Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Computing (Cyber Security)

Are you an experienced Lecturer / Senior Lecturer whose research can be categorised as cyber security related with the ability to contribute to research-led teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels? Are you committed to excellence in teaching? If so, this exciting opportunity may be ideal.

As part of the School of Computing you will help us to further grow our excellent research profile in cyber security, building on our success in the REF 2021 exercise in which 96.3% of our outputs are classified as world-leading or internationally excellent. 

As Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Computing (Cyber Security) you can expect to be involved in:

• Making significant contributions to teaching at all levels
• Teaching cyber security modules that cover socio-technical topics such as network and system security, mobile and web security, information security management, privacy, digital forensics, and cyber law.

What will you bring to the role?

• PhD (or close to completion) in a discipline relevant to Computer Science
• Senior Lecturer: looking to build on your research achievements by joining an internationally renowned school with the opportunity to benefit from support to advance your research trajectory. You will have considerable experience of publishing high quality research and will relish the opportunity to make a contribution to our undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes. 
• Lecturer: looking for a high-quality academic environment in which you can develop your research, networks, publications, funding capacity and impact. You will have demonstrable experience of teaching and a passion to pursue research-led teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate and PhD programmes.

Full details of the necessary skills, qualifications, experience or other attributes needed to carry out the job at each level are included in the attached job description.

What we can offer in return:

• excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health
• retailer and wellbeing discounts via Edenred
• on campus cinema/theatre, sports facilities, library, nursery and food outlets 
• study while you work discounts, cycle to work scheme, local business discounts
• support in your development and wellbeing at all stages of employment, including an Employee Assistance Programme
• training and development opportunities at all levels
• on-site parking

The School of Computing is a welcoming and diverse environment that has been recognised with a Bronze Athena SWAN award. Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we are proud of our friendly and inclusive culture. We support colleagues through a number of family-friendly policies, including a core hours policy and the right to apply for flexible working, and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence (for example, parental leave).

Full details about teaching and research in the School can be found on our website: https://www.kent.ac.uk/computing

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post.

For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number CEMS-241-24-R2.

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Please note that we prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

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