Strategy, Innovation & Enterprise

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £31,406 to £50,296 per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Sunday 19 September 2021
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1490321TR

Lecturer / (Senior) Teaching Fellow - Strategy, Innovation and Enterprise 

Southampton Business School

Applications will be considered from 0.6FTE and above

Inspire a new generation of innovative entrepreneurs and leaders 

There are few better places to launch an influential, long-term career. This is your chance to develop future-defining expertise at the cutting edge of contemporary business thinking. Working at the heart of a thriving academic community with a worldwide reputation, you’ll have every opportunity to progress your professional profile and research interests. At the same time you’ll be shaping the next generation.

Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton is one of the UK’s top business schools. With a truly distinctive multidisciplinary approach, we educate ambitious leaders who want to change the world. Our world-class, cutting-edge research shapes future business practices and solves problems for businesses, organisations and governments. We have links with many of the world’s leading companies. And we bring together experts from a diverse range of business fields through an integrated enterprise strategy that reinforces connections with industry. 

As a lecturer/teaching fellow, you will play a central role in furthering the research of the Strategy, Innovation and Risk department. You will also teach at an undergraduate and postgraduate level, and act as a leader and ambassador for us across management and engagement activities. Whether developing your own teaching approaches, acting as supervisor to your students or contributing to the effective administration of our department, you will enjoy scope to innovate and make a significant impact.

You will bring to the role a strong professional reputation, including publications in a 3* or higher ABS journal. Experience of teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels is essential, as is your ability to engage and inspire students and colleagues alike. An innovative and original thinker, you will have a flair for building relationships and helping shape successful academic departments. 

The Department of Strategy, Innovation and Enterprise (DSIE) offers an inclusive platform for interdisciplinary and impactful research and teaching in the following subject areas: social and sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation, corporate social responsibility, family business, SMEs growth and international entrepreneurship, academic entrepreneurship, digital ecosystems, innovation management, the strategy process, and the theoretical foundations of entrepreneurship and strategy research. DSIE has a vibrant community of doctoral researchers and a thriving undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) educational portfolio, which builds on the research strengths and interests of its staff.   

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Stratos Ramoglou, Head of Strategy, Innovation and Enterprise via email:  s.ramoglou@soton.ac.uk     

What we can offer you

Committed to supporting our teaching and research community we are open to a flexible working approach.  With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for teaching duties we are open to a hybrid approach.  We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and those who have taken a career break. Proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan gender equality charter we hold an institutional Silver award.

As well as additional benefits that will make your life easier, such as a generous holiday allowance and additional university closure days. We will support your long-term future too, with access to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts.  

As a university we aim to create an inclusive environment that attracts, supports and retains the best students and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences from across the world. We are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

This vacancy is for a Lecturer, Teaching Fellow or Senior Teaching Fellow.   Please see the job descriptions for the different role and career pathways being advertised.  

We are interested in applications from individuals from 0.6 FTE and above. 

For applicants interested in a Part Time role, please note: this role is unlikely to support a Certificate of Sponsorship with a part time salary amount (a Certificate of Sponsorship is required to obtain a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK).

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Kate Pounds (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 5456 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk  Please quote reference 1490321TR on all correspondence.