Overview
Lecturer in Management – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About us:
King’s Business School, King’s College London, seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Management to join the Department of Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship (SIME).
SIME advances rigorous and impactful research on questions that matter to business and society, including how firms formulate and implement strategy, navigate geopolitical uncertainty, compete across borders, respond to technological and institutional change, and lead transitions towards more productive, sustainable and responsible ways of operating.
Our interdisciplinary community brings together expertise in strategy, international management, innovation, sustainability, responsible business and geopolitics. Colleagues publish in leading journals, secure competitive research funding, and engage with partners in industry, government and civil society.
SIME contributes to core undergraduate teaching in Strategic Management, International Business, and Business Ethics and Sustainability. The Department also hosts the FT-ranked MSc in International Management and contributes specialist teaching across King’s Business School.
Located in central London, King’s offers an internationally connected environment for developing ambitious research, research-informed education and engagement with organisations, policymakers and wider society.
About the role:
We seek an outstanding scholar in Management who will contribute to the Department’s research and education across a broad range of management questions.
We welcome applications from candidates whose research addresses important organisational, managerial, technological, or societal challenges. Relevant areas may include organisation and management theory, organisational change, work and employment, leadership, decision-making, business and society, corporate responsibility, sustainability, resilience, supply chains, and other areas that complement the Department’s existing strengths. This list is indicative rather than restrictive, and we particularly welcome candidates with a clear, ambitious, and distinctive research agenda.
The postholder will develop an internationally visible programme of research, publish in leading journals, seek external research funding, and build productive collaborations within SIME, across King’s, and with national and international partners. They will contribute high-quality, research-informed teaching across relevant undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and, where appropriate, supervise doctoral researchers.
We seek a collegial academic who will contribute actively to the intellectual life and citizenship of the Department and School. This appointment forms part of the Department’s continued investment in research excellence, educational quality, and international visibility.
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About You:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
- A PhD in Management or a closely related discipline, awarded or submitted by the start date.
- A clear, coherent and ambitious programme of independent research in management or a related field.
- Evidence of the ability to produce high-quality research and publications of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with career stage (as evidenced by publications or the potential to publish in elite journals).
- Evidence of high-quality, research-informed teaching and assessment, or clear potential to achieve this, at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Ability to contribute flexibly to management teaching and to the development and delivery of modules across relevant undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- Evidence of effective communication, organisation and collaborative working.
- Commitment to academic citizenship and to an inclusive and collegial academic community.
- Potential to build productive research collaborations within and beyond the Department.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of publications in elite peer-reviewed journals.
- Evidence of grant applications, or clear potential to attract external research funding.
- Experience of module design, module leadership or curriculum development.
- Experience of supervising dissertations, doctoral researchers or other student research.
- Evidence of research impact or engagement with organisations, policymakers, professional communities or civil society.
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
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