Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Accounting (Teaching Focussed) - Birmingham Business School - Grade 8/9

Position Details

Birmingham Business School

College of Social Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £41,526 - £77,108 (Lecturer salary from £41,526 - £49,553 a year with potential progression (to £55,750 a year)). (Senior Lecturer salary from £51,034 - £59,135 a year with potential progression (to £77,108 a year)).

Grade 8/9

Full Time

Permanent

Closing date - 1 June 2021

Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham is a world-leading institution and global thought leader in responsible business. Our vision is to inspire curiosity within our students and drive positive change within all fields of business, locally and globally. We are committed to producing forward-thinking leaders. We hold triple-crown accreditation with EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB.

The Department of Accounting is a dynamic team of scholars working together to deliver outstanding teaching for our students. We deliver a BSc Accounting and Finance and an MSc Accounting and Finance, which both consistently attract large cohorts of high quality home and international students and are exceptional performers in NSS student satisfaction ratings. Our BSc Accounting and Finance is run in Birmingham, Dubai, and Singapore (in partnership with the Singapore Institute of Management), potentially offering opportunities for international travel.

The department delivers teaching across a wide spectrum of accounting topics, including taxation, social and environmental accounting, management accounting, financial accounting, public sector accounting, auditing, and business analytics. We take pride in teaching that is led by innovative pedagogic methods and informed by research, designed to promote critical thinking across the student cohort. The Department is a supportive, inclusive environment. We aim to foster collaborative working conditions that help everyone to have satisfying work and achieve their own career goals.

Applicants should have a higher degree (usually a PhD), or be close to completion, in a relevant discipline and/or a relevant professional qualification. We particularly encourage applications from scholars with a teaching interest in taxation. However, we are also looking to recruit scholars with teaching interests across the full range of accounting topics.

Job Description - Lecturer (Teaching Focused)

Job Summary

As a teaching-focused lecturer, you will contribute to a range of teaching and administration duties.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching, assessment and feedback; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert and academic advice to staff and students, (b) supervising students, and (c) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

Management and administration is likely to involve contributions at Departmental and School level, and/or making an important contribution to some managerial/leadership activities within the University. This may include developing and making contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or elsewhere within the University.

Main duties

Learning and Teaching

Using a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students, including (as appropriate):

teaching and examining courses at a range of levels;

planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same;

developing programme/module proposals and making substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely;

where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining;

developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods;

developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and which benefits the College and University;

devising and supervising projects, student dissertations and practical work.

Management/Administration

Contributing to Departmental/School administration, including:

contributing to the administration/management of research and/or teaching across the Department/School;

leading and managing a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process (e.g. new programme or a recruitment drive);

advising on personal development of colleagues and students;

making a major contribution to some administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups);

managing enterprise, business development, and public engagement activities;

developing and making contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach.

Person Specification

Normally, a higher degree relevant to the teaching area (usually a PhD), or close to completion, and/or equivalent professional qualifications

Extensive teaching experience and scholarship within subject specialism, preferably at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Proven ability to devise, advise on and manage learning/research

Teaching

Ability to design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes/modules

Have extensive experience and be able to demonstrate success in developing and implementing enabling and innovative learning and teaching approaches.

Experience and success in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity that enhances the student experience or employability

Management/Administration

Have understanding, experience, and ability in contributing to broader management/administration processes to School/Department and in advising colleagues.

Experience and ability to assess and organise resources effectively

Job Description - Senior Lecturer (Teaching Focused)

Job Summary

As a teaching-focused senior lecturer, you will contribute at a senior level on a sustained basis to the whole range of teaching leadership and administration.

Teaching is likely to include: (a) development and leadership of major teaching programmes or equivalent; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability, that are of manifest benefit to the College and the University. It is expected that teaching-focused Senior Lecturers will demonstrate a significant contribution to the advancement of teaching (policy, practice, standards) of the subject, provide leadership in teaching and learning that is innovative to the subject area or institution, with a significant contribution to the debate nationally about teaching.

Management and administration is likely to include Departmental/School leadership and management activity with University wide involvement that may include sustained high value impact knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement and similar activities that are of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Main duties

Learning and Teaching

Teaching focused Senior Lecturers will, as appropriate to the discipline:

1. Make a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research; and

2. Lead on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning that are innovative to the subject area or institution; and

3. Lead on the design and/or renewal of programmes or equivalent; and

4. Contribute to debate nationally about new approaches to policy, methods and practices through publications, conferences, and activities that advance quality in the field; and

5. Engage in external quality assurance activities related to teaching, eg. External examining.

In addition, a Teaching Focused SL will:

1. Play an important and sustained role in the recruitment and admission of students; and

2. May co-supervise, with a research focused or research and teaching-focused member of staff, doctoral students to completion; and

3. Undertake the same learning and teaching responsibilities of any Senior Lecturer, contributing at a senior level on a sustained basis in learning and teaching. Where appropriate for the discipline, this may include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below.

Lead the development of new and appropriate approaches to learning and teaching. This may be underpinned by research and evaluation of teaching methods and systems

Act as adviser for teaching and learning methods through excellent practice and mentoring other colleagues

Lead the design and/or co-ordination of programmes or equivalent activities across the School or Department

Contribute to the development of teaching and learning policy more widely than the School

Contribute to debate nationally about policy, methods & practices through publications, conference activity and roles that advance quality in the discipline

Lead the development and management of assessment strategies within the School/Department

Lead sustained high value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) that enhances the student experience and/or or employability, and is of manifest benefit to learning and teaching in the College and the University

4. Include in their learning and teaching responsibilities some but not necessarily all the indicative responsibilities from grade 8 level listed below.

Teach and examine courses at a range of levels

Plan and review own teaching approaches and act as a mentor to encourage others to do the same

Develop programme proposals and make substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely in the Department or School, as appropriate

Undertake and develop the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining

Use appropriate approaches to learning and teaching in their field

Disseminate appropriate practices through suitable media

Develop and advise others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

The teaching focused role-holder's teaching practice is informed by discipline based research, and they participate actively in the research culture of the School.

Teaching focused Senior Lecturer roles carry a higher volume of teaching and related duties than those staff who carry out both teaching and research.

Management/Administration

Chair and/or lead activities in the Department/ School and represent the School on College/ University committees or working groups. Where appropriate to the discipline, this is likely to include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below.

Make an important contribution to the development and running of the Department or School, for example, leading activity on teaching assessment and/or on research

Develop and manage staff and resources in support of major research and/or teaching activities

Make important contributions to the development of the Department/ School's/PAU's research strategy and/or learning and teaching strategy

Contribute significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement and public engagement activities with sustained high value impact of manifest benefit to the College and the University

In addition, the management/administration responsibilities will include some but not necessarily all the indicative responsibilities from grade 8 listed below.

Contribute to the administration/management of research and/or teaching across the Department/School

Lead/project manage a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process (e.g. new programme or a recruitment drive)

Advise on personal development of staff and students.

Make a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach and/or public understanding of the discipline.

Contribute to administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups).

Develop and manage staff and resources in support of major research and/or teaching activities

Person Specification

Normally, a higher degree relevant to the teaching area (usually a PhD), or close to completion, and/or equivalent professional qualifications

Demonstrated excellence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and administration.

Learning and teaching requirements

An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality.

Teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.

Evidence of success under the following headings.

High national reputation for the development of teaching and learning excellence within the discipline

Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners' natural curiosity.

Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes, approaches to learning, the development of learning resources.

High quality and sustained contributions to fostering excellence in teaching activities more widely, i.e. in the Department/School or College and/or externally.

Mentoring and expert advice which develops the skills of colleagues in teaching and in fostering learning

Sustained high value impact knowledge transfer and enterprise that is of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Management and administration-related requirements

Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities, which may include leadership of activities/initiatives. Evidence of success under the following headings.

Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial role (s) (e.g. exams officer).

Significant and sustained high quality innovative contributions to the management/administration of the Department/School/College or University.

Successful and sustained contribution to the corporate life of the School/College/University, displaying willingness to contribute actively to committees, collaborative teaching and administrative tasks.

Informal enquires to Ann-Christine Frandsen, email: a.frandsen@bham.ac.uk

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