Lecturer in Hospitality (HE) Full Time

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Job Title: Lecturer in Hospitality (HE)

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £37,999 – £42,632 per annum – AC2

Job type: Fixed Term, Up to 12 Months, Full-time

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region’s skills needs.

The University’s mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

The University works in partnership with one of the UK’s leading Universities. A member of the Russell Group, the partner University is ranked 9th in The Guardian 2024 league table with an international reputation for research and teaching quality. The partner University not only accredits many of the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but also works on a number of collaborative projects to support development of higher education and widen access within the West Midlands.

The Role:

The Universities’ Department of Hospitality and Tourism is a long-established provider of hospitality related programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Our diverse student alumni work internationally in the most prestigious hotel and restaurant venues in various management and strategic functions, shaping the future of the industry at an exciting time.

Our department has strong student recruitment, and we work with large international industry names to ensure our programmes are both relevant and innovative.

Our lecturers deliver inspiring and inclusive teaching and learning to ensure all students are supported to succeed. Programme areas for this post will include:

• MSc International Hospitality Management
• MSc Hospitality with Tourism Management
• BA/FdA (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management

We are seeking a highly motivated Lecturer to join our HE team who can teach strategic finance modules and who is already able (or willing to learn) to use hospitality simulation programmes such as HOTS (the online hotel business simulation)

You will work with Senior Lecturers, the Head of Department, and our Executive Dean to ensure our delivery is world class and we produce work-ready students that can springboard into high value careers.

We expect that the ideal candidates for this role can demonstrate a commitment to self-development through their CPD record and that they are keen to spend time back in industry to ensure currency and innovation is ongoing.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days’ paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions – 28.6%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle.
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date – Sunday 13th October 2024.

Interview Dates – TBC.

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