Lecturer in Employment Law and Regulation (Teaching and Scholarship)

Applications are invited for a two-year fixed-term for a Lecturer in Employment Law and Regulation. We seek candidates who have an interest in the different ways in which legislation and soft regulation seek to establish individual and collective rights and responsibilities for workers, managers and employers, and how these operate in practice. The postholder should have employment law expertise in the UK, and could have international, comparative, individual and/or collective labour law expertise. This post encompasses any aspects of law and regulation related to human resource management, such as human rights, the individual employment relationship, contractual arrangements, industrial relations regulation, and the employee/worker experience. 

The successful candidate is expected to teach at Undergraduate and/or Postgraduate levels in the general area of employment law as it applies to employment relations and human resource management and/or international and comparative employment relations and human resource management. This post includes teaching on two specialist MSc programmes (HRM & Industrial Relations and International HRM and Comparative Industrial Relations). It also includes MSc dissertation supervision and seminar and tutorial support.  

The post is based within the Human Resource Management, Employment Relations and Law (HRMERL) Group. The HRMERL group consists of 18 academics whose research interests are reflected in the research themes of the Work and Equalities Institute as outlined below. Members of the HRMERL group publish in leading journals such as British Journal of Industrial Relations, Work, Employment and Society, Human Resource Management Journal, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, New Technology, Work and Employment, International Journal of Human Resource Management Economic and Industrial Democracy, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Industrial Relations Journal, and Work and Occupations. The HRMERL group is part of the PMO Division, which specialises in human resource management and employment relations, management and organisation studies, comparative and international business, and organisational psychology.   

Many members of the Division are active participants in the Work & Equalities Institute (WEI) and other University research institutes. The Work and Equalities Institute was founded in 2017 to develop new thinking on how to address the challenges posed by changes in work, employment and equalities, and to identify and promote the conditions for more inclusive and fair work and employment arrangements. It draws on the more than 25 years of both research and involvement in informing the evidence base and policy agendas of international organisations such as the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation, as well as national organisations such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Trades Union Congress. The Institute’s research ranges from the local to the global, and is an important contributor to the University of Manchester’s global inequalities research beacon. Its research is interdisciplinary, drawing on expertise across human resource management, industrial relations, labour economics, organisational psychology, employment law, technology, organisation studies, sociology and social statistics. It has a very active network of over 20 doctoral students and over 40 members of academic staff within AMBS as well as many members from other schools. 

WEI research activities are organised under four themes: Work Futures; Fairness and Wellbeing in the Workplace; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; and Regulation and Representation. Further details are to be found here: https://www.wei.manchester.ac.uk/

This Lecturer role is teaching-and-scholarship focused. Over the year, 80% of the workload will focus on teaching, supervision, and administrative activities (including preparation, delivery, and assessment). The remaining 20% is for personal development, scholarship, and research. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with others in the group and more widely on research, engagement, and other activities as part of their own personal development and to advance the scholarly and research-related activities of the School. 

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments will be made on merit.

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Blended working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Professor Anne McBride
Head of Human Resource Management, Employment Relations and Law (HRMERL) Group
Email: [email protected]  

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.