Lecturer or Senior Lecturer – Public Relations
Faculty of Business and Law
An equal opportunities employer
Ref : FBL/AC/PR/529/JAC
Salary: Lecturer £34,435, - £38, 758
Senior Lecturer £38, 758 - £44,931
The Public Relations and Communications Subject Group at Leeds
Metropolitan University is one of the best known teaching departments
in Europe specialising in undergraduate, postgraduate and professional
courses in public relations. The group has award-winning academics
and students who win national and international prizes on an annual
basis (CIPR, EUPRERA).
The Group is seeking to appoint a full-time colleague from 6 April
2009. The post will initially be based at the university's Headingley
Campus in Leeds, moving to a new faculty building in central Leeds in
mid 2009. We are looking for a public relations educator to join the
team of 14 specialist communications academics in what is an exciting
and evolving field of study.
You will have some experience of professional practice in a public
relations/corporate communications environment and previous experience
of module innovation, development and delivery in higher education.
You will be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills. Ideally,
we are looking for someone to manage and deliver modules across
undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses, as well as
supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. Expertise is
sought in one or more of the following areas:
• Corporate communications,
• Public relations theory
• Specialist areas of public relations
• Public relations and new media
You should be educated to postgraduate level and demonstrate a clear
understanding and sound academic grounding in your subject
specialism(s). You will be student-centred with an interest in
pedagogical and curriculum development as well as having relevant
subject and research expertise and experience. Membership of the
Chartered Institute of Public Relations would be an advantage.
If you would like to discuss the post informally, then please contact
Liz Yeomans, Subject Group Leader on 0113 812 4625 or email
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Further details and application forms can be downloaded from
http://jobs.leedsmet.ac.uk Alternatively, please contact Jennifer
Brooke on 0113 812 7457, or e-mail: [log in to unmask]
quoting the above reference number.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to prepare a short presentation
on the following topic at interview: new areas for curriculum
development in public relations
Closing date: Noon - 23 January 2009
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