Assistant Professor - Fashion Business
Assistant Professor - Fashion Business
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Job Description
Role:Assistant Professor Fashion Business (Teaching & Scholarship)
Grade and Salary: Gradeper annum (prorata)
FTE and working pattern: 0.6FTE 21hrs per week
Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leaveplus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday) (prorata)
Purpose of Role
You will actively contribute to the development of our Fashion Branding and Promotion and Communication Design programmes focusing specifically on Fashion Business in its most creative and inspiring forms and be experienced in learning teaching and assessment at HE level. An enthusiastic and visionary academic who will support and encourage students to achieve their full potential you will have the ability to develop innovative collaborative projects and demonstrate a willingness to engage creatively in the wider activities of the school.
You will be highly professional and a committed team player flexible in approach with excellent communication timekeeping and organisational skills and be willing to adapt to the duties associated with the role.
You will possess a strong understanding of contemporary practice issues and current debate within the fashion industry. This will underpin your passion for enhancing your own practice and will inform you knowledge of the skills and attributes required by graduates for employability.
Our indicative areas of teaching may include such subjects as consumer behaviour fashion buying events management branding and promotion amongst others.
Given the broad nature of the subject we may also expect you to contribute teaching of courses to other programmes from time to time.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Learning and Teaching
- Undertake teaching duties in relation to courses appropriate to your area of knowledge (e.g. through practical sessions lectures seminars tutorials)
- Contribute to the continued development of Fashion Business within Fashion Branding and Promotion and Communication Design programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level in consultation with the Programme Director of Studies and Head of Discipline
- Undertake scholarly activity related to the effective delivery of the curriculum and develop the level of your subject expertise in line with the latest developments in the discipline as appropriate.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of the curriculum in consultation with the programme team and within the structures and mechanisms established by the School and University.
- Conduct assessment and moderation across the discipline area ensuring this is rigorous fair and clear and undertaken within the policies established by the School and University.
- Identify learning needs of students and define appropriate learning objectives.
- Be responsible for providing effective well documented and timely feedback both formative and summative to students.
- Contribute to the monitoring of the quality of learning and teaching through course monitoring and to contribute to quality management and enhancement activities across the Programme School and University.
- Provide appropriate pastoral support recognising the varied cultural backgrounds of the student cohort.
- Stay abreast of developments in the pedagogy of creative education and to ensure that these developments are reflected in the evolution of the learning and teaching methods employed on the Programmes.
- Planning and authoring (or revising) new course material as part of the schools teaching programmes.
- Challenge thinking foster debate and develop the ability of students to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking.
Research and Knowledge Transfer
- Participation in institutional or inter institutional collaborative research or involvement with industrial commercial and third sector organisations and other institutions.
- Develop and maintain strong links with industrial partners.
- Undertake business development activities and/or consultancy as agreed and directed.
- Continually update knowledge and understanding in field or specialism.
- Translate knowledge of advances in the subject area into the course of study.
Academic Management and Administration
- Undertake administrative duties associated with the programme and course planning preparation for assessments and for examination/progression boards etc.
- Carry out the administration requirements of the role in accordance with normal University processes and procedures
- Take a proactive role both internally and externally in promoting and marketing the Programmes and the School
- Participate in recruitment and induction to theProgrammes with which you are involved ensuring compliance with the School and University targets
- Contribute to income generating activities including assisting with raising sponsorship as well as other activities that will raise the profile of the school
- External liaison to benefit subject area and student recruitment
- Represent the School in both the national and international context
- Prepare proposals and applications to external bodies e.g. for funding and accreditation purposes.
- Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.
Education qualifications and experience
- We require a minimum Bachelors Degree. A postgraduate degree or PhD is desirable.
- A record of achievement in professional practice commensurate with appointment at this level
- Recognised teaching qualification i.e. PGCert/PGCap or membership/fellowship of higher education academy. Or be committed to achieving this within 2 years of appointment.
- Welldeveloped knowledge and understanding of contemporary practice across the discipline and related areas.
- Evidence of working within fashion industries and/or similar creative media industries
- Relevant teaching experience and understanding of learning teaching and assessment at HE level
- A strong understanding of Industry needs and the skills required by graduated for employability
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted up to midnight(UK time)onTuesday 15th April 2025.
Pleasesubmit your CV via the HeriotWatt online recruitment.
We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. parttime working and job share options.
HeriotWattUniversity is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected trained promoted appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.
HeriotWattUniversity values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information please see our website also our awardwinning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers our total rewards calculator: see the value of benefits provided by HeriotWatt University.
About the Team
You would join a team where our staff feel part of our achievements. We are proud of our collegiate atmosphere and integrated teaching and research approach which has helped to build a community of committed academics and highly motivated students. Our focus on careers delivers results and we have an excellent reputation for graduate employability.
The Fashion Branding and Promotion programme and our Communication Design programme consist of passionate and dedicated academics from a range of backgrounds with distinct and diverse specialisms including communication design branding advertising and promotion and design. Both programmes are delivered collaboratively within both our Dubai and UK campuses. The team contributesto the delivery of the discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and form active members of numerous professional and educational networks and bodies relating the success of the fastgrowing subject to a broader network of design educators at an international scale.
About HeriotWatt University
At HeriotWatt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with wellbeing and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
Employment Type
Part-Time
