External Examiner Jobs in Business Schools

Lancaster University Management School is seeking an experienced External Examiner for Postgraduate Work-based Learning Programmes within Professional and Executive Management Learning (PEML) for a three-year term commencing in the 23-23 academic year. 

Our part-time, work-based programmes attract regional, UK and international students to study Leadership and Professional Practice Masters, PGDiP and PGCert programmes. Our students manage busy careers as senior, skilled professionals in a range of public, private and third sector organisations alongside their study. They are typically experience-rich, time-poor, curious, engaged and inspiring! 

PEML is based within the quadruple-accredited and world-ranked Lancaster University Management School. LUMS is one of the longest-established business schools in the UK and home to a thriving community, welcoming students and staff from more than 180 countries. LUMS has a presence in 24 countries, including campuses in Germany and Ghana, and strong links with hundreds of large and small employers in the UK and elsewhere. 

If you would welcome the opportunity to support our work-based learning team as an external examiner from the 23-24 academic year, please contact Dr Debbie Simpson, Director of Teaching, PEML, in the first instance at d.simpson@lancaster.ac.uk.

Person specification 

• Knowledge and understanding of UK sector agreed reference points for the maintenance of academic standards and assurance and enhancement of quality; 
• Competence and experience int he fields covered by the programme of study, or parts thereof; 
• Relevant academic and/of professional qualifications to at least the level of the qualification being externally examined, and/or extensive practitioner experience where appropriate; 
• Competence and experience relating to designing and operating a variety of assessment tasks appropriate to the subject and operating assessment procedures; 
• Sufficient standing, credibility and breadth of experience within the discipline to command the respect of academic and professional peers; 
• Familiarity with the standard to be expected of students to achieve the award assessed; 
• Fluency in English; 
• Meeting applicable criteria set by professional, statutory or regulatory bodies; 
• Awareness of current developments int he design and delivery of curricula for professional development; 
• Competence and experience relating to the enhancement of the student learning experience