Career Services

The University of Exeter Business School seeks to appoint to several fixed term 2 year posts to join our team of exceptional academics whose research and teaching impacts on the most fundamental challenges facing the world today.

Please note, we welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

We are particularly interested in recruiting individuals who teach relevant to our fundamental themes of environmental sustainability, responsible leadership, and digital transformation. 

The individuals we are hoping to recruit will be able to bridge some of our key teaching themes and groups including:

• International HRM/People Management (OBHRM)
• International Business (BSM)
• Marketing (BSM)
• Innovation Management (ITE)
• Operations and Supply Chain Management (OA)

We also encourage applications from individuals with expertise with advanced data analytic techniques or computational modelling to complement recent major investments at the University of Exeter, such as the Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Successful candidates will also help us to deliver an inclusive and innovative education to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

At the University of Exeter Business School, we offer a supportive community where all colleagues can thrive and are treated with dignity and respect. The people we are seeking to recruit will demonstrate how they will enable us to maintain and develop this mission.

For a Lecturer post you will have:

• A strong and demonstrable interest in Business, Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics or related fields
• A PhD or equivalent
• A strong potential for academic leadership
• Enthusiasm and/or experience for delivering high quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes

For a Senior Lecturer post, in addition to the above, you will have:

• Clear evidence of academic leadership
• Relationships with external organisations and funders/ and knowledge and experience of key sectors or business challenges

Please ensure you read our Job Description and Person Specification for full details of these positions. Please indicate on your application which position you are applying for. 

The University of Exeter Business School

In the University of Exeter Business School, our research and teaching impacts on the most fundamental challenges facing the world today – climate change and biodiversity loss, digital transformation, income and gender inequality. We are a learning community of staff, students and alumni that celebrates equality, diversity and inclusion.

The University of Exeter Business School is one of a small number to receive the prestigious triple accreditation from the three largest and most influential business school accreditation bodies AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. We rank highly in UK and International league tables and we are ranked number one in the UK for graduate employability.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave(up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus set in a vibrant city at the heart of stunning Devon

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

For further information

Before submitting an application, you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Professor Stefano Pasucci, S.Pascucci@exeter.ac.uk.

About University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by Shanghai Rankings). Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99% of our research is of international quality and our world-leading research impact is growing faster than any other Russell Group university (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We are using the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future. Our shared purpose and vision continually moves us forward to make a difference to our people, our communities, our partners and the world around us. Read about our world leading research on Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO City of Literature.

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