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Posted: 01-Jul-25
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Type: Full-time
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Join us and shape the future of hospitality today!
At EHL Hospitality Business School, our vibrant campuses unite passionate students, academics, and industry experts from over 120 countries, all driven by a shared mission: to advance hospitality knowledge and support the sector's continued growth. Established in 1893 as Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, we have consistently been recognized as a global leader in hospitality management education, earning top rankings and industry accolades.
EHL offers faculty members a stimulating and rewarding environment emphasizing educational and research excellence. Our faculty is provided with abundant opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, access to state-of-the-art facilities, and a supportive community that values scholarly achievements. Our unique approach blends academic teaching, research, and practical industry experience, ensuring a dynamic integration of theory and practice. We believe this creates an ideal setting for faculty to share their knowledge and inspire creativity, innovation, and research.
Our core values—excellence, family, and learning—are the foundation of everything we do, and we are dedicated to embodying these values in meaningful ways for our collaborators. We are committed to achieving academic excellence by recruiting the best professors worldwide, many of whom hold PhDs from prestigious universities, alongside seasoned industry executives. Our academic rigor is endorsed by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). NECHE ensures we meet high standards for teaching and research, while AACSB business accreditation demonstrates an ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching, research, curriculum development, and learner success.
We invite applications for open-rank faculty positions from individuals with a strong track record in teaching, research, and securing funding. We welcome candidates from various disciplines, particularly those with expertise in service operations, digitalization, hospitality management, healthcare, finance, accounting, and luxury management.
What will you do?
- Developing diversified teaching approaches to cater to a broad range of learners, and pedagogical solutions which result in the customization and personalization of learning experiences, including digitalization for teaching and learning.
- Research: Active engagement in thought leadership, including publication (peer-reviewed academic & practitioner journals and books) and development of pedagogical material (cases, simulations, and exercises).
Who you are?
- PhD in a related field.
- You have at least 3 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate or master level.
- You can fluently teach in English, and preferably also in French.
- You have a demonstrated interest in (applied) research and a good publication record.
- You have a demonstrated interest in developing diversified teaching approaches to cater to a broad range of learners, and pedagogical solutions which result in the customization and personalization of learning experiences, including digitalization for teaching and learning.
- You have such a team spirit that you put your individual interest at the service of the collective purpose, because sharing is caring.
- You want to be part of a community where we foster a culture of corporate entrepreneurship, accountability, collaboration, and diversity.
What we offer?
We offer you a permanent contract within a business area of an educational institution, with a research allocation.
As an employer, we provide exceptional employee benefits including free meals, an attractive number of days off, a parking space or public transport contribution, as well as access to various services and facilities.
We offer you responsibility, challenge and encouragement to help you achieve your professional and personal goals.
We offer you the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a growing institution, and to enjoy being part of a passionate, multidisciplinary and talented team.
Candidates interested please submit the application by sending a cover letter, a CV, and (if available) a job market paper on the following link Apply here. If you need more information, please contact Dr Achim Schmitt, achim.schmitt@ehl.ch.
Due to the summer holidays, our school will be closed for three weeks. Consequently, the processing of applications will take longer than usual. We will reopen on August 11th, 2025. We should be able to come back to you with a first answer by end of August.