Chair/Reader in Accounting

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Detail information about job Chair/Reader in Accounting. Terms and conditions vacancy

Salary – competitive for an outstanding candidate

This is a replacement post that forms part of the Birmingham Business School’s continuing strategic commitment to the expansion of its Accounting Department with the aim of developing its research profile and contributing to teaching in accounting on the School’s thriving undergraduate and masters programmes in Birmingham and overseas. It is expected that the successful applicant will have strong teaching, including Ph.D. supervision, and research leadership qualities and a willingness to serve as head of department when the opportunity arises.

The successful candidate will be able to make a strong contribution to REF 2021 as well as teaching quality assessments, programme development and research funding applications.

Main Duties

• To provide leadership in securing research funding in the Accounting subject area and publications in highly ranked (3* and 4*) journals.
• To bolster the capacity of the Accounting Department, especially in areas such as Financial Reporting, Management Accounting and Critical Accounting.
• To undertake a leading administrative task as identified by the Head of Department, School or College, including possibly Head of Department of Accounting.
• To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and module and/or programme leadership.
• To supervise and examine dissertations at postgraduate Masters and Ph.D. levels.
• To contribute to debates on the development of accounting beyond the University, and critically at the interface of University and accounting profession in order to foster engagement, influence and impact.
• To develop and/or sustain key external partnerships which underpin the delivery of teaching and research collaborations.
• To take full part in the Schools’ overall research and teaching activities, as well as contributing to those of other Schools and Departments, where beneficial.
• To contribute to the development of academic leaders within the University, where appropriate.
• To contribute to the determination of the academic quality standards framework throughout the University.
• To ensure that the teaching activity achieves the educational quality standards of the School and University.
• To make major contributions to the broader theoretical and/or methodological debates of the discipline through rigorous scholarship and/or original or impactful research.
• To publish the outcomes of this scholarship in leading research and/or professional journals and/or books which further develop the University’s reputation in the Accounting subject area.

Person Specification

Essential

• A reputation for excellence in scholarship and research in the Accounting subject area, including publications in good refereed journals and grant awards.
• Established track record as an experienced and innovative education leader in the Accounting subject area.
• Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and administration at different levels, including successful supervision of Ph.D.’s to completion.
• A PhD in Accounting or a related field and/or professional qualification(s).
• Excellent presentation skills and a collegial attitude.
• Experience of working with, and mentoring/leading other staff in an education, or similar, environment.
• Ability to work across institutional and discipline boundaries

Informal Enquiries – Professor Glyn Watson (Interim Dean of the Business School) on  0121 414 8093 email [email protected] or Professor Penelope Tuck (Head of Department, Accounting) on 0121 414 2699 email [email protected]

Closing date: 30 September 2017

Reference:  30824

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