Job reference: SAE-028648
Salary: Competitive salary
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Department of Materials
Hours Per Week: full time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/06/2025
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences

Job Description

The University of Manchester invites applications for a Teaching and Research Professor of Fashion Business and Technology. This position will play a critical role in delivering thought leadership in shaping and delivering a world-leading, interdisciplinary research agenda across one of the UK’s most unique fashion research environments.

Positioned within the Department of Materials, Europe’s largest and most interdisciplinary materials department, the Fashion Business and Technology (FBT) programme offers a unique integration of fashion, technology, sustainability, business, and creative innovation.

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

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 are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

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

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor David J. Lewis Head of the Department of Materials

Email: david.lewis-4@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

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.

Take a look around the company https://www.manchester.ac.uk/