School of Stage & Screen

Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: £36,333 to £52,841 plus £3953 London weighting per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Tuesday 23 May 2023
Closing Date: Thursday 08 June 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3910

The University of Greenwich seeks to appoint an enthusiastic Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Film and TV in the Film and TV portfolio of the School of Stage and Screen. The recent establishment of the School has brought together the disciplines of Drama, Theatre and Performance, Music and Sound, Film Studies and Film and TV Production, across Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes, to respond to the increasing demand for creative thinkers, cross-disciplinary collaboration, global stories and new skills for creating and performing with emerging technologies. We are looking for someone to join this diverse and multi-disciplinary team to help us modernise our curriculum and prepare our students for the future in the ever-growing and rapidly changing creative industries.

The successful candidate will be a Film and TV practitioner, with experience as an academic, the energy and passion for the student experience and ability to work well across multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will be able to evidence a thorough understanding of current filmmaking and television processes and their academic underpinning. Experience as a Producer or Line Producer in either Film or TV production, of multicamera studio production and/or new technologies in Film and TV production, such as those related to virtual production, extended reality and immersive technologies, are welcomed. 

The successful candidate will bring fresh ideas and contributions to the development of existing and/or novel taught programmes and if appointed at Senior Lecturer level, may be expected to take up Programme Leadership at the time of appointment or to lead the development and eventual delivery of new undergraduate and/or postgraduate programmes. 

The successful candidate should have an Undergraduate and Post-graduate degree in one of the following: Film and TV, a PhD in Film/TV or related field (Completed or near completion) or related experience, appropriate professional qualification, member of Film and TV industry or HEA Fellowship. Experience in leadership is essential for appointment at Senior Lecturer level. 

We have ambitions to develop our already successful School into a world leading centre for innovation in teaching, research, knowledge exchange and student enterprise supported by our brand new Shared Hub for Immersive and Future Technologies (SHIFT) and the Faculty’s newly established Institute for Inclusive Communities and Environments with six new research centres associated with core disciplines of creative arts, design, humanities, and social sciences and a Practice Hub for skills development and learning for practice as research. 

Should you have any queries, please get in touch with the Head of School, Professor Misha Myers at misha.myers@greenwich.ac.uk 

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-fach@greenwich.ac.uk   

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.  

Academic Career Pathways 

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich