Location: Glasgow, UK

Salary: £60,905+

Hours: Full-time (flexible working considered)

Contract type: Open ended

Placed on: Wednesday 20 January 2021

Closes: Sunday 28 February 2021

Salary Range: Reader: £60,905 - £64,605         Professor: Competitive Professorial package commensurate with profile and experience.

Who we are

Be innovative and collaborative. Be a ‘Strathclyder’.

We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and ground breaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge-exchange with global partners.

We are seeking to appoint extraordinary Professors/Readers who complement our strategic themes.

For more information visit the Strathclyde Global Talent Programme Website: www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme or email globaltalent@strath.ac.uk

Our Department

The Scottish Centre for Employment Research (SCER) is a highly successful research centre within the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation (WEO) within Strathclyde Business School (SBS). SBS is a triple accredited, top ten-rated business school for research and impact (REF2014). WEO’s research and teaching on people, organisations, work and workplaces is theory-led, policy relevant and focused on professional application.

SCER currently lead two major ESRC investments within the UKRI Transforming Productivity programme, alongside multiple research projects around its core themes of workplace innovation and job quality; skills and learning; and employment equality and regulation. SCER is central to Policy@Strathclyde, working closely with policymakers and practitioners to deliver rigorous, co-created, impactful research.

If your research focuses on any of the following areas, we’d love to hear from you:

• innovative work practices and job quality
• public policy, the labour market and workplaces
• business models and HR practice
• digital and social innovation

The opportunity

We would love to hear from you if you have an internationally recognised research portfolio in this area, are publishing in leading international journals, are actively pursuing funding whilst building impactful collaborative links with industrial and business partners and if you have a passion for progressing teaching and learning.  In keeping with our commitment to equality and diversity, we encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those who can support our Athena SWAN activity, which inspires the advancement and representation of women in higher education.  For more information on diversity and inclusion at Strathclyde, please see here.

You’ll be rewarded with:

• A generous remuneration package, with notable additional financial and non-financial benefits including pension and (where appropriate) a contribution towards relocation costs;
• Excellent start-up support; and
• Regular career review, with the opportunity to receive additional remuneration in recognition of outstanding contribution.

For further details and to apply to be a ‘Strathclyder’ in Work, Employment and Organisation / SCER, impress us with your research plan here.

Closing date: Sunday 28 February 2021

In your application, please indicate at which level you wish your application to be considered: Professor, Reader or both.