The Operations, Information and Technology group at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge is seeking a research scholar in Operations Management at the Lecturer (Assistant Professor) or Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) level.
The Judge Business School is a world-class business school at the heart of the University of Cambridge (http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk), and offers predominantly postgraduate degrees in management, finance, technology policy, and its full-time MBA programme is currently ranked as 10th in the world by the Financial Times. The department enjoys frequent visits from world class scholars. Cambridge's location in close proximity to London and at the same time at the centre of 'Silicon Fen', Europe's fastest growing technology-based industrial centres, gives unprecedented access to large multi nationals and to hundreds of smaller entrepreneurial organisations in emerging industries. In addition, the interdisciplinarity that characterizes research at Cambridge ensures faculty contact across a wide range of departments and expertise, thus promoting cross-fertilisation of ideas.
The Group
You will be joining a substantial group of 11 faculty members with research areas in operations management, technology policy and management, and information systems. The common theme of the group is the management of operations within enterprises, and the role played by different forms of technology in supporting all internal and external activities of the organisation. In addition, the group has strong links to the Management Science group within the School. The group has an extensive publication record, including well-cited books and articles in leading international journals. The group also has a strong PhD programme.
Members of the group participate in international research networks with academics from other leading institutions, including several collaborative projects with MIT, and they work with some of the world's leading organisations whether through collaborative research or in an executive education capacity.
The Person and Role
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching Operations Management as required to the undergraduate, MPhil, MBA and PhD programmes. Project administration and dissertation supervision is also expected. The teaching load of lecturers at Judge Business School tends to be light (typically a 1/1 load or 70 hours of formal classroom contact or equivalent per annum). This allows faculty to spend the majority of their time on research. All lecturers are expected to carry out some (not too onerous) administrative duties in due course.
Depending on the experience of the successful candidate, the appointment will be made at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level.
In addition to competitive salaries, Cambridge University offers a number of employee benefits, for example, family-friendly benefits, financial benefits, staff discounts, and opportunities for personal and professional development. For details see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/benefits. Further, there are no limits to the amount of outside work which may be undertaken - except, of course, that any such outside commitments must not interfere with the Lecturer's performance in his/her academic work. There is an entitlement to sabbatical leave, accumulated on the basis of one term's leave for every six terms in office.
Appointment will be from 1 September 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Application Arrangements:
Further Particulars and an application form are available from www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/jobs.
Informal enquiries about the position may be made to Professor Geoff Walsham, as Head of the Operations, Information and Technology Group, by email at g.walsham@jbs.cam.ac.uk or phone on +44 (0)1223 339606 or to Professor Arnoud De Meyer, as Director of Judge Business School, at http://academic.enquiries@jbs.cam.ac.uk or phone on +44 (0)1223 339590. Please do not send formal applications to either of these individuals.
To apply please email the following documents to hr@jbs.cam.ac.uk to arrive no later than May 30th 2008.
• Completed application form.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Covering letter explaining your interest in the post.
• A one-page statement specifying research interests and future plans.
• Evidence of teaching performance.
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Slip
Three references will be required, and applicants are asked to forward a copy of the reference request letter and of the Further Particulars to each of their referees, requesting that they send their reference direct to Anne Pollintine, HR Manager, to reach her by May 30th 2008.