The Department of Architecture and the Built Environment is seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate to join its Architecture Subject Group as Associate Professor/Professor in Interior Architecture to enhance and lead on research, research funding, teaching and academic activities within the subject group.

The role holder will contribute to and provide strategic leadership on research activities in alignment with Northumbria University’s REF 2021 Unit of Assessment 13 submission, to build upon its excellence in research by design, particularly within the fields of:

• Interior Architecture
• Creative Heritage
• Adaptive reuse

Applicants should have returned in previous Research Excellence Frameworks (or equivalent in other countries) with outputs directly relating to interior architecture, the interior and adaptive reuse as research by design, built artefact and/or publication. Successful candidates will provide strategic leadership and research mentoring, support, and the development of academic research careers within the Subject Group.

Our RIBA NE Award winning Sutherland Studios provide our staff and over 400 students of Architecture and Interior Architecture with outstanding facilities and affirm the design studios place at the centre of our educational ideology. Therefore, we seek interest from outstanding candidates who have experience leading studio-based design education and who will enhance the Subject Group and the Department through their leadership in design education, development, and delivery in Interior Architecture.

You must hold a first degree, with subject expertise in Interior Architecture, design, or adaptive reuse and be qualified to Doctoral level, or have equivalent professional experience through design practice or consultancy. Proven ability to deliver high quality research led teaching and a publication profile commensurate with the post of Associate Professor/ Professor are essential.

For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Paul Ring, Head of the Architecture Subject Group (paul.ring@northumbria.ac.uk), Dr Niraj Thurairajah, Head of the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment (niraj.thurairajah@northumbria.ac.uk).

For more information about the Department please visit our homepage.

You can also find more information about our interior Architecture programme here.

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 up to a maximum of 4. 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 Relocation Assistance Scheme

Please note this vacancy will close on 13/02/2022