Senior Lecturer in Project Management

Are you an experienced academic with a passion for Project Management and a commitment to delivering an outstanding student experience?

As Senior Lecturer, you will play a leading role in the delivery and development of innovative, student-centred teaching within Kent Business School. Based in the Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems, you will combine academic leadership with scholarship, enterprise and business engagement, helping to shape the future of Project Management education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Working in a collaborative and supportive environment, you will contribute to the School's growing reputation for excellence while developing strong links with industry and the wider profession.

As Senior Lecturer you can expect to be involved in:

• Providing academic and operational leadership within the Project Management area.
• Undertaking scholarship, independently and collaboratively.
• Teaching and administering modules within the subject area, including, inter alia, Project Management, Project Management and Control, Responsible Project Leadership, Emerging Topics and Skills for Project Professionals, Agile Project Management, Benefits Realisation Management, and Business Analysis Tools.
• Contributing to the management and development of existing programmes, modules and other activities and to the development of new modules, programmes and other activities within the subject area, including professional body accreditations.

What will you bring to the role?

• Masters (or equivalent) in relevant professional area.
• Teaching experience in the advertised subject area, including experience in teaching that involves the use of modern operations / project management software and technologies.
• Teaching skills appropriate to higher education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Ability to conduct impactful scholarship.

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact Sign in to view email quoting reference number KBS-235-26.

• Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

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Section

Kent Business School

Location

Canterbury

Salary

£58,225 to £65,509 per annum

Grade

Grade 9

Post Type

Full Time

Contract Type

Permanent

Release Date

Thursday 23 July 2026

Closing Date

23.59 hours BST on Thursday 06 August 2026 (unless otherwise stated*)

Reference

KBS-235-26