Overview
The University of Southampton, in partnership with Oxford International Education Group (OIEG), has successfully launched its first international campus in India, located in Gurgaon, Delhi. This initiative, developed in response to India's New Education Policy, represents a significant investment in transnational education. The campus provides Indian students with the opportunity to earn a globally recognised degree without leaving the country.
Job Purpose
The role holder’s contribution will be central to delivery and support of teaching, learning and assessment, across Business for the University of Southampton Delhi.
The role holder will teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level in courses like Accounting & Control, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Audit & Taxation, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, and Sustainability Reporting, etc and engage in other necessary educational activities to ensure successful delivery of degree programmes. Once teaching activities are embedded and successful, the role holder will undertake research and knowledge exchange in line with the campus’s research strategy. More specifically, research expertise in the area of Accounting and Financial Reporting.
The role holder will undertake leadership, management and engagement activities and will demonstrate collegiality by ensuring ‘Southampton Behaviours’ are embedded within their ways of working.
They will be committed to high-quality education and support of learning and to building a vibrant student experience and community. Visible and collegiate, the role holder will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the campus’s activities, including student recruitment and outreach.
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Support the teaching objectives of the Unit by managing a range of contributions to its learning and teaching activities. Deliver teaching of the highest quality across a range of modules and to all levels, through lectures, tutorials, practicals and seminars. Directly supervise students, providing expert advice on learning best practice and helping with development needs. Promote the use of appropriate media to support student learning. Set and mark coursework and exams, providing constructive feedback to students. Monitor, evaluate and revise course design to ensure excellence and coherence. Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement, planning and developing innovative contributions to learning, teaching and assessment methods within the Unit as appropriate.
- Develop the research activities of the School/Department by sustaining a personal research plan of international standing in the broad field of general management. Apply for appropriate external research funding and carry out management and administrative tasks associated with specified research projects.
- Contribute to the efficient management and administration of the School/Department by performing administrative duties as allocated by the Subject Head and / or line manager.
Internal and external relationships
- Member of the School/Department Board, Examination Board and of such School/Department committees relevant to their administrative duties.
- Research priorities will be agreed within the strategic framework of the Department and UoSD campus.
- Teaching and administrative duties will be allocated by the Head of Department, within the context of the teaching programmes offered at the UoSD campus.
- Encouraged to collaborate with colleagues in the wider school business school in India, the UK and other countries on original teaching, learning and research projects and practice.
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
- PhD in Accounting and Financial Reporting or a closely related field
- Proven track record of teaching core and optional accounting modules at the university level
- Established research trajectory in accounting domain
- Track record of development and delivery of teaching at the university level.
- Teaching qualification (PGCAP, PG Cert HE or equivalent). (Desirable)
- Fellowship (FHEA) of Advance HE. (Desirable)
- Professional certification or Membership of a professional body. Experience of (more specific relevant processes/subject areas). (Desirable)
- Proficiency with relevant tools/software, such as Python, R, E-Views, STATA, etc. (Desirable)
- Involvement in national and international events. (Desirable)
- Experience of teaching students where English is a secondary language. (Desirable)
Planning and organising
- Proven ability to plan and develop a range of high-quality research and teaching activities, ensuring plans complement broader research and education strategy.
- Able to develop innovative research proposals and attract research funding.
- Proven ability to plan, manage, organise and assess own teaching contributions.
- Proven ability in the design of course units, curriculum development and new teaching approaches.
- Able to develop innovative research proposals and attract research funding. (Desirable)
- Track record of planning/organising inter/national projects and events. (Desirable)
- Experience in diversity and sustainability planning and organisation. (Desirable)
Problem solving and initiative
- Able to identify broad trends to assess deep-rooted and complex issues.
- Able to apply originality in modifying existing approaches to solve problems.
- Ability to work agnostically across a range of technologies and applications to solve specific problems in practice. (Desirable)
- Ability to assess and use appropriate tools, while also contribution to innovation within the programme. (Desirable)
Management and teamwork
- Proven ability to coach and support students/tutorial groups.
- Work effectively in a team, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development
- Able to monitor and manage resources and budgets. (Desirable)
- Able to coordinate with fellow academics and staff. (Desirable)
Communicating and influencing
- Communicate new and complex information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience.
- Track record of delivering workshops, lectures and seminars in courses relating to different aspects of accounting.
- Able to engage in counselling skills and pastoral care, where appropriate.
- Able to provide expert guidance to colleagues in own team, other work areas and institutions to develop understanding and resolve complex problems. (Desirable)
- Experience in public outreach including Open Days, workshops, other events and social media. (Desirable)
- Experience in community building, e.g. through digital collectives, communities, hacker spaces etc. (Desirable)
Other skills and behaviours
- Understanding of relevant Health & Safety issues.
- Positive attitude to colleagues and students.
- Understanding of Techno-Ethics and Technology for Good philosophies. (Desirable)
- Strong interpersonal skills and behaviour in public settings. (Desirable)
Special requirements
- Ability to teach core technical skills for accounting, including financial, managerial and sustainability reporting
- Able to teach/supervise for writing styles in the management domain and be aware of style guides and citation formats for these.
- International exposure (study, work, or teaching) and ability to teach diverse cohorts.
- Experience working in a business school environment. (Desirable)
- Experience with blended/online teaching platforms (LMS, MOOCs, simulation tools). (Desirable)
This job description is provided as a guide to the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of duties and responsibilities and may be subject to periodic revision.
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