Lecturer in Business, Accounting and Finance

Location: University of Southampton Delhi, Gurugram, India

Job Purpose

The role holder’s contribution will be central to delivery and support of teaching, learning and assessment, across Business, Accounting and Finance for the University of Southampton Delhi. 

The role holder will teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level in courses related to general management, accounting and finance. Once teaching activities are embedded and successful, the role holder will undertake research and knowledge exchange in line with the campus’s research strategy. More specifically, research expertise in areas of general management. 

The role holder will undertake leadership, management and engagement activities and will demonstrate collegiality by ensuring ‘Southampton Behaviours’ are embedded within their ways of working.

They will be committed to high-quality education and support of learning and to building a vibrant student experience and community. Visible and collegiate, the role holder will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the campus’s activities, including student recruitment and outreach.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the teaching objectives of the Unit by managing a range of contributions to its learning and teaching activities. Deliver teaching of the highest quality across a range of modules and to all levels, through lectures, tutorials, practicals and seminars. Directly supervise students, providing expert advice on learning best practice and helping with development needs. Promote the use of appropriate media to support student learning. Set and mark coursework and exams, providing constructive feedback to students. Monitor, evaluate and revise course design to ensure excellence and coherence. Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement, planning and developing innovative contributions to learning, teaching and assessment methods within the Unit as appropriate.
• Develop the research activities of the School/Department by sustaining a personal research plan of international standing in the broad field of general management. Apply for appropriate external research funding and carry out management and administrative tasks associated with specified research projects.
• Contribute to the efficient management and administration of the School/Department by performing administrative duties as allocated by the Subject Head and / or line manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

• PhD in Management, Finance or Accounting or a closely related field 
• Proven track record of teaching core and optional management modules at the university level
• Established research trajectory in management domain
• Track record of development and delivery of teaching at the university level. 
• Teaching qualification (PGCAP, PG Cert HE or equivalent) (Desirable)
• Fellowship (FHEA) of Advance HE. (Desirable)
• Membership of a professional body. Experience of (more specific relevant processes/subject areas). (Desirable)
• Proficiency with relevant tools/software, such as NVivo,Python, R, AMOS, etc (Desirable)
• Involvement in national and international events. (Desirable)
• Experience of teaching students where English is a secondary language (Desirable)

Planning and organising

• Able to identify broad trends to assess deep-rooted and complex issues.
• Able to apply originality in modifying existing approaches to solve problems.            
• Ability to work agnostically across a range of technologies and applications to solve specific problems in practice. (Desirable)
• Ability to assess and use appropriate tools, while also contribution to innovation within the programme. (Desirable)

Problem solving and initiative

• Able to identify broad trends to assess deep-rooted and complex issues.
• Able to apply originality in modifying existing approaches to solve problems.
• Demonstrates strong initiative in staying up to date with the latest research and developments in economics.       
• Ability to work agnostically across a range of economic tools, datasets, and analytical applications to address real-world problems in practice. (Desirable)
• Capability to assess and use appropriate empirical and computational methods, while also contributing to innovation within the programme - including identifying and recommending new tools or technologies where needed.(Desirable)
• Ability to guide and supervise student research. (Desirable)

Management and teamwork

• Proven ability to coach and support students/tutorial groups.
• Work effectively in a team, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development.
• Able to monitor and manage resources and budgets. (Desirable)
• Able to manage inventories of hardware and software with academic and technical staff across a variety of programmes. (Desirable)

Communicating and influencing

• Communicate new and complex information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience.
• Track record of delivering workshops, lectures and seminars in courses relating to different aspects of Economics.
• Able to engage counselling skills and pastoral care, where appropriate.
• Able to provide expert guidance to colleagues in own team, other work areas and institutions to develop understanding and resolve complex problems. (Desirable)
• Experience in public outreach including Open Days, workshops, other events and social media. (Desirable)
• Experience in community building, e.g. through digital collectives, communities, hacker spaces etc (Desirable)

Other skills and behaviours

• Understanding of relevant Health & Safety issues.
• Positive attitude to colleagues and students.
• Understanding of the ethical dimensions of economic policy, data use, and technology-driven decision-making. (Desirable)
• Strong interpersonal skills and behaviour in public settings. (Desirable)

Special requirements

• Ability to teach core technical skills for management, including company law, management ethics, human resource management, entrepreneurial management, and critical perspectives on organisation and management
• Able to teach/supervise for writing styles in the management domain and be aware of style guides and citation formats for these. 
• Experience working in a business school environment. (Desirable)
• Experience with blended/online teaching platforms (LMS, MOOCs, simulation tools). (Desirable)
• International exposure (study, work, or teaching) and ability to teach diverse cohorts. (Desirable)

This job description is provided as a guide to the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of duties and responsibilities and may be subject to periodic revision. 

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