Job Description: Lecturer in Accounting (Education and Research- Education)
College/School: School of Management
Department/Subject: Accounting & Finance
Salary: £39,105 to £45,163 per annum with USS benefits (Pro Rata)
Hours of work: 0.5 FTE
Contract: This is a permanent position
Location: This position will be based at the Bay Campus
To deliver its sustainable top 30 ambition Swansea University needs a workforce with the
differentiated skills necessary to ensure that it can deliver excellence in research, teaching, learning,
Introduction and the wider student experience, and to be a powerhouse for the regional economy and
internationally.
Swansea University is a research-led University that thrives on exploration and discovery, offering a
Background balance of excellent teaching and research. The University has enjoyed a period of tremendous
information growth in the last ten years and we have grown our overall proportion of world-leading and
internationally excellent research from 80% in 2014 to 86% in 2021. We have seen a significant
increase in the number of PhDs awarded since REF2014 and our research income has increased by
160% in the same period. Internationally, our global reputation as a collaborative research partner is
flourishing, with our academic and business networks now covering 127 countries, and 54% of our
research outputs are internationally co-authored.
In 2015, the School of Management moved to a new custom built facility on the Swansea University
new Science and Innovation (Bay) Campus (representing one of the largest ever investments by a UK
University in new facilities). The School occupies a beach front £23 million building. Our Student
Experience Strategy is backed by small group teaching, work placements, careers advice, a Student
Hub, extended professional services, and greater business engagement – around 250 companies are
supporting work placements and student projects in business.
Our Accounting and Finance Department is home to about 35 academics and approximately 1,000
students, with the Hawkes Research Centre and programmes encompassing both accounting and
finance subject areas at post-graduate and undergraduate level. In the most recent National Student
Survey results, the department was ranked 15th (out of 102 institutions) last year for teaching quality.
We are looking to appoint a dynamic researcher as well as a committed teacher in Accounting to
make a positive contribution to the life of the department. We are particularly interested in
applicants with research and teaching interests in Business Law to assist in the delivery of our
programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The School of Management building provides outstanding facilities with its own media suite and
access to extensive accounting and finance databases e.g. Compustat, WRDS, S&P Global Market
Intelligence (SNL Financials), FAME and Zephyr. We have also recently established a Finance Lab
utilising Refinitiv Workspace (incorporating Datastream) and Factset where students can engage in
trading and finance research projects. The School is also home to the innovation hubs of some of our
industry partners, such as Pfizer and several spinout companies.
Further information can be found at Accounting and Finance - Swansea University
Informal inquiries are welcome; please contact Head of Group, Professor Mike Buckle
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m.j.buckle@swansea.ac.uk
The Academic Career Pathways (ACP) scheme is designed to ensure that academic strengths whether
in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership or innovation and engagement, are all
appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded. There are three enhanced academic
strands: Enhanced Teaching and Scholarship; Enhanced Research; and Enhanced Innovation and
Engagement.
Academic For more information on Academic Career Pathways, please click here. These provide indicative
Career performance levels for all academic staff which will be used throughout the recruitment process.
Pathways Where there are numeric indicators these will be considered in light of the stage of career, hours of
work and other commitments. This may be personal circumstances or work related activities outside
of academia such as in industry or a clinical setting. You are very welcome to provide any relevant
individual circumstances such as career breaks, any periods of leave or secondment or any other
absences, which should be taken into account and how these have had an impact on your career
development.
1. Research Outputs and Activity: Develop a record of research outputs and their dissemination in
quality publications or other media.
Main Purpose 2. Research Projects and Grants: Secure resources to underpin research activity with responsibility
of Post: for designing, planning and managing a sustained programme of research and of conducting
Enhanced original investigations within agreed timescales and budgets.
Research 3. Esteem: Achieve recognition for contribution to the discipline through making a personal
contribution on research developments.
4. Postgraduate Research Student Supervision and Development: Involved in effective postgraduate
research student supervision.
5. Contributing to our Activities: Take part in formulating College/School or University decisions and
contribute to activities beyond the immediate research, teaching or scholarship commitments.
6. Participating in Professional Activities: Engage with professional activities related to the discipline
Management through networking at conferences or involvement in external groups.
7. Managing Self and Others: Support and enable the development of colleagues, students and/or
yourself.
8. Teaching Delivery and Review: Deliver effective teaching, assessment and quality assurance of
modules or other equivalent components of the taught portfolio. Review course content and
materials, and develop, design and update materials in compliance with quality standards.
Teaching and 9. Teaching Innovation and Impact: Carry out teaching based on innovation which is up to date and
Scholarship informed by research or professional practice.
10. Esteem: Contribute to the wider academic community with demonstrable impact and recognition
from internal and external sources.
11. Advancing and Applying Practice: Responsible for advancing personal teaching practice.
12. Promote equality and diversity in working practices and maintain positive and collaborative
working relationships.
General 13. Conduct the job role and all activities in accordance with safety, health and sustainability policies
Duties and management systems, in order to reduce risks and impacts arising from the work activity.
14. Ensure that risk management is an integral part of any decision making process, by ensuring
compliance with the University’s Risk Management Policy.
Person Specification Criteria Typically evidenced by:
Qualifications
1. A PhD in a relevant subject area or a degree and Chartered membership of professional body, Medical
relevant professional experience or qualification. registration etc.
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2. Recognised teaching qualification or equivalent If you do not have a recognised teaching qualification then
or a commitment to achieve this. evidence is required of a commitment to work towards
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) or
equivalent.
Enhanced Research
3. A record of research outputs and dissemination Four internationally excellent outputs, or the ability to achieve
in quality publications or other media. this within a 5 year period.
4. Demonstrate the potential to achieve, or having Applications for research grants as a Principal or Co-
success in securing resources to underpin Investigator or demonstrate how you will achieve this with at
original research activity. least one successful award within 3 years.
5. Recognition for contribution to the discipline. At least one presentation at a conference with a national or
international reach within 3 years.
6. Evidence of demonstrating involvement in Supporting and or mentoring students or others.
effective postgraduate research supervision, or
the ability to do so.
Core Teaching
7. Evidence of or ability to undertake effective - Good teaching feedback and/or through improved progression
delivery of teaching, assessment and review of or retention.
modules or other components of the taught - Acting as an effective tutor or student project supervisor with
portfolio. successful outcomes.
- A commitment to innovative teaching and CPD.
Core Management
8. Taking an active part in decisions and activities in Examples showing personal contribution and impact.
an academic unit or institution, beyond own
research and teaching commitments.
Subject Specific
9. Subject specific criteria
An aptitude for collegial and collaborative work Collegiate, respectful and considerate of the skills of others,
within and outside the University. showing the ability to work well with students and colleagues.
A commitment to a student-focused, research Examples showing personal contribution and impact.
led environment and continuing professional
development.
Welsh Language
Level 1 – ‘a little’ (you do not need to be able to speak any welsh to apply for this role)
e.g. pronounce Welsh words, place names, department names. Able to answer the phone in Welsh (good morning /
afternoon). Able to use of learn very basic every-day words and phrases (thank you, please, excuse me). Level 1 can be
reached by completing a one-hour training course.
For more information about the Welsh Language Levels please refer to the Welsh Language Skills Assessment web
page, which is available here.
Subject Specific
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