Principal Lecturer - Economics

University of Westminster
London - United Kingdom
S: £54,653 - £60,935 p.a

Westminster Business School has a proud history of providing business and management education in the heart of London. Today, within our purpose-designed building opposite Baker Street Station, you will find large and diverse team focused on strengthening our rising profile and reputation in both teaching and applied research.

The Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods has a large and diverse staff complement, and its teaching, research and knowledge transfer activity covers all aspects of economics and quantitative methods. It supplies over 30 general and specialist modules to the School's postgraduate and undergraduate portfolio, and hosts the BSc Business Economics degree, MSc & MA programmes in International Economic Policy and Analysis (which have recommended status with the UK's Government Economic Service) and the MA International Development Management. The Department has a growing research profile, of national and international quality, with particular strengths in labour market economics (as part of the renowned Centre for Employment Research), financial economics and international and development economics.


We are seeking an economist with demonstrable experience of contributing at a senior level to the design, coordination and management of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will provide academic leadership to course teams and departmental colleagues, initiating and developing innovative teaching and learning strategies in the department, and have the skills to lead and motivate staff. You will be expected to contribute to the overall management of the department in terms of resource management, operational decisions and strategic planning and will be given delegated responsibility for one or more of these areas.


As a skilled and experienced teacher you will be engaged in high quality pedagogic or subject research, with expertise in a mainstream area in economics, as well as in a specialist field related to one of the research strengths of the department. The quality of your teaching and research output will be evidenced through your proven record of achievement, reflected in an established UK and international reputation. You will have a PhD (or an equivalent level of knowledge), a teaching qualification and extensive teaching experience in higher education, or alternatively extensive experience in a relevant professional activity. You will be able to demonstrate a proven record of achievement in your chosen field of research, have experience of research programme design and show evidence of having successfully attracted external funding.

Job reference number: 50001492

Closing date: Thursday 16th April 2015

Interviews are likely to be held on: Monday 11th May 2015

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