Associate Professor in Strategy - Full time, Permanent

We are looking to appoint an Associate Professor in Strategy to contribute to our MBA (Pre-experience programme) leadership, teaching, and research activities. The successful candidate will become a key member of the Management Subject Group leadership team and engage with stakeholder groups both external and internal to the University.

The role holder will work closely with the Head of Management Subject Group to shape the future of the Management subject area within the Business School and develop the research methods teaching and and student project areas of our new MBA in Leadership Practice. In particular, we welcome candidates who not only demonstrate a strong profile and expertise in corporate strategy and also have significant experience in the supervising and managing applied student projects from undergraduate and postgraduate perspectives.

At the heart of Scotland’s inspiring capital, Edinburgh Napier University has ambitious plans aligned to its current and future strategy. At Edinburgh Napier Business School we are global in our scope and reach, with partnerships across continents and we continue to be successful with sustained growth in our global online programmes. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalisation.

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The Role

As an Associate Professor, you will be contributing to learning, teaching, and research activities in the Strategy subject area. You will help influence its research focus, by designing and delivering initiatives that will contribute to the achievement of the Business School Plan. You will take a leading role in contributing to the ongoing development and growth of teaching, research, CPD and consulting activities and be well networked within the business community.

To support our extensive and contemporary undergraduate Business Management programme and the ongoing success of our MBA suite of programmes, we are seeking an ambitious academic who is seeking to develop their career. If you are an established research-active academic professional with an excellent track record of publications in top international journals, please read on.

You will be expected to source and conduct significant collaborative, as well as individual research projects, which will contribute to the research profile of the Business School. You will produce and lead high quality research outputs.

Who We Are Looking For

You will have a Doctoral level qualification in the relevant discipline. You will also have teaching experience and an established track record of research, publications and of income generation.

Your teaching experience should be in any of the following areas: Strategic Management, Corporate Strategy, leading applied student projects.

Some travel may be required as a number of our programmes/modules are delivered off campus and internationally. You may be expected to contribute to the development of distance learning and on-line learning materials in your area of specialism.

Yours will be a role of high visibility in the Management Subject Group and within the Business School.

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Benefits We Offer

Salary: £51,799 - £60,022 per annum (Grade 7)

Further Information about our benefits can be found here.

Additional Information

Closing Date: 8 March 2022

Interview day: TBC

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact Dr. Patrick Harte through email p.harte@napier.ac.uk and for any general inquiries please contact recruitment@napier.ac.uk.

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