Postdoctoral Research & Impact Associate/Fellow

Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Business School

Department of Management - Sustainable Futures 

These full and/or part-time positions are available on a fixed terms basis from the 1 February 2024 to 31 March 2025 in the University’s Business School in Penryn, Cornwall.

T he role

We are seeking three outstanding and highly motivated ‘Research and Impact Associate/Fellows’ to work across our portfolio of business support, entrepreneurial culture, and digital skills projects in the Sustainable Futures team in Penryn.  These posts are ideally suited to individuals who are keen to develop their impact and engagement skills and as such we can offer these post-doctoral posts as full-time, or fractional appointments from 50% FTE upwards, to accommodate other professional or developmental opportunities, including writing up.  The successful candidates will work to support staff in the department, as directed by the respective projects’ Principal Investigators.

Largely based on the Penryn Campus, the Sustainable Futures team lead a programme of environment, sustainability and circular economy research, education and industrial engagement.  With around 30 full-time staff the group offers new, visionary, interdisciplinary taught courses and executive education and also leads regional, national and international research projects exploring societies grand challenges, from a management perspective. The team engage extensively with industrial partners by providing Executive Education programmes including the delivery of UK Government, Help to Grow.  

About you

For a Postdoctoral Research & Impact Associate/Fellow you will:

• Possess an in-depth understanding of circular economy, environment, Net-Zero or sustainability to enable the development of new knowledge and to create unique business support and research opportunities within the field.
• Possess a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge in Management demonstrated by a relevant PhD (or nearing completion) or equivalent, of the core research capability and knowledge relating to our departmental strengths, in order to conduct industrially relevant research and support learning and knowledge exchange;
• Evidence of excellent teaching, (including Executive Education) identified by peer review and the ability to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students and mature learners;
• Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to build entrepreneurial networks or deliver outreach work, or build relationships for future activities.

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What we can offer you:

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines;
• Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly;
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development;

• Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career;
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy;

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017.

Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today through this. 98% of our research is of international quality (2014 Research Excellence Framework). We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

For further information please contact Prof. Allen Alexander, e-mail [email protected] .