About the role
Are you on the Operations Management / Supply Chain Management / Project Management academic job market this year?
The School of Management at the University of Bath is inviting applications for a Lecturer / Assistant Professor (Teaching) to work within the Information, Decisions and Operations (IDO) Division. This is a teaching-track role so we are particularly interested in applicants with a strong interest in learning and education as well as in pedagogical innovation. The successful candidates will bring contemporary practical and theoretical knowledge, alongside proven teaching ability, and will be expected to engage and enthuse students.
The IDO Division consists of around 35 faculty with diverse research and teaching portfolios, ranging from empirical operations and supply chain management, operations research and management science, and information systems. For a look at the kind of work we do, see the work of IDO faculty members, and the webpages of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement (CHI²), Centre for Smart Warehousing and Logistics Systems and Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour (IDSB).
Bath School of Management is one of the highest-ranking management schools in Europe in terms of both its research and education. The IDO Division has excellent industry and academic networks which support a thriving and highly collegiate environment. The University of Bath and the School of Management currently hold a Silver Athena Swan award as well as the Race Equality Charter bronze award. For our teaching, the University of Bath was awarded a triple Gold award at the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in 2023.
Committed to the development of its staff, the University of Bath has a route for academics on teaching contracts to be promoted to Senior Lecturers/Associate Professors and to full Professors based on criteria around education and student experience, citizenship and research and innovation. Research-active teaching staff can also access research support which includes funding for conference attendance, data collection and research visits, a dedicated grant support team etc.
About you
You will contribute to our range of highly rated undergraduate and postgraduate offerings. The Division’s teaching portfolio includes specialist MSc programmes in Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Business Analytics; Innovation and Technology Management; and Engineering and Business Management, as well as more general management undergraduate and MBA programmes. As we grow our portfolio of on-line and interdisciplinary delivery, we are also interested in candidates who have experience in designing and delivering via digital channels and/or to students outside management.
Further Information
This role is offered on a full-time (36.5 hours per week), permanent basis.
Interview dates for this position are 21 May 2026 and 22 May 2026.
Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of the IDO Division, Professor Vaggelis Giannikas email v.giannikas@bath.ac.uk, or Subject Group Lead Dr Zehra Onen Dumlu, email zod23@bath.ac.uk, however please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
Closing Date: 26 Apr 2026
Department: Education & Research
Salary: £47,389 to £56,535
