Lecturer in Art and Design

Location: Greenwich Campus

Contract type: Fixed term - Maternity cover 01/09/2024 to 15/06/2025

The post is situated in the University of Greenwich’s School of Design and is part of the highly successful and vibrant Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Frequently commended for our partnership working across the design and creative industries sector, the School delivers high-quality research with external research funding reaching £4M and a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to various creative industries disciplines including #Architecture, #Animation, #Media, #GraphicDesign, #LandscapeArchitecture #Visualcommunication, #Urbanism, #UrbanDesign, #InclusiveDesign #DesignDiplomacy and more.

We are seeking a Lecturer (AC2) in Art and Design (Maternity Cover) to join the Design Portfolio. This is a unique opportunity to join a London-based design school with a vision to impact the world by focusing on sustainable development goals and addressing design diversity and design inclusion issues. 

The successful candidate will be an outstanding and inspiring Art and Design practitioner who has passion for the student experience and work well across multidisciplinary teams. They will also be excited to seek out interdisciplinary opportunities both within the UoG and externally and to agent, cultivate and engage with established and new networks. To complement the current team’s academic portfolio/s, we are particularly interested in applicants with: knowledge of designing for publication systems; experience of art and design theories and practices; design studio teaching experience; the ability to teach specific advanced skills and knowledge; expertise with print technologies and techniques (analogue and digital).

Most of the vacancy’s duties will involve teaching, assessment, and pastoral and academic support to students. The post holder will take on the responsibility of Module Leadership, undertaking the associated administration and quality assurance related to the delivery of specified modules. The successful candidate will engage in activities to support the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) and professional practice across the subject area and contribute to the research profile of the school.

Should you have any queries, please contact the Design Portfolio Lead, Dr. J.C. Kristensen: j.c.kristensen@greenwich.ac.uk. 

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsflas@gre.ac.uk. 

We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University’s Working Principles and Guidelines.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.

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.

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