Lecturer in Quantitative Methods

Why choose us?: University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts.

London College of Fashion is extremely proud to be a global leader in fashion education, research and consultancy. Much of its success is down to its dedicated employees, and you will play an important role in shaping future creative professionals, and impact on the future of so many creative industries.

The role: To equip students to become professional managers within industry, we rely on an outstanding academic team who are as imaginative, forward-thinking and visionary, as they are knowledgeable and informed: people with hands-on experience of their industry and a keen eye on the future. You will work within the broad area of business intelligence, which includes quantitative methods and statistics, financial analysis and other applications and technologies for accessing, gathering, analysing, and storing data.

This is your chance to teach methods that fashion businesses can use to solve problems and make better decisions. You will undertake teaching, unit management, and curriculum development in the area of quantitative methods while contributing to research, scholarly activity, and professional practice in this area.

Your profile: Fully up to speed with industrial and technological developments, you will have a degree in either economics, finance, business studies, quantitative methods, accountancy, or similar together with a CIMA, CIPFA, ACA or ACCA or equivalent. Ideally this will be matched by industry experience, experience of teaching using statistical software packages such as SPSS and ideally a masters or PhD in finance, economics, quantitative methods, or accountancy. An excellent communicator, you will have the expertise and insight to adapt your style, approach, content, and learning materials to suit the needs of your students.

To apply, please visit https://ual.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/appcentre-1/candidate/postings/713

Closing date: 8 April 2015

University of the Arts London aims to be an equal opportunities employer embracing diversity in all areas of activity and UAL positively welcomes applications from black and minority ethnic staff who are currently underrepresented at this level.