Senior Lecturer in Business Management

Salary: £46890 - £57310 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Head of Department

Department: Business Management and Creativity

This role operates on a hybrid working arrangement that will require 3 or 4 days per week in the Leeds campus. This may fluctuate in line with business requirements. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

The Senior Lecturer in Business Management role will sit within the Department of Business Management Pathways which is one of the biggest departments within Arden University. We have a fantastic team of Academics that are teaching a variety of Business Management courses such as Business Finance, Business Marketing, Business and Computing, Business Accounting and Finance, Business / HR management.

The growth of the Department for Business Management Pathways in terms of increasing student enrolments and the creation of new, innovative programmes means that we need to recruit excellent Senior Business lecturers to ensure ongoing success. As a Senior Business Lecturer, you will also represent the University and its values, promoting the School of Business Management at external and internal events.

This role will be reporting into the Head of Department for Business Management within the school. As a Senior Business Management Lecturer, you will:

1. Co-ordinate and line manage academic teams, and work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of programmes in accordance with university strategy, policies and process.
2. Lead on the development of new programmes and the review and refresh of our existing programmes, ensuring alignment with employer requirements and the employability needs of our students.
3. Conduct teaching and training activities.
4. Lead, develop and monitor students, using a range of innovative approaches to enhance the student experience and improve student outcomes.
5. Ensure module leadership, maintaining levels of consistency and quality and developing our learning materials and schemes of work.
6. Oversee assessment marking and development, ensuring appropriate marking guidance is provided and maintaining levels of quality in terms of feedback and evaluation processes.
7. Innovate in terms of teaching practice, support, and assessment.

We would like to hear from applicants who have:

1. Master's Degree or equivalent professional qualification in subject relevant to the teaching area.
2. A recognised HE Teaching Qualification and/or Advance HE Fellowship at FHEA/SFHEA level or demonstrate commitment to gain this recognition within 12 months of appointment.
3. The ability to evidence CPD to show your commitment to enhancing your knowledge and teaching capability, including your practical teaching methods and techniques.
4. The ability to demonstrate excellent breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline/subject area.
5. Ability to contribute to and lead the development of new programmes and/or modules from scratch.
6. Ability to design course materials and to plan, organise and carry out assessment of programmes within an agreed quality framework.
7. Writing high quality analytical reports for PSRBs.
8. Highly skilled in a range of teaching, learning and assessment methods and approaches appropriate to a UK Higher Education context.
9. Demonstrable ability to deliver training and contribute effectively to academic professional development.
10. Understanding of relevant University HEI procedures and policies (e.g. quality and governance) and industry standards; ability to manage own area accordingly.

Unfortunately, we do not offer skilled working visas for these roles.

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• SimplyHealth plan option
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
• Plus, other excellent benefits
• Our 'Golden Ticket' which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date: Thursday 1st of May

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.