Assistant Professor in Chemistry (Education and Scholarship)

About the role

The Department of Chemistry seeks to appoint an outstanding individual to deliver teaching in Chemistry. Applications will be accepted from individuals with expertise in any area of Chemistry, but we are particularly interested in those able to teach synthetic Chemistry beyond 1^st year level.

The individual must be able to deliver lectures at 1^st year level across all areas of Chemistry and at advanced level in the area of their own expertise. The successful applicant should also be able to undertake laboratory demonstrating across the breadth of Chemistry.

Sussex Chemistry delivers highly regarded undergraduate Chemistry degree programmes and is currently ranked 16^th for Chemistry in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2025). We are currently in the middle of the roll out of an exciting new curriculum. The successful applicant will therefore be expected to deliver the new curriculum and to participate in the design of the new modules for this curriculum.

The post-holder will undertake a range of teaching and support duties within the Chemistry and Foundation year degree programmes including, but not restricted, to:

• Delivery of lectures and workshops
• Marking and assessment
• Laboratory demonstrating across all areas of Chemistry
• Pastoral duties, such as Academic Advising
• Being an active member of the Chemistry Board of Study
• Outreach and admissions activities

About you

You will be educated to PhD level and have an ability to teach in any area of Chemistry.

You will ideally have previous experience of teaching Chemistry at degree level and will be passionate about delivering high quality teaching and support to students.

About our School

In the School of Life Sciences we strive to understand the mechanisms that drive biological and chemical processes and to develop innovative and diverse approaches to enhance human health, technology and the environment.

We pride ourselves on our world-leading research and have a strong research economy, with approximately 50% of our income stemming from research and an active grant portfolio of over £50 million. We host or form part of three University Centres of Excellence: the Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Sussex Neuroscience and Sussex Sustainability Research Programme.

Please find further information regarding the School of Life Sciences on our website.

The School of Life Sciences is proud to hold a Silver Athena Swan Award. 

Why work here

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Professor Wendy Brown (w.a.brown@sussex.ac.uk ) for informal enquiries.

Applications should be accompanied by a full CV, a statement of previous teaching experience, and the names of three academic referees.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

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