Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Marketing & Tourism (Sports Emphasis)

Senior Lecturer /Associate Professor in Marketing & Tourism (Sports Emphasis) – Enhanced Research or Enhanced Teaching & Scholarship

Salary levels:

• £44,414 to £52,841 per annum -  Senior Lecturer
• £54,421 to £63,059 per annum – Associate Professor
• Location: Bay Campus

The School of Management is home to over 100 academics and approximately 3,000 students, with multiple research centres and programmes encompassing the full range of business and management subject areas at postgraduate (PG) and undergraduate (UG) level. The School offers a full suite of UG/PG programmes including a BSc in Business Management and MSc in Management (both including multiple pathways), BSc Marketing, MSc Strategic Marketing, and both BSc and MSc in International Tourism Management; an MBA and DBA are also available, and the School is active in the recruitment and supervision of postgraduate research students. The MSc Management offering includes a Sports pathway and Sports Management will be added to the BSc pathway portfolio as of 2024-25. Our Student Experience Strategy is backed by small group teaching, work placements, careers advice, a Student Hub, extended professional services, and greater business engagement – around 250 companies are currently supporting work placements and student projects.

In 2015, the School of Management moved to a new custom-built facility on the Science and Innovation (Bay) Campus, one of the largest ever investments by a UK University in new facilities. The School occupies a beach-front £23 million building, with further campus extension planned.

The School is recruiting a permanent full time faculty member (Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor) to join our Marketing & Tourism Group in September 2023 on either the Enhanced Research or Enhanced Teaching pathway. We are seeking an experienced, engaged, enthusiastic and energetic individual who will provide world-leading, marketing-related contributions to the work of one or more of the School of Management’s research centres as well as make a significant positive contribution to the intellectual life of the group. In addition, the individual should be prepared to contribute to the teaching of the sports pathways referenced above. Extensive academic and professional experience in the theory and practice of marketing and in some aspect of sports management will be essential in order to make an effective contribution to the development, delivery and growth of our BSc and MSc programmes in (Business) Management and (Strategic) Marketing. Experience as a Programme Director or in a similar learning/teaching role would also be advantageous. For further information please contact Prof Sarah Nicholls at sarah.nicholls@swansea.ac.uk.

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sexual orientation. We have an under representation of individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and would encourage applications from these groups. Appointments will always be made on merit.

Please note this job is also being advertised to a pool of colleagues internally as part of our University commitment to employee redeployment. Should this post be filled from this route then you will receive an email confirming this. If you do not receive an email, please assume that your application is still in process.

This post is on either a Research or Teaching pathway. The Academic Career Pathways (ACP) scheme is designed to ensure that academic strengths whether in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership or innovation and engagement, are all appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded.  Further information is available here. These provide indicative performance levels for all academic staff which will be used in the recruitment process as well as for internal academic promotion. Where there are numeric indicators these will be considered in light of the stage of career, hours of work and other commitments. This may be personal circumstances or work related activities outside of academia such as in industry or a clinical setting. Applicants are very welcome to provide any relevant individual circumstances such as career breaks, any periods of leave or secondment or any other absences, which should be taken into account and how these have had an impact on your career development.

This can be included in Questionnaire 1 on the online application, which asks for further information in support of your application.

Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation. Applicants should also attach the following documents to the application:

• Curriculum Vitae including a full list of modules taught and research/industry publications;
• Five-year research agenda;
• Statement of your teaching experience and philosophy including list of the SoM marketing modules you would feel most comfortable contributing to as well as any sports-related modules you have previously taught.

Closing Date for Applications is 19 April 2023, with shortlisted candidates to be invited for interview the week commencing May 22. Please indicate which post you are applying for [(SL or AP) and (Enhanced Teaching or Enhanced Research)] in the dropdown box when prompted.