Faculty of Business & Management

VinUniversity – College of Business and Management

Rooted in Vietnam and aspiring to become a world-class university soon, VinUniversity invites global talents to join us to conduct world-class research that can create positive and tangible impact on the lives of people, locally and globally.

Reasons to join VinUniversity:

1. Attractive and globally competitive compensation
2. Opportunities to conduct research in collaboration with other top universities in the world.
3. Seed-funding opportunity, up to $100,000 for tenure-track faculty, potentially more for distinguished faculty, for the first three years.
4. Professional development fund of $6,000 per year for tenure track faculty, disbursed at your disposal.
5. Research mentorship program with Cornell professors on research projects for new assistant professors to fast track their career in academia.
6. Excellent students to teach and work with. VinUniversity students among the top 2% in the country, passionate and hungry to learn.
7. Soon-to-launch post-doctoral programs, expected in Fall 2021.
8. State-of-the-art research labs such as entrepreneurship lab and hospitality lab.
9. Strong and deep connection to the country’s largest and most prestigious companies in the fields of healthcare, hospitality, car manufacturing, retail and real estate which will enable our research focus on Smart Health – Smart Service – Smart Tourism – Smart Manufacturing.
10. Spacious and modern workplace in a beautiful, newly built campus in Hanoi, one of the fastest growing cities in Asia.

Through its excellence in teaching, research and innovation, the College of Business & Management (CBM) aims to nurture and develop competent business professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs with integrity who are critical thinkers and aspire to move Vietnam to a respectful position in the world.

The College offers two degree programs: Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management. With our AACSB compliance, Cornell University certified curricula, world-class international and Vietnamese faculty members, modern pedagogical approaches, and infrastructure at the forefront of technology, we will prepare our students to become leaders and innovators with entrepreneurial mindset, to be employed by top employers or successfully self-employed.

With a vision to become a research focused college, the College of Business and Management will soon offer different graduate programs and provide the desirable research environment for our faculty members to conduct world-class research and pursue advances in business. Moreover, with the advantage of being in the ecosystem of Vingroup with a number of leading companies such as Vinpearl, Vinhomes, VinHMS, VinFast, VinTech, and Vincom Retail, the College will collaborate closely with these companies in research to create breakthrough products, services and solutions.

The College of Business and Management at VinUniversity is recruiting multiple entrepreneurial-minded and innovative faculty members in all major fields of business administration including, but not limited to:

• Accounting
• Business Analytics and Statistics
• Business Communications
• Database Management
• Economics
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Food Service and Restaurant Management
• Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior & Leadership

The College of Business and Management at VinUniversity is also recruiting program directors for each of its two degree programs: Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management. If you are interested in applying for this position, please indicate your interest in your cover letter.

The College of Business and Management faculty members will have three major responsibilities: teaching, research and service. The workload allocation will be based on faculty rank and track in alignment with generally accepted international standards and practices at universities accredited by AACSB.

• Have a master/doctorate degree in related fields from established prestigious universities.
• Have a strong knowledge of the subject area combined with a broad subject background enabling contributions to teaching programs.
• Have good experience in experiential leaning methods such as TBL (Team-based Learning), PBL (Project-based Learning), ABL (Action-based Learning) and can successfully employ them in all courses.
• Have a strong record of research accomplishments or potential for future accomplishments (research track).
• Have a high spirit and strong passion for education; demonstrate distinction and/or strong potential in research; Agile to embrace changes and take on new challenges; open-minded to new and different environments; team-player willing to contribute to organizational goals and initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

The salary and benefits are internationally competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please apply via apply.interfolio.com/83830 and send  (1) a cover letter, (2) a resume, (3) a teaching statement, (4) a research statement; and submit (5) two recommendation letters. In doing so, remember the following:

• Indicate in your cover letter which field, rank and track you are applying for.
• Your resume should include a list of all courses you have taught with the teaching/student evaluation outcomes.
• Your teaching statement should specify teaching methods you have used in your courses and plan to use in your future courses (i.e., lecture, cases, flipped classroom, team-based learning, service-based learning, community-based learning, etc.).
• Your research statement should include the primary theme(s) of your past and current research and the theme(s) of your intended future research.

Consideration of candidates will occur on a rolling basis beginning April 2021 and will continue until the positions are filled.

The desired start date is August 2021, subject to negotiation, to allow sufficient time for your course preparation for the upcoming fall semester. If you currently reside outside Vietnam, please indicate in your cover letter whether you can relocate to Hanoi, Vietnam in time (by September as latest). If not, please specify when you can.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Please note that only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

• Work permit: VinUniversity will assist in and provide advice for obtaining the necessary paperwork needed for employment in Vietnam (visa, work permit, insurance, etc.). However, it is your responsibility to ensure that you can satisfy all the paper requirements in a timely manner.
• According to Vietnamese Law, expatriates are required to submit all necessary documents for a work permit on the first day in Vietnam. For more information about the necessary documents, please refer to the information in this link.
• Living costs: Vietnam has a comparatively low cost of living and expatriates can live a very comfortable life here with a moderate expenditure.

ABOUT VINUNIVERSITY

VinUniversity (VinUni: https://vinuni.edu.vn/) is the first private, not-for-profit Vietnamese university established based on international standards. The university integrates the models of excellent international universities with the unique cultural and economic characteristics of Vietnam, to make a breakthrough in Vietnamese higher education and to become a world-class university.

VinUni has strategic collaborations with the world’s leading universities, including Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. These universities have become close advisors and crucial enablers in establishing the three colleges at VinUni: College of Business and Management, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and College of Health Sciences. Every aspect of the University: its curricula, research, faculty, student body, facilities, and campus life, is being developed to meet the highest standards set by the world’s leading accrediting and ranking organizations, such as ABET, AACSB, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE).

VinUni’s founding benefactor Vingroup is one of the biggest private conglomerates in Asia with the largest market capitalization value in Vietnam. As a multisector corporation, Vingroup focuses on three main areas: Technology; Industrials; and Property Services. VinUni is proud to be a part of the Vingroup ecosystem, giving its students opportunities to connect with several high quality research institutes (such as VinAI, VinBrain, and Vin BigData), pioneering industrial enterprises (such as VinSmart and VinFast), and leading Vietnamese companies (such as Vinpearl, Vincom Retail, Vinmec, and Vinhomes)

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