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Posted: 28-Apr-25
Location: New Zealand
Type: Full-time
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Internal Number: REF32115L
The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading university, with a turnover of $1.3bn, including research revenue of over $300m generated across six diverse faculties and two research institutes. We employ more than 5400 academic and professional staff to support over 45,000 students, making us one of NZ’s largest employers.
The University of Auckland creates globally transformative impacts through its distinctive strengths in world-leading research, scholarship, teaching and collaborative partnerships, inspired by its unique position in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.
The Faculty of Business & Economics
Housed in the state of the art architecturally designed Sir Owen G Glenn Building, our top-ranked, triple-crown accredited University of Auckland Business School is seeking to recruit established and early career academics to join its world class faculty. It is the largest business school in New Zealand and has an international reputation for academic excellence. The Business School comprises seven academic departments with a strong reputation across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. We support exceptional, internationally recognised faculty who are characterised by their desire to make a difference to business in New Zealand, the global economy and society more generally. The University has recently set a new strategic plan, Taumata Teitei, which can be interpreted from te reo M?ori as pursuing excellence, despite uncertainty. It recognises the exciting challenges posed by the concerns of our age. Applications are encouraged from scholars who are committed to making an impact through research and teaching and with interests in any area of relevance to business.
Our Business School strives to influence policy development, research and thought leadership in New Zealand business with particular focus on our four strategic research and education themes – innovation and value creation, succeeding in international markets, productivity and sustainable business and leadership and governance. We also have an ecosystem of well supported Research centres across the disciplines. Your desire to identify and promote opportunities for industry engagement will further enhance the reputation, relevance and influence of the Business School.
All academics within the Business School will be based in disciplinary areas that form part of larger academic departments, you will have responsibility for delivering high quality, relevant and impactful learning experiences that maximise employment outcomes for graduates. Your understanding of academic and business environments and engagement in co-curricular activities relating to business, will help deliver wider economic benefits. The disciplinary areas are intended to provide a supportive and collegial environment for all researchers and in particular to ensure focused mentoring for early career researchers.
The School enjoys excellent international links and leading scholars from top overseas universities often visit the Business School and teach courses in our undergraduate and post graduate programmes.
The Department of Management and International Business
The Department of Management and International Business (MIB) is one of seven departments within the UABS. The department comprises five disciplinary areas: Organisation Studies, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation and Strategy. The disciplines are taught across the programmes in the UABS, including undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research programmes, and PhD. The department also contributes to the Master of Business Administration, and the Master of Business Management in the Graduate School of Management. Members of the department are highly qualified and experienced academics who have made important contributions to the above disciplines. Several institutes and research centres involve members of this department, including the Aotearoa Centre for Leadership and Governance, the Centre for Research on Modern Slavery, the Centre for Enterprising Women, and the Dame Mira Szazy Research Centre.
The Opportunity
The Department of Management and International Business is seeking to appoint a full-time Lecturer or Senior Lecturer.
We are particularly interested in appointing an IB scholar with interest and capabilities in SME internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, digitalisation and IB, and internationalisation of firms from small open economies.
Candidates at the Lecturer level should demonstrate the potential to publish in top journals in International Business and related disciplines, and candidates at the Senior Lecturer level should have already published in such outlets and have developed a portfolio of publications, including some in top-tier journals.
It is highly desirable that the candidate is able to teach across International Business and other related disciplines commonly taught in a business school. We are preferably looking for an experienced teacher who draws on innovative pedagogies and uses a range of teaching methods.
This is a full-time (40 hours per week), permanent position.
The remuneration for this role is $94,981 - $151,25, depending on the level of appointment.
For more information about this role, please refer to the Position Description.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be a team player who supports the Department of MIB - and more specifically, the IB disciplinary area - across a wide range of scholarly activities and engagement. You will have strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate your plans and ideas. Suitably qualified with a PhD in IB (or a closely related discipline), or close to completion, you will also bring the following skills and experience:
- Potential (L) or proven track record (SL) in successfully delivering IB undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a business school
- Potential (L) or proven (SL) publication track record in top IB journals (e.g., Australian Business Deans Council A* or A-ranked or ABS 4*, 4 or 3-point journals)
- Potential (L) or proven (SL) track record attracting funding from both internal and external reputable funding schemes
- Ability (L) or proven (SL) track record in designing curriculum (part or entire programme/course)
- Ability (L) or proven (SL) track record in successfully supervising graduate students’ research in International Business (PhDs and Masters)
What we offer
The University is committed to providing an excellent working environment through:
- Flexible employment practices (including working from home, flexible hours)
- Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme
- A competitive salary with five weeks’ annual leave
In addition, we also offer career development programmes, staff subsidies on continuing education, discounted car parking, a generous parental leave allowance, childcare and a number of other discounts on internal and external services.
For more information please visit Staff Benefits.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted online (REF32115L) , by the closing date of 2 June 2025 to be considered. Please include your cover letter and/or CV highlighting how you can meet the skills and experiences detailed above and in the position description.