Lecturer

Description:

The School of Business and Law is accredited by AACSB International and develops industry-ready graduates through high-quality teaching and learning experiences and engaged applied research. The School offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate coursework, executive education, and research degrees designed to give students relevant theory, practical work experience and critical employability skills.

The School’s Tourism and Hospitality program is ranked #30 in the ShanghaiRankings and was named Australia’s ‘top-ranked business school for quality’ in the inaugural Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools list (2022).

The School houses the ECU Strategic Research Centre for Work + Wellbeing (CW+W) which has been instrumental in raising the profile of the School for research and practice in psychosocial risk at work; appropriate workplace and leadership behaviours; new ways of working; and influencing policy and practice in diversity and inclusion.

As part of an exciting expansion plan, the School of Business and Law will move into the $853 million world-class facilities of the landmark ECU City Campus at Yagan Square in the Perth CBD in 2025. This state-of-the-art Business, Law, Creative Industries and Technology Campus will be where innovative thinkers, adaptive learners and global citizens meet to become the leaders of tomorrow. ECU’s CBD campus will bring together streams of teaching and research with unique synergies for growth and development. This is unequivocally the most exciting time of all to join the University as it embarks on this transformational journey.

The Role
The Accounting and Finance Discipline is seeking to appoint a teaching and research focused Lecturer in Accounting and Finance (ALEVB), who is experienced in developing and delivering introductory and advanced Accounting subjects at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful applicant will be expected to lead efforts and devise a strategy to grow the School’s research endeavours in Accounting and Finance and share good practice with industry and the professions. Reporting to the Associate Dean Discipline, the successful applicant will be instrumental in expanding the societal impact of the School, and further integrating discipline knowledge into the curricula and the School’s co-curricular activities.

Applicants must have a PhD in Accounting or related relevant discipline, and be teaching and research active with a demonstrable track record of substantial external research funding, and publications in top-tier international journals (ABDC A/A*) students. The successful applicants will have a flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to any circumstance, by consulting and liaising confidently with the relevant stakeholders. Experience in developing and delivering introductory Finance-related subjects will be a plus.

As part of the ECU community, the applicant must demonstrate personal attributes that correspond with the University’s Values of Integrity, Respect, Courage, Rational Inquiry and Personal Excellence.