Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor - Accounting (Managerial Accounting) at James Hope University

At James Hope Business School, we are dedicated to fostering a dynamic learning environment that prepares our students to thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape of business and finance. Our commitment to innovation, research, and industry relevance sets us apart as a leading institution in business education.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor – Accounting (Managerial Accounting)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The successful candidates will be responsible for conducting innovative research, delivering high-quality teaching, and contributing to the academic and intellectual life of the institution. These role offers an exciting opportunity to engage with students, collaborate with colleagues, and make meaningful contributions to the field of accounting.
• The Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Accounting will provide leadership and foster excellence in teaching and research efforts of the School, within the University, and with the community, professional and commercial sectors. More specifically, the Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor is responsible for providing original, innovative and distinguished contributions to the Department’s programs and for maintaining and advancing their scholarly, research and/or professional capabilities relevant to the discipline at a national and international level.
• As the Professor in Accounting, you will develop, engage in and lead high quality research projects that are aligned with the Department and University’s research focus areas. This includes engagement with the relevant industry stakeholders, attracting competitive grants, publications in high impact journals and effective supervision of postgraduate research students and postdoctoral research staff.
• As a Professor in James Hope Business School, you may be appointed as Deputy Dean for a specific discipline or to provide strategic leadership for learning and teaching or research and scholarship.

The teaching areas of priorities include, but are not limited to:

• Managerial Accounting: specialization on accounting information for internal decision-making and management control, cost behaviour, budgeting, variance analysis, performance measurement, and strategic management accounting.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Accounting
• Ability to develop and deliver high-quality curriculum and program materials, direct an award program/s and implement program improvements and innovative approaches to student-centred learning and quality improvement programs.
• Extensive experience in supervising higher-degree research candidates to maximize research performance.
• Ability and willingness to teach online, in global locations, and in multi-cultural environments.
• Excellent interpersonal, and communication skills, including the ability to consult with senior executives, external bodies, produce executive reports, negotiate agreed outcomes and targets within a collaborative environment.
• Eligibility for appointment at the rank of Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor, based on qualifications and experience.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit a Cover letter, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., course evaluations), and contact information for three references merged into a single PDF / Word document as an attachment to an email directed to: registrar@jhu.edu.ng using the job title as the subject of the mail.