Working within the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, you will provide expertise in the discipline of Quantity Surveying to further  enhance teaching, research and entrepreneurial activities. This will include designing, developing, and delivering high-quality teaching activities, undertaking individual and joint research to produce high-quality academic outputs, and participating in external activity to generate income, co-create learning and promote the subject.  

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with previous industry experience with strengths in cost and procurement aspects in construction and/or civil engineering.  Experience of supporting apprentices and employers in the workplace, and in an education setting would also be preferred.

The Department has particular strengths in the following core research areas:

Digital Construction

Sustainable construction

Procurement and value for money

Construction contract management

You must hold a first degree and if not already qualified to Doctoral level in a relevant discipline you must have a strong desire to be so.  You will have subject expertise in Quantity Surveying with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice or consultancy.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact Dr. Niraj Thurairajah , Deputy Head of Department: niraj.thurairajah@northumbria.ac.uk or Susan Dawson, Director of Degree Apprentices susan.dawson@northumbria.ac.uk. 

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now', and submit a covering letter, CV including research /education statements, and grants and publications list. Please highlight your highest quality research outputs (please indicate a rank from 1 to 4) up to a maximum of 4, since 2017.  In addition, candidates are asked to provide copies of the top 2 research outputs (Journal / book chapter /practice-based portfolio). Where possible candidates are asked to combine all of these documents into a single file. 

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers. 

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world.Visit our web pages for details about the Information and Support for International Colleagues.

Currently, due to COVID-19, academic staff will normally be on campus for approximately two days per week when face to face teaching is scheduled, and as required to undertake research using specialist facilities.

Please note this vacancy will close on 23/05/2021