Teaching Fellow in Professional Development and Careers (072118)

Surrey Business School (SBS) is seeking an exceptional Teaching Fellow in Professional Development & Employability in Accounting & Finance to support the undergraduate students on our Accounting & Finance programme as well as students from our Business Management programmes who are seeking a career in these areas. 

Surrey Business School (SBS) is an internationally recognised institution for management research and teaching. We are accredited by AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and by AMBA (the Association of MBAs). With a strong Senior Management Team led by the Dean, Professor Ansgar Richter, we are ambitious in building a world-class interdisciplinary business school where innovative thinking is accelerated into action. Our particular strengths are in digital innovation and technological transformation, leadership and organizational psychology, sustainability and corporate governance. Based in Guildford just outside of London, the University of Surrey is an outstanding international University with an enterprising spirit. 

This is a period of exciting development and opportunity for Surrey Business School. The successful candidate will be central to the continued growth of our undergraduate programme in Professional Training and will be expected to take the lead in supporting students seeking a career in the area of Accounting & Finance. We are looking for an individual with excellent teaching skills which contribute to an exceptional student experience and also experience in developing people for the professional workplace.

You should be enthusiastic about enabling students to apply classroom learning into practice, realising their potential and identifying the career directions they might take.  As someone who enjoys interacting with students, you will provide guidance and support students in a manner that empowers them to make decisions on their own behalf.

Committed to helping students grow through gaining real experience, you will be expected to manage and generate new relationships and maintain existing links with employers to encourage uptake of placements and other work experience opportunities.

With an honours degree, or an appropriate equivalent professional qualification, you will be able to combine academic rigour with professional realism, bringing with you relevant commercial experience in the areas of Accounting and/or Finance. 

We offer a generous remuneration package, which includes relocation assistance where appropriate, funding for conference attendance, the latest teaching facilities, and access to a variety of staff development opportunities.

For an informal discussion, please contact the Faculty Senior Teaching Fellow for Professional Training, Heidi Hazeu (h.hazeu@surrey.ac.uk) or Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting & Finance, Rachel Sopp (r.sopp@surrey.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 21 Oct 2018
Category: Research & Teaching