Lecturer in Human Resource Management: Maternity Leave cover until 1st June 2023

Glasgow Caledonian University - the University for the Common Good - is a vibrant, values-led, multi-cultural University with a global outlook, dedicated to delivering social innovation. Our organisational strategy is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and our globally recognised researchers advise governments, industry and international bodies. We’re ranked fifth in the world and first in the UK for promoting gender equality, 69th globally for social impact, and the top modern university in Scotland for research power. In 2020-21, we contributed £1.7 billion and more than 14,000 jobs across the globe.

GCU is committed to widening participation, delivering positive outcomes for our students, and we’re Scotland’s leading provider of Graduate Apprenticeships. With campuses in Glasgow, London and New York, we have transnational partnerships around the world, supporting more than 22,000 students. Guided by our inspirational Chancellor, Dr Annie Lennox OBE, and guided by our values – integrity, responsibility, creativity and confidence - we transform the lives of the people and communities we serve.

An opportunity has arisen to join us as a Fixed term Full Time Lecturer in Human Resource Management. The role is based within the Department of Management and HRM, located within Glasgow School for Business and Society. The Department delivers a wide range of programmes including a BA (Hons) International Business and HRM, MSc HRM and MSc International HRM programmes. The postgraduate programmesare fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and aligned to the US Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) standards, with the MSc International HRM also recognised by the Australian Human Resources Institute.

The applicant should have the expertise and flexibility to deliver a range of modules across the Human Resource Management/Development discipline.  Experience of teaching and assessment in the HRM subject area within a blended-learning environment is required as well as an understanding of how to guide students through their dissertation or projects.

Applicants should be qualified to at least MSc level within a Human Resource Management discipline and ideally also have membership of a relevant professional body such as CIPD. 

Applicants are expected to have both excellent written communication skills and presentation skills. You should also be able to demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills along with a student-centred approach and an ability to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues.   

Further details on this post are available by contacting Irene Mains, Deputy Head of Department; Email: [email protected]

You can apply for this role through the Glasgow Caledonian University vacancies page https://www.gcu.ac.uk/jobs/jobs