Lecturer in Economics

17994BR

Cardiff Business School

Teaching & Research

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Lecturer appointments (Grades 6 and 7)

Cardiff Business School is making a number of Lectureship appointments in support of its Public Value mission and purpose. Recruitment is open to a series of early career positions across the School’s core areas of activity: Accounting and Finance; Economics; Logistics and Operations Management; Management, Employment and Organisation; and Marketing and Strategy.

Cardiff Business School is a leading business and management school in the UK, holding AACSB and AMBA accreditations and ranked 1st for its Research Environment and 2nd on Research Power (REF2021). The School has a Public Value purpose and focuses on the co-creation of high quality, interdisciplinary education and knowledge that delivers economic, social and environmental value. The School’s activities are oriented towards five Grand Challenges: Decent work , fair and sustainable economies , future organisations , good governance , and responsible innovation . 

In this role, you will:
•    Deliver high-quality and research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
•    Enhance the reputation of the School through a commitment to delivering high quality, impactful research.
•    Contribute to the School’s Public Value mission through their research, teaching and engagement activities linked to our Grand Challenges.
•    Demonstrate a high level of citizenship and collegiality. 

We’d like to hear from you if you have:

•    A postgraduate degree at PhD level, or awaiting viva examination having formally submitted thesis in a related subject area, or relevant industrial experience.
•    An established expertise and proven portfolio of research and/or relevant industrial experience within specified areas (see Job Description).
•    Teaching experience at undergraduate/postgraduate level.

We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression. We are a proud Living Wage employer.

This role is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working on campus you may spend some time working from your home. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, and supporting work-life balance. 

These posts are full-time (35 hours per week), advertised on an open-ended basis.

Salary:
£39,347 - £44,263 per annum (Grade 6) or
£49,794 - £54,395 per annum (Grade 7).

Date Advertised: 16 January 2024
Closing date: 13 February 2024

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. Cardiff Business School is particularly looking to recruit from under-represented groups within the School.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at:  Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University

Job Description

Main function: To deliver high-quality and research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and contribute to the research record of the School through commitment to carrying out research leading to the publishing of work in high-quality journals. To pursue excellence in research, teaching and enterprise and to inspire others to do the same.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Research

•    To conduct research within the fields of Economics and contribute to the overall research performance of the School and University by the production of measurable outputs including bidding for funding, publishing in national academic journals and conferences, and the recruitment and supervision of postgraduate research students.
Grade 7: contribute to internationally recognised research performance

•    To develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research including research funding proposals
Grade 7: independently develop research objectives, acting as PI as required

•    To give conference/seminar papers at a local and national level
Grade 7: present at international level

•    To participate in School research activities.

Teaching

•    To design and deliver teaching programmes for courses and contribute to module development as part of a module team
Grade 7: independently contribute to module and course development and lead modules

•    To carry out other forms of scholarship including work associated with examinations (setting and marking papers and providing constructive feedback to students), administration, participation in committee work, and the pastoral care of students of Cardiff University 

•    To inspire undergraduate and postgraduate students under the guidance of a mentor / module leader and develop skills in assessment methods and in providing constructive feedback to students.

•    To supervise the work of students including the supervision of Undergraduate and Master’s students and the co-supervision of PGRs
Grade 7: Acts as a PGR progress review panel member as required
•    To act as a Personal Tutor and provide pastoral support to students

Other – all Grades

•    To engage effectively with industrial, commercial and public sector organisations, professional institutions, other academic institutions etc., regionally and nationally to raise awareness of the School’s profile, to cultivate strategically valuable alliances, and to pursue opportunities for collaboration across a range of activities. These activities are expected to contribute to the School and the enhancement of its regional and national profile.

•    To undergo personal and professional development that is appropriate to and which will enhance performance in the role of Lecturer.

•    To participate in School administration and activities to promote the School and its work to the wider University and the outside world

•    Any other duties not included above, but consistent with the role.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria 

Qualifications and Education
1.    Postgraduate degree at PhD level, or awaiting viva examination having formally submitted thesis in a related subject area, or relevant industrial experience
Grade 7: Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning or equivalent qualification or experience

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
2.    An established expertise and proven portfolio of research and/or relevant industrial experience within:
•    Environmental economics
•    Business Economics
•    Macroeconomics
•    Banking and finance with risk management and financial trading

3.    Teaching experience at undergraduate/postgraduate level
Grade 7: significant experience

4.    Knowledge of current status of research in specialist field
Grade 7: growing national reputation within field

5.    Proven ability to publish in national/international journals and/or other research outputs
Grade 7: proven substantial record of publications in national/international journals and/or other research outputs
6.    Proven ability or the potential to be successful in competitive research funding
Grade 7: Strong portfolio of research grants 

7.    Ability to contribute to the delivery and continued development of modules across the School’s teaching programmes

Pastoral, Communication and Team Working
8.    Proven ability in effective and persuasive communication

9.    The ability to provide appropriate pastoral support to students and appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances, or to act as a personal tutor

Desirable Criteria 

10.    Relevant professional qualification(s). 

11.    Evidence of collaborations with industry.

12.    Proven ability to work without close supervision

13.     Proven ability to adapt to the changing requirements of the Higher Education community. 

14.    Evidence of ability to participate in and develop both internal and external networks and utilise them to enhance the teaching and research activities of the School. 

15.    A willingness to take responsibility for academically related administration.

16.    Fluency in Welsh, written and oral.

17.    Experience of delivering online teaching.

Additional Information

IMPORTANT NOTE TO CANDIDATES
It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing and we only invite candidates to interview who clearly evidence that they meet (or partially meet) each of the essential criteria. During the application process you will be asked to attach a supporting statement. This statement must outline how you meet the criteria below and we recommended formatting this by using each criterion as a sub-heading and providing your relevant experience/evidence below each sub-heading. It is crucial that you save your supporting statement with the vacancy number (e.g. xxxxxBR) in the filename as failure to do so may result in it being omitted from your application.

Job Category

Academic - Teaching & Research