Lecturer in Business Analytics

Department of Digital Innovation Management

Location: Egham
Salary: £45,548 to £53,939 per annum - including London Allowance Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 10 February 2023
Reference:  0123-018

Full-Time, Permanent

The Department of Digital Innovation and Management is seeking to appoint an outstanding Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in Business Analytics. The transformative potential arising from the application of big data analytics, machine learning and cloud computing to organisational problems is central to the departmental and College strategy.

This is an exciting opportunity to join leading international scholars in the areas of Digital Innovation and Management. The Department has a highly collegial ethos and has been successful in gaining substantial research funding. We are committed to multidisciplinary research activities, exploiting technology and our transition to a digital and data driven sustainable society and are looking for an enthusiastic, high-quality researcher to strengthen our challenge-led research and associated funding bids.

The successful candidate will undertake research and scholarship of international excellence and contribute to knowledge exchange activities in, but not limited to, some of the following areas: business intelligence, data analytics and artificial intelligence, cloud computing and their application and interpretation for innovation and organisational change. We welcome candidates who wish to make an impact to the subject area through research, teaching and knowledge transfer activities. You will contribute to teaching and research supervision on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will hold a PhD and have a developing track record of good quality research publications related to business analytics and/or digital innovation and transformation, demonstrating the ability to harness data sets to gain meaningful insights for management decision making. Evidence of the ability to develop relevant funding applications and an emerging track record of success is highly desirable.

From a teaching perspective, we are looking for an inspirational lecturer who is passionate about teaching and learning, to prepare students for the changing digital world. You will have the demonstrable ability to teach and assess topics associated with the subject area at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. You will have a strong commitment to delivering excellent teaching and be able to work flexibly as part of a team in the delivery of teaching and assessment. 

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement 
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution 
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing. 
• Free parking 

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London, but you may be required to undertake some work at other locations in the UK or overseas.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Mark Lycett Mark.Lycett@rhul.ac.uk), or Professor Niki Panteli (Niki.Panteli@rhul.ac.uk) interim joint-Heads of Department of Digital Innovation & Management.

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk

Please quote the reference: 0123-018

Closing Date:  23:59, 10 February 2023

Interview Date: March 2023