Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Sport Management
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Ref: HLS/18/1650
Grade:  7/6
Salary: £35,210 - £50,132
Location: City Campus, Newcastle
Closing Date: 15/09/2019
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Type: Full Time

Northumbria University, Newcastle is a research rich, business focused professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle –upon-Tyne and with a campus at the heart of London’s financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK’s best two cities for students.  At Northumbria, we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in Malaysia, London, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalisation, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe.  Northumbria is ranked 48th in the Guardian league table 2018 and ranked in the top 200 under-50 global university rankings.

The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is passionate about the principles and application of science and technology in all its forms and strives to be excellent in research, teaching and innovation. The Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation has particular strengths in health and wellbeing, the role of exercise and physical activity in the management of chronic health conditions, behaviour change and physical activity promotion for children and ageing populations. There is also a growing profile of research and evaluation activity related to policy and practice in sport management specifically focusing on volunteering, strategic management and planning, marketing and the sustainability of sport, leisure and recreation.

Working within the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, you will provide expertise in the area of Sport Management. Candidates with expertise in resource management (finance), and facility management are particularly encouraged to apply. The post may also involve a contribution to research methods, placement, and generic skills teaching, as well as project supervision at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Department will consider high quality applications in any area of related teaching and research. This role will include designing and delivering high quality teaching activities, supporting the development of the Hong Kong and Singapore sport management franchise programmes, undertaking individual and joint research to produce high quality, internationally recognised, academic outputs and participating in external activity to generate income and promote the subject.
 
Candidates for SL level may also be expected to take on undergraduate or postgraduate programme leading responsibility.

You must hold a first degree and be either qualified to doctoral level (SL), or soon to be qualified to doctoral level (L), in a relevant subject, have subject expertise in sport management with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice and/or consultancy. Proven ability to deliver high quality research led teaching within an appropriate field and a publication profile (or clear potential to develop one), and experience of developing business/client networks external to the University are desirable for this role.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact Professor John Saxton:john.saxton@northumbria.ac.uk.   
Tel: 0191 227 337

Northumbria University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

To apply for this vacancy please follow the link below:

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-us/job-vacancies/academic-1650-senior-lecturerlecturer-in-sport-management