Assistant Professor in Business & Human Rights and Investment Law (fixed-term)

The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Business & Human Rights and Investment Law to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment. If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original research of national and/or international standing, we want to hear from you. For full details of the role, please see the accompanying role profile form.  

This is a two-year fixed-term position to cover a colleague’s career break. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach and shape optional modules at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the areas of Business & Human Rights, and Investment Law. 

The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is a dynamic place for research, teaching, and learning. It is consistently ranked amongst the top law schools in the UK and attracts some of the very best students from around the world to its excellent undergraduate, Masters, and PhD programmes. All of our academics also contribute to school administration. 

We believe that every one of our staff members can contribute to enhancing the diverse environment in which we work, and we are keen to hear what your contribution could be. We want to appoint people not just based on their past achievements but also on the potential they show for the future, and we want to draw on the widest possible range of talents and backgrounds. A diverse and collegiate environment that brings different perspectives to our work and allows people to blossom is the best platform for cutting-edge research, excellent teaching, and student support. 

We will shortlist candidates based solely on answers to the questions asked as part of the online application process, so please do not include a CV. We do not see candidates’ names as part of our shortlisting process; we have found this significantly increases the diversity of candidates we invite to interview. If you would like to share further information (e.g., to explain a career break), please use the ‘additional information’ section.

Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 26 July.

This is a fixed-term post available until August 31, 2026. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours); however, applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week). Please specify in your application if you wish to work part-time and the number of preferred hours. Job share arrangements may also be considered.

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Olympia Bekou - Olympia.Bekou@nottingham.ac.uk. . Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.