potential progression up to £71,050 per annum

Senior Lecturer: Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £61,000 to £70,548 per annum, with potential progression up to £86,275 per annum

Location: Shrivenham, Oxfordshire

We welcome applications from passionate, skilled, committed individuals to join out team.

About the Role

You will undertake teaching duties mostly within the Leadership, Management and Strategic Capability Group, and across the Centre for Defence and Security Management & Informatics as required. 

Specifically:

• Ensuring the development and the delivery of a range of educational products and modules on the Capability and Acquisition (CAPAC) Course
• Contribute to the delivery of Private Venture (PV) short courses in the United Kingdom and Overseas
• Contribute to the delivery of Academic Provider (AP) contract in the United Kingdom, overseas and online
• Planning and delivering teaching and contributing to the design or revision of courses and short courses
• Ensuring that the group is suitably represented across the Centre and beyond.
• Supervising post-graduate students at Master’s and PhD level.

About You

You will have an MSc in a topic related to Defence and Security or MBA and significant experience in the field of defence gained whilst serving in a senior military role / defence civil service. 

You will have a teaching qualification (FHEA) or a willingness to undertake this. You will contribute to course development, module design and teaching at Master’s Level or equivalent. You will have work experience within the Defence or wider security sectors of the UK or an allied state. Additionally for a Senior Lecturer, you will have substantial contributions in teaching and leadership and management. 

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

How to apply                                    

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Robby Allen - Professor of Leadership and Neurodiversity, on (E): robby.allen@cranfield.ac.uk. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details at people.shrivenham@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 5316.

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