Applications are invited for a permanent or a 5 year post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems within UCD College of Business

University College Dublin invites applications for the positions of Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems (MIS) in the UCD College of Business, Management Information Systems (MIS) Subject Area. At a macro level the Management Information Systems Subject Area combines expertise in Information Systems and Business Analytics.

UCD College of Business is Ireland's leading business school and research centre, and consists of UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business ('the Quinn School') focused on undergraduate education, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business ('the Smurfit School'), UCD Centre for Distance Learning ('CDL') and UCD Smurfit Executive Development ('Executive Development') . The Quinn School and CDL are located on the main campus at Belfield while the Smurfit School and Executive Development are located at Blackrock about five kilometres away. Academic staff teach in both schools.

One of the keystones of the School's reputation as one of the world's leading business schools is the quality and expertise of our faculty. We hold the triple crown of accreditation from AACSB (US), EQUIS (Europe) and AMBA (UK) and are the only Irish member of CEMS and GNAM, global alliances of leading business schools and multinational companies. Our MSc Business Analytics is ranked inside the top 30 globally by QS. The MSc Business Analytics, which was established in 2008 as the first programme of its kind, has enjoyed considerable growth over the past five years to become one of the most popular programmes offered by the UCD School of Business enjoying a diverse classroom environment with students drawn from across the globe.

MIS faculty are engaged in a broad range of both fundamental and applied research in areas such as information systems and organisation, operations research, business analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Our faculty are engaged in interdisciplinary research through the Centre for Business Analytics (CBA), the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation (CITO), and through groups such as the UCD Natural Computing Research & Applications Group (NCRA).

Our purpose is to re-imagine business education in an open world by providing together a transformational business education which develops informed, agile, critical, conscious thinkers and doers in the world and for the world and is led by a profound commitment to research, innovation and impact.

The successful candidate will contribute to the following areas and will have a track record of:
Research: the School places a strong emphasis on research leading to publication in international, peer-reviewed academic journals and in leading debate in the academic and public space in one of the School's six Subject Areas. Inter-disciplinary research is most welcome. We also encourage faculty to grow the research ecosystem and capacity within MIS through seeking out funding opportunities from both national, European, other international funding agencies and through industry and philanthropy.
Teaching and Learning: each Subject Area makes a significant contribution to the School's undergraduate and postgraduate teaching including in particular to Undergraduate programmes - including the BComm, the BComm (International), and the Bachelor of Business and Law, our wide range of specialist masters programmes, the MBA, Executive Education and the PhD programme.

Strategic Development & The School: In conjunction with the College Principal and Dean of the School of Business, Associate Deans & Subject Area head appointees will contribute to the strategic development of the School - including the formulation, implementation and execution of policies to develop the School's academic and strategic potential.

Administration: S/he will also assume appropriate administrative and managerial duties, normally expected of colleagues at Assistant Professor/Lecturer level; fostering collegiality with the School.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

UCD is committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is afforded equality of opportunity. To that end the university adheres to a range of equality, diversity and inclusion policies. We encourage applicants to consult those policies here https://www.ucd.ie/equality/. We welcome applications from everyone, including those who identify with any of the protected characteristics that are set out in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy.

95 Lecturer/Assistant Professor (above the bar) 2010 salary scale: €54,848 - €86,235 per annum
Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guideline.

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 09 May 2021

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:
http://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4cms/Academic Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.