School of Management

The School of Management invites applications for a Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Accounting.

In line with its strategic plans, the School is investing in key areas to enhance its international reputation as a research intensive and practice driven world class institution. The School was ranked 5th in the UK for business and management studies in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results. It provides a highly successful portfolio of programmes including; undergraduate, masters, MBA and PhD for students with different levels of education and experience. An appointee will be expected to contribute to any of these programmes.

Job Specification

Job title:	Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Accounting	Location:	Bath
Department:	School of Management	Responsible to:	Dean of the School of Management and Head of the Accounting and Finance Group

Purpose of the job:
To contribute to the continuing development and delivery of excellent research in Accounting and Finance To contribute to the continuing development and delivery of outstanding teaching within the field of Accounting To contribute to the management and development of the School of Management, the University in general, and the Accounting area in particular (commensurate with the level of appointment).

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Undertake and publish research in quality peer-reviewed journals. 2. Secure research funding from external sources. 3. Contribute to the management, teaching and development of academic programmes in the School of Management 4. Supervise higher degree students. 5. Undertake other duties and responsibilities as allocated by the Head of Group/Dean.

Person Specification

Qualifications	Essential	Desirable	Assessed by: AF / Int / T*
Good first degree Masters degree in Accounting or a related subject Completion or near completion of a PhD in Accounting or other related fields	X X	X	AF AF AF/I

Experience and Knowledge	Essential	Desirable	Assessed by:
Evidence of research publications in quality peer-review journals and conferences commensurate with level of appointment. Teaching experience at undergraduate or postgraduate levels commensurate with level of appointment. Experience of programme and unit development commensurate with level of appointment Established learning and teaching philosophy	X X	X X	AF/I AF/I AF/I AF/I AF/I

Skills	Essential	Desirable	Assessed by: AF / Int / T*
Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to work effectively within a group Leadership potential Strong oral and written communication skills Developed analytical skills	Essential Essential Essential Essential Essential	Int Int Int AF/Int AF/Int

Attributes	Essential	Desirable	Assessed by: AF / Int / T*
Commitment to working within University procedures	X	Interview
Commitment to safe working practices	X	Interview
Commitment to working within professional and ethical codes of conduct	X	Interview

*(Application form, Interview, Testing)