Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer - Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer – EAE/18/389

Full Time

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary:  Senior Lecturer £40,792 - £50,132 Lecturer £35,210 - £39,609;

Northumbria University at Newcastle is a research-rich, business-focussed, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, and with a campus in the heart of London’s financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK’s best two cities for students. At Northumbria we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in London, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore, and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalism, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe.

Northumbria is ranked 48th in The Guardian league table 2018, and ranked in the Top 200 Under 50 global University rankings. Northumbria University values the quality and diversity of our staff.

The Faculty of Engineering and Environment is passionate about the principles and applications of Engineering, Science and Technology in all its forms and strives to be excellent in research, teaching and innovation. Based within the Faculty, the Department of Computer & Information Sciences has particular strengths in Cyber Security and Networked Systems, HCI, Social Computing, Computational Intelligence and Visual Computing, Information Management and Data Analytics. We are currently seeking to appoint at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level and are particularly interested in high-quality applications from candidates who will either align with our areas of existing strength, or support us in growing capacity in the areas of robotics, theoretical computer science, games or ubiquitous computing. High quality candidates in any area of expertise within the scope of the Department are also welcome to apply.

You must hold a first degree and it is desirable that you should be either qualified or soon to be qualified to Doctoral level in a relevant discipline. You must have subject expertise in Computer Science with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice or consultancy. Proven ability to deliver high quality teaching within an appropriate field is essential. Membership (or eligibility for membership) of a relevant professional body is desirable.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact the Head of Department, Professor Shaun Lawson, shaun.lawson@northumbria.ac.uk, or Associate Head, Julie Walters, julie.walters@northumbria.ac.uk.

For more information about the Department please visit our homepage at https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/computer-and-information-sciences/.

For more information and to apply please visit - https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-us/job-vacancies/academic-389-senior-lecturerlecturer-in-computer-and-information-sciences

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.

Closing Date: 7/10/18