Professor/Reader of Sustainable & Responsible Business

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date:  07 April 2024

Newcastle University is continuing its substantial investment in Newcastle University Business School, who have recently been awarded a substantial investment to develop a growth strategy for 2024/2025 providing a number of new opportunities within the School.

Our aim is to create a better, more responsible, inclusive, and just future for all. Our distinctiveness, the “NUBS Way”, is characterised by aspiring to: 

1.    provide a richness of perspectives through a broad base of academic disciplines in a full-service School;
2.    adopt an agile approach to research, scholarship and education. We look to draw upon our evolving expertise to address

       the core challenges of the day in a collaborative environment;
3.    embed sustainability and a global perspective across our endeavours;
4.    provide a welcoming environment and a collegial approach.

We seek to appoint a Professor / Reader of Sustainable and Responsible Business with an outstanding international research reputation, a commitment to excellence in teaching, and with a track record of leadership and academic citizenship. As a senior colleague and academic leader, the successful applicant will engage in high quality research that leads to impact and will help shape and deliver future-facing research strategies. 

You will be committed to the success and development of Newcastle University Business School. You will join a dynamic and vibrant Leadership, Work and Organisation Subject Group (LWO) and a Business School that is committed to collegiality and academic citizenship.

For these opportunities we encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing colleague population, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

Further details about the School are available at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/

If you have the expertise and experience to help us deliver research excellence and leading teaching in these areas, we would love to hear from you.
To apply please submit a covering statement highlighting the opportunity you are interested in and provide evidence of how you meet our essential criteria outlined in the person specification within the job description along with your CV.
For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Elizabeth Alexander, Subject Group Head, Leadership Work and Organisation via e-mail: [email protected] or alternatively email NUBS HR [email protected] who can arrange a call with a suitable colleague.

Shortlisting:  12 April 2024
Formal Interviews:  week commencing 12 May 2024

To view the Candidate Information Pack please click here

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Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are aDisability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26637