University of Maroua

Salary: £21,653 - £26,441 per annum pro rata of £35,608 - £43,482 per annum Contractual hours: 22.5 Package: Full details can be found here - https://www.ucb.ac.uk/about-us/work-for-us/rewards-and-benefits/ Job category/type: Academic, Engineering, Further Education, Psychology Job reference: REQ000578 Attachments: attachmentLecturer in Psychology - JDPS - June 26.pdf Do you have experience teaching Psychology in Further Education? We are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Level 3 Psychology Lecturer to join our successful and growing department. This role involves planning, developing, and delivering high-quality, engaging, and inclusive learning opportunities that inspire students and support them in achieving their academic goals. You will teach Psychology at Level 3, helping learners develop a strong understanding of key psychological theories, research methods, and contemporary issues within the subject. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate educator who is committed to student success, enjoys contributing to curriculum development, and wants to play an active role within a vibrant Further Education environment. The successful candidate will hold a qualification in Psychology or a related discipline and, alongside experience of delivering Psychology courses within Further Education. We are looking for someone who can inspire students to achieve their full potential while promoting a culture of academic excellence and inclusivity. You will be responsible for creating a positive and supportive learning environment, monitoring student progress, preparing learners for assessments, and contributing to the continued success of the department. Standard Information UCB is an equal opportunities employer. University College Birmingham is proud to be TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating UCB has achieved the Investors in Diversity Bronze Award. You may need to obtain permission to work in the UK if you don’t already have the unrestricted right to work in any role. There are various types of visa which include the right to work. You can check if you need a UK visa using the Government’s online tool and find information about UK visa routes and the eligibility criteria that must be met for each route Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). All staff are required to prove their right to work in the UK before they start work. All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service prior to commencement. All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Job Purpose The Research Fellow / Research Engineer (with focus on Healthcare Design and Business) will support applied research and innovation in community and allied health by translating health-related workflow needs, user insights and business requirements into practical service-design outputs, implementation plans, value propositions and evidence reports. The role focuses on healthcare design, business scoping, project coordination and implementation support for healthcare projects. This role is focused on Healthcare Design and Business. The candidate should have a deep understanding of health-related workflows and experience coordinating project implementation with clear outcomes delivered. The Research Fellow / Research Engineer will support academic staff and project leads, and contribute his/her assigned share to team-level KPI targets through practical design, business and implementation outputs. Key Responsibilities Applied Research & Development Perform clinical needs assessment, user research, service-journey mapping and workflow analysis for organisational innovation transition, focusing on but not limited to community and aged care settings, nursing homes, hospitals, home-based care and palliative care settings. Develop healthcare service-design concepts, business requirements and implementation roadmaps for organisational transition, focusing on but not limited to caregiver workload reduction, care-process redesign, adoption planning and care automation support. Support healthcare innovation projects by coordinating user feedback, pilot planning, implementation activities, data collection and outcome documentation for Proof of Concept (POC) and deployment in community-care or healthcare settings. Industry Collaboration Support collaborations with industry and healthcare partners to understand workflow pain points, user needs, business requirements and implementation constraints, and contribute to practical solution development. Assist in project scoping by gathering workflow, design, business and implementation inputs, and by identifying relevant capabilities within the ecosystem (IHLs, research centres, industry partners). Participate in industry meetings, discussions, and project engagements. Project Execution & Support Assist Professional Officers, faculty and project leads in planning, coordinating and executing assigned healthcare design, business and implementation workstreams, including timeline tracking, documentation and follow-up on deliverables linked to the committed KPI areas: service volume, innovation initiatives, value capture, manpower training and ecosystem establishment. Generate project reports, presentations, service maps, user-journey documentation, business-case inputs, implementation trackers and evidence documentation on the development, validation, deployment and value capture of healthcare solutions and applications. Contribute to grant proposals and project submissions where required. Track project progress and maintain proper documentation of milestones, deliverables, risks/issues, partner inputs, funding status and measurable outcomes for assigned projects. Support the IaaS Center for Community and Allied Health Innovation in achieving team-level KPI outcomes through assigned design, business, implementation documentation and project support tasks. Contribute to assigned analytics workstreams and projects, including data analytics projects and digital dashboard development for industry partners, hospitals, aged care homes, and non-profit organisations, encompassing proposal development, partner engagement, analytics scoping, and project documentation. Coordinate assigned workstreams within the team's innovation portfolio, supporting the delivery and deployment of new or improved products, processes, and services to healthcare and community organisations, while monitoring implementation, adoption, and analytics evidence to support value-capture documentation. Support training, demonstration, and workshop delivery for company employees and healthcare professionals, contributing to the team's capability-building and knowledge-transfer goals. Role-specific skill focus — Healthcare Design and Business: conduct user and workflow research; prepare service maps, implementation plans, business-case inputs and value-capture documentation; support evidence for KPI and project-outcome reporting, including outreach to companies and/or healthcare providers; and translate workflow and business insights into practical recommendations for Professional Officers, faculty, project leads and healthcare partners. Job Requirements Bachelor's degree with 5+ years experience OR Master's degree with 2+ years experience in Health Sciences, Nursing, Healthcare Management, Design, Business, Service Design, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Research or related disciplines with relevant experience in healthcare design, business scoping, project implementation or healthcare innovation related work. Strong knowledge and experience in clinical workflows, particularly in hospitals, nursing homes, home-based care, palliative care settings and other community care settings. Hands-on experience in clinical validation studies, including patient needs assessment and usability testing, is highly advantageous. Possess understanding of healthcare innovation concepts (e.g., service design, business model development, commercialisation, care automation, health economics and value capture). Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Resourceful, meticulous and problem-solving attitude. Experience supporting or coordinating industry or applied research projects, preferably involving healthcare design, service redesign, business scoping, community care, aged care, allied health, digital health, clinical workflow optimisation or healthcare innovation solutions. Ability to document project outputs, implementation progress, stakeholder benefits and other measurable outcomes for assigned work. Experience supporting project proposals, funded projects or partner engagements will be advantageous. For this Healthcare Design and Business role, relevant experience in health-related workflow analysis, user research, service design, business scoping, implementation planning, stakeholder engagement, value proposition development, benefits tracking or equivalent design/business methods is required. All Research Fellow / Research Engineer must possess project-management skills and experience managing or coordinating projects/workstreams with good outcomes delivered, including scope, timeline, stakeholder coordination, risk/issue tracking and documentation. Key Competencies Possess understanding of healthcare challenges faced by industries locally and globally, particularly in the community and aged care sectors. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to communicate effectively with industry partners and stakeholders. Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional and multidisciplinary environment. Proactive approach to continuous learning and development in the healthcare innovation field. Proficient in technical writing and presentation. Possess good analytical and critical thinking skills. Shows good initiative and takes ownership of work undertaken. Project management skills, including planning and execution of healthcare design, business and implementation projects. Project-management discipline to support assigned workstreams, monitor timelines and dependencies, escalate risks, and complete agreed tasks that contribute to team targets. Outcome orientation, with ability to document project outputs, stakeholder benefits, implementation progress and individual contribution within a team-based delivery model. Capability in healthcare design and business, including workflow analysis, user research, service mapping, business scoping, implementation planning, benefits tracking and preparation of concise reports. Ability to coordinate stakeholders, monitor timelines and risks/issues, and deliver assigned project outcomes with clear documentation. Ability to work as part of a coordinated delivery team, with clear documentation of assigned design, business, implementation and project outcomes toward the overall KPI commitments.

As a University of Applied Learning, the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) works closely with industry in its research pursuits. This position is situated within the Centre for Immersification, dedicated to applied research in immersive technologies and bridging the gap between academia and industry. Research staff at the Centre have the opportunity to be equipped with applied research skill sets relevant to industry demands while working on innovative projects within the university. The primary responsibility of this role is to contribute to the design, development, and deployment of an advanced content moderation framework for immersive 3D virtual environments, such as Roblox and Minecraft. The research staff will play a key role in building and integrating of AI agents into gaming scenarios (e.g., gameplay, interactions, procedural content generation, dynamic narratives), and integrating a multimodal detection pipeline, ensuring real-time performance, scalability, and deployment readiness in alignment with the project’s research objectives. The successful candidate will work with a diverse team of faculty members, engineers, and industry partners, including renowned researchers at the College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS) at NTU. Technical skills, natural curiosity, versatility, and enthusiasm are highly desired traits that will enable success in this fast-paced environment. Key Responsibilities Manage the research project together with Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI and the research team members to ensure all project deliverables are met. Collaborate with the PI, Co-PIs and NTU team to design and develop a robust and scalable software system for autonomous agents navigating immersive 3D virtual environments (e.g., Roblox, Minecraft). Design and develop robust and scalable game agents to navigate and interact with immersive 3D virtual environments (e.g., Roblox, Minecraft). Integrate AI agents into gaming scenarios (e.g., gameplay, interactions, procedural content generation, dynamic narratives) Leverage fine-tuned Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for game scenario detection, supporting zero-shot reasoning and scene-graph inference. Ensure the system is deployment-ready by supporting benchmarking of inference speed, compute efficiency, and scalability with concurrent agents. Maintain high software engineering standards through rigorous testing, version control, clear documentation, and continuous improvement of development infrastructure (e.g., CI/CD, Docker, cloud-based services). Carry out Risk Assessment, and ensure compliance with Work, Safety and Health Regulations. Coordinate procurement and liaison with vendors/suppliers. Work independently, as well as within a team, to ensure proper operation and maintenance of equipment. Job Requirements Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or a related field. Strong programming proficiency in Python and/or C++. Demonstrable experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow). Hands-on experience with game AI agents and/or GUI agents such as Mineflayer, Unity ML-Agents, or similar. Solid expertise in computer vision techniques, transformer architectures, and multi-modal learning. Familiarity with reinforcement learning (RL) principles, curriculum learning strategies, and the challenges of real-time systems. Working knowledge of distributed systems and container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Communicate research findings and project progress effectively through demos, internal presentations, and contributions to external academic forums where appropriate. A genuine passion for developing AI agents for games. Roblox or Minecraft players are a strong advantage. Key Competencies Strong software development and debugging skills. Demonstrable experience with machine learning frameworks. Proficient in technical writing and system documentation. Self-directed learner with strong problem-solving and research capability.