Lecturer in Management (King's College London)

# Job description King’s College London is an internationally renowned university, dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. The university is ranked 11th in the world and 2nd in the UK in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. King’s Business School (KBS) has been on a rapid, upwards trajectory, and now serves over 3,500 students representing over 80 different nationalities and comprises around 170 faculty. In the last two years, KBS has secured triple accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA; achieved a top decile REF 2021 result; and been ranked 5/123 in the Complete University Guide 2023. We are seeking to recruit an exceptional educator to become the founding Programme Director for a new MSc focusing on management and technological change. This offers an exciting opportunity to launch a distinctive programme and embed innovative pedagogies, experiential opportunities and authentic assessment into the curriculum. Furthermore, the role holder will engage with teaching innovations to shape and transform the learning experiences of our students and deliver outstanding graduate outcomes. We aim to recruit an enthusiastic and committed individual with advanced interpersonal skills and an excellent track record in student engagement and pedagogic scholarship. This role is on our Academic Education Pathway (AEP), so the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to outstanding teaching and take a key role in the development of our educational programmes. Please note that this appointment is on our Academic Education Pathway (AEP), and therefore candidates with limited evidence of excellence in their educational practice and knowledge of experiential learning and innovative pedagogic practice are unlikely to be shortlisted. This is an education-focused appointment and candidates will be expected to evidence impact in working with others to transform and enhance educational programmes within an HE context. King's is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities, people of different ages, the LGBT+ community and people with disabilities. This post will be offered on an indefinite contract and is available as a full-time opportunity (35 hours per week). Our core hours are 09:00 until 17:00, however we are open to flexibility within this, which can be discussed at the offer stage if you are successful. This post will be offered on an indefinite contract This is a full-time post 100% full time equivalent ## Salaries Available Senior Lecturer: Grade 8: £61,896 - £69,114 per annum, including London Weighting Reader: Reader Scale 1 – 8: £59,421 - £73,051 per annum, including London Weighting# Key responsibilities - Take a key leadership role in the development, organisation and delivery of a new MSc concerned with management and technological change. - Provide high-quality teaching in management and technology, information systems, or related fields. - Develop and implement a variety of innovative and creative authentic assessment methods to assess student learning and provide feedback that is timely, relevant and appropriate. - Supervise student dissertations and provide support and guidance on academic and pastoral issues by acting as a Personal Tutor to students. - Engage with the school’s education strategy and support its effective implementation, taking a leadership role in relevant areas. - Make a significant contribution to education-related activities and the continuing professional development offering in the faculty (e.g., education committees and workshops). - Provide mentorship and support to help enhance the teaching of others. - Engage with relevant pedagogic research and scholarship to significantly contribute to the enhancement of learning and teaching practices within the School. - Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of Department. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. The successful candidate is expected to model the King’s principles in action: [https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/our-culture](https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/our-culture) # Skills, knowledge, and experience Senior Lecturer (Grade 8) Essential criteria - Grade 8 1. PhD in management, information systems, or a related field, and PGCAP or equivalent 2. Senior Fellowship of the HEA, or profile to be able to secure it within two years of appointment 3. High quality teaching performance at a range of levels, involving a broad range of teaching methods, focusing on management and technology, information systems, or related fields 4. Evidence of influencing the educational practice of others 5. Ability to develop, lead and manage an educational programme successfully Desirable criteria – Senior Lecturer 1. Department/Faculty teaching awards 2. Evidence of discipline-based and/or pedagogic scholarship Reader Essential criteria – Reader 1. PhD in management, information systems, or a related field, and PGCAP or equivalent 2. Senior Fellowship of the HEA, or profile to be able to secure it within one year of appointment 3. Sustained high quality teaching performance at a range of levels involving a broad range of teaching methods, focusing on management and technology, information systems, or related fields 4. A track record of scholarship related to business education and/or evidence of dissemination of teaching practice and related materials 5. Effective experience of educational leadership at Programme, Department and/or Faculty levels Desirable criteria – Reader 1. National Teaching Fellow/Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2. Key role within subject associations or professional bodies ## Further information The successful candidate will join the Department of Public Services Management & Organisation (PSMO), which explores some of the most complex and pressing issues faced by both professionals and the organisations providing public services. In particular, we consider how contemporary developments - in policy, regulation and technology - are managed by professionals and public service organisations. We address these concerns by examining the ways in which organisations are rooted in broader social and political systems, structures, processes and practices. The group is inclusive and interdisciplinary, and members conduct research ranging from in-depth qualitative analyses, through to large-scale labour market studies. To underpin our substantive concerns, the group also specialises in the theory and methods of organisational research. In relation to technology and technological change, ongoing research in the department includes work on the introduction of AI tools in the work of radiographers, the organisation of teamwork in robot-assisted surgery, innovations in optometry, changing professional practices in hybrid auction houses, professional hybridisation, and more. We also work closely with the university-wide AI Institute. If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Interdisciplinoxy

# Job description

King’s College London is an internationally renowned university, dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. The university is ranked 11th in the world and 2nd in the UK in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. King’s Business School (KBS) has been on a rapid, upwards trajectory, and now serves over 3,500 students representing over 80 different nationalities and comprises around 170 faculty. In the last two years, KBS has secured triple accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA; achieved a top decile REF 2021 result; and been ranked 5/123 in the Complete University Guide 2023.

We are seeking to recruit an exceptional educator to become the founding Programme Director for a new MSc focusing on management and technological change. This offers an exciting opportunity to launch a distinctive programme and embed innovative pedagogies, experiential opportunities and authentic assessment into the curriculum. Furthermore, the role holder will engage with teaching innovations to shape and transform the learning experiences of our students and deliver outstanding graduate outcomes. We aim to recruit an enthusiastic and committed individual with advanced interpersonal skills and an excellent track record in student engagement and pedagogic scholarship. This role is on our Academic Education Pathway (AEP), so the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to outstanding teaching and take a key role in the development of our educational programmes.

Please note that this appointment is on our Academic Education Pathway (AEP), and therefore candidates with limited evidence of excellence in their educational practice and knowledge of experiential learning and innovative pedagogic practice are unlikely to be shortlisted. This is an education-focused appointment and candidates will be expected to evidence impact in working with others to transform and enhance educational programmes within an HE context.

King's is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities, people of different ages, the LGBT+ community and people with disabilities.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract and is available as a full-time opportunity (35 hours per week). Our core hours are 09:00 until 17:00, however we are open to flexibility within this, which can be discussed at the offer stage if you are successful.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract

This is a full-time post 100% full time equivalent

## Salaries Available

**Senior Lecturer:** Grade 8: £61,896 - £69,114 per annum, including London Weighting
**Reader:** Reader Scale 1 – 8: £59,421 - £73,051 per annum, including London Weighting# Key responsibilities

- Take a key leadership role in the development, organisation and delivery of a new MSc concerned with management and technological change.
- Provide high-quality teaching in management and technology, information systems, or related fields.
- Develop and implement a variety of innovative and creative authentic assessment methods to assess student learning and provide feedback that is timely, relevant and appropriate.
- Supervise student dissertations and provide support and guidance on academic and pastoral issues by acting as a Personal Tutor to students.
- Engage with the school’s education strategy and support its effective implementation, taking a leadership role in relevant areas.
- Make a significant contribution to education-related activities and the continuing professional development offering in the faculty (e.g., education committees and workshops).
- Provide mentorship and support to help enhance the teaching of others.
- Engage with relevant pedagogic research and scholarship to significantly contribute to the enhancement of learning and teaching practices within the School.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of Department.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

The successful candidate is expected to model the King’s principles in action: [https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/our-culture](https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/our-culture)

# Skills, knowledge, and experience

**Senior Lecturer (Grade 8) **

**Essential criteria - Grade 8 **

1.       PhD in management, information systems, or a related field, and PGCAP or equivalent

2.       Senior Fellowship of the HEA, or profile to be able to secure it within two years of appointment

3.       High quality teaching performance at a range of levels, involving a broad range of teaching methods, focusing on management and technology, information systems, or related fields

4.       Evidence of influencing the educational practice of others

5.       Ability to develop, lead and manage an educational programme successfully

**Desirable criteria –** **Senior Lecturer**

1.       Department/Faculty teaching awards

2.       Evidence of discipline-based and/or pedagogic scholarship

**Reader  **

**Essential criteria – Reader **

1.       PhD in management, information systems, or a related field, and PGCAP or equivalent

2.       Senior Fellowship of the HEA, or profile to be able to secure it within one year of appointment

3.       Sustained high quality teaching performance at a range of levels involving a broad range of teaching methods, focusing on management and technology, information systems, or related fields

4.       A track record of scholarship related to business education and/or evidence of dissemination of teaching practice and related materials

5.       Effective experience of educational leadership at Programme, Department and/or Faculty levels

**Desirable criteria – Reader**

1.       National Teaching Fellow/Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence

2.       Key role within subject associations or professional bodies

## Further information

The successful candidate will join the Department of Public Services Management & Organisation (PSMO), which explores some of the most complex and pressing issues faced by both professionals and the organisations providing public services. In particular, we consider how contemporary developments - in policy, regulation and technology - are managed by professionals and public service organisations. We address these concerns by examining the ways in which organisations are rooted in broader social and political systems, structures, processes and practices.

The group is inclusive and interdisciplinary, and members conduct research ranging from in-depth qualitative analyses, through to large-scale labour market studies. To underpin our substantive concerns, the group also specialises in the theory and methods of organisational research.

In relation to technology and technological change, ongoing research in the department includes work on the introduction of AI tools in the work of radiographers, the organisation of teamwork in robot-assisted surgery, innovations in optometry, changing professional practices in hybrid auction houses, professional hybridisation, and more. We also work closely with the university-wide AI Institute.