Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Strategy

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:

We’re looking to appoint a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Strategy to join the Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Tourism subject group within the school. The successful candidate would contribute to the teaching and research activity of the group, including on our recently launched MBA Entrepreneurship and BSc Business with Entrepreneurship courses, as well as other business courses in the School of Management. We are committed to an active, collaborative learning pedagogy across our face to face, blended, and distance learning courses and we welcome applicants with experience in, and enthusiasm, for innovative teaching and learning approaches.

We would particularly welcome applicants with a research interest in the challenges of digitalisation for SMEs, and with understanding of the role of innovation in ensuring the future prosperity, sustainability and wellbeing of the UK and global economy. The faculty also has a strong focus on social justice, and ‘doing well by doing good’, and applicants are encouraged to consider how their research would contribute to that profile.

With a degree plus PhD/Professional Doctorate, you’ll have successful teaching experience at HE level and excellent written and verbal communication skills, you’ll be IT literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office. Able to think innovatively, you’ll be willing to develop personal research. With an enthusiastic and flexible approach, you’ll have the ability to work as part of a team, and you’ll be committed to contributing to the collective life of the faculty.

Informal enquiries can be made to Christopher Kerry, Deputy Head of School (Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Tourism) at [email protected] .

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 and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

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

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.