Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Physical Geography

Background of department/role
The School of Psychology and Life Sciences is a vibrant and diverse community of academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students with approximately 150 academic staff and 30 professional service and technical support staff, providing multi-disciplinary science and social science education across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to approximately 2000 students.

The School is organised into three Sections and you will work within the Section of Natural and Applied Sciences (NAS), joining a multidisciplinary team of about 20 academic staff. The Section runs single honours degree programmes that include both BSc Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science (WECS) and BSc Geography pathways. These pathways incorporate subjects like human and physical geography, GIS and remote sensing, wildlife conservation and climate change. They also include residential field trips to Wales and Malta. Our teaching and research facilities are based within CCCU’s new GBP 65,000,000 STEM building at the Canterbury campus. We have close links with local and regional organisations involved in conservation and environmental management such as Wildwood Trust, the Aspinall Foundation, the Environment Agency and Kent Wildlife Trust. We also have a specialist Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab based at Discovery Park, one of Europe’s leading science and technology parks.

Who are we looking for?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and student-focused candidate at a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer Level (commensurate with experience) in Physical Geography or a related field (e.g. geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, climatology, soil geography, biogeography).

You will have an active involvement in the organisation and delivery of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science and Geography courses at undergraduate level. You will have experience teaching in a higher education setting and ideally have some experience in teaching beyond individual specialism, e.g. delivering sessions on basic biology, chemistry, physics or statistics. You should also have some experience in carrying out high-quality research and/or a strong background in practice (e.g. consultancy, environmental management etc.). As part of your role, you will be involved in teaching across the wider Natural and Applied Sciences (NAS) curriculum and will supervise research project students, alongside teaching specialist modules.

We are particularly interested to hear from you if you have experience using GIS in teaching, research and/or knowledge exchange and consultancy and have an interest in collaborating with researchers with specialism in natural sciences (e.g. ecologists, biologists, chemists). Experience in teaching on climate and climate change would also be beneficial. You should also be able to demonstrate your independent research potential in an area that complements or strengthens existing research activity.

How will you work?
Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis depending on your teaching schedule and across the year, but you will be spending the majority of your working time on campus. Microsoft Teams is used for remote meetings, calls etc. when working off-campus. Teaching is typically delivered face-to-face, supplemented by blended and flipped learning approaches using Blackboard as a virtual learning environment.

How to apply
Closing date for applications: 20.5.2024
Interviews are to be held: Week commencing 3.6.2024

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