Senior Lecturer in Textile Management

Senior Lecturer in Textile Management (PA 2016/82)

The Swedish School of Textiles at the Faculty for Textiles, Engineering and Business is a centre for competence development within the sectors of textile and fashion. The School offers educational programmes at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels within the areas of artistic fashion and textile design as well as engineering, business and management. The many research activities are carried out in close collaboration with the industry.

The Department of Business Administration and Textile Management is currently seeking a Senior Lecturer in Textile Management.

Job description

Duties include teaching within the area of textile management focussing on fashion marketing and management, consumer behaviour and communication at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The position involves research within textile management as well as contributing to the development of the Faculty’s research environment, e.g. through supervision of doctoral students and applications for external funding. Furthermore you will participate in the development and planning of educational programmes and collaborate with other subject areas to enhance competence development in line with the university’s goals and vision. As a lecturer, you will perform the administrative duties connected to the teaching tasks and, if agreed, take on additional administrative tasks. The work will involve the development of contacts and collaboration with the surrounding community, both nationally and internationally.


Qualifications


The successful candidate will have a doctoral degree in textile management, business administration, marketing or another field relevant to this position and will also have demonstrated good teaching competence within a field relevant to this position. Collaborating with colleagues is essential as is the ability to contribute to the development of the university’s research within textile management. A good command of both spoken and written English is an asset.

Experience of teaching and supervising at the graduate level and also of doing research within a field relevant to the position is required, as is experience of leading research, collaborating with business and industry and of applying for external research funding. Further, it is of particular merit if you have experience in leading developmental work within undergraduate education and if you have established international relationships and contacts with institutions of higher education abroad.

To qualify for a permanent position at the university, you must complete a course in   academic pedagogical training. The course is offered by the employer and represents a work load of 10 weeks of full-time study. The studies can, however, be spread out over a longer period of time in the course of the first two years of employment.

In its employment policy the University of Borås adheres to a principle of equality between the sexes and also sees ethnic and cultural diversity as an asset.

Type of employment: Permanent. A probationary period may be applied.
Level of employment: Full-time or as agreed
Beginning date: As soon as possible
Location: Borås, Sweden
Reference number: PA 2016/82

Contact
Information about the position can be provided by Head of Department Tina Carlson Ingdahl by telephone at +46 (0)33-435 59 23. The union representatives are Jonas Andersson, ST, Carina Théen, Saco-S and Susanne Björkdahl Ordell, OFR/Lärarförbundet   who can all be reached through the university’s switchboard at +46 (0)33-435 40 00.

Application
To apply for this position click ”Ansök” at the bottom of the job advertisement on the website.

In your application, please clarify which position you are applying for and provide its reference number. Attach the following documents to your application:


• Cover letter
• CV including your references’ contact information and your salary requirements
• Portfolio of qualifications, meaning a written account of your qualifications both scientific and pedagogical and documentation of your teaching skills, including a self-assessment. A template for this portfolio can be found under “Policy documents” in the menu.
• List of publications
• At the most seven published works or other forms of proof of qualification that you wish to attach
• Certifications/credentials and other official qualification documentation

Contact HR if you have scientific publications that cannot be electronically attached directly to the application. The publications need to have reached the university no later than one week after the application deadline. No additions can be made electronically to the application after the application deadline.

The deadline for your application to be submitted is 2017-01-31.

The Swedish National Archives require us to retain the documents attached to an application, excluding publications, for two years after the appointment decision has been finalised.

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