Lecturer in Architectural Structures

Grade UE08: £44,414- £52,841per annum (depending on experience)

Edinburgh College of Art / Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended

There is an exciting opportunity to join the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) as a Lecturer in Architectural Structures.

The Opportunity:

Applications are invited for the position of Lecturer in Architectural Structures. This role will be responsible for delivering inspirational teaching across ESALA’ s undergraduate and postgraduate architecture programmes and undertaking impactful research. The post-holder will have demonstrable knowledge of architectural pedagogy, with a particular emphasis on contemporary building technologies and proficiency in innovative, sustainable, lean construction. Expertise in challenging and effecting change in relation to low carbon, climate positive solutions is desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the pedagogical integration of design, technology, and theory in the context of climate adaptation.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with the existing teaching team to contribute to decision making at a programme and school level. The role will involve the organisation and administration of courses and procedures to ensure the successful running of courses, and the post-holder will provide student support to individuals engaged in ESALA ’ s programmes, as well as maintaining links with the School of Engineering ’ s programme Structural Engineering with Architecture.

ESALA is seeking candidates with the educational background and experience necessary to contribute to all aspects of architectural pedagogy, with a focus on the future horizons of architecture practice in an age of climate emergency. The successful candidate will act as an agent of change, contribut ing to a collective imagination of the future of architectural education in our school.

The post holder will have the capacity to supervise postgraduate research students through traditional thesis and/or through practice-led scholarship.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• PhD or equivalent professional experience.
• A professionally accredited degree in architecture and / or structural engineering with architecture and / or structural engineering.
• Possess strong communication skills.
• A record of research activity, as demonstrated through high-quality research outputs.
• Experience of teaching architecture, structures, construction, built environment, architectural technology, climatic control, and related subjects.

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Applications should include a cover letter, a CV, and a portfolio of personal and student work. Applicants either can submit three letters of reference with their initial applications, or can provide contact details for referees to be contacted only if successful at the shortlisting stage.

About us

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) combines its large and diverse teaching portfolio with a similarly growing and diverse research portfolio, including recurrent external research funding. In addition to annual core budgets and general income of c. £19m pa, it routinely secures external funding for projects with a total financial value of c. £1.9m pa.

ECA holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

The Research Excellence Framework 20 21 provided recognition of the School’s research across 3 Units of Assessment, in all of which Edinburgh was ranked (on the QI Power Index) as 6 th in the UK for Art, Design and History of Art. In Music we are placed 1 5 th . Our joint submission with Heriot Watt University in Architecture, Built Environment and Planning places us 4th. Across all five of our Subject Areas, 100% of our research environment is recognized as either world –leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme,staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits pagefor further information and use our reward calculatorto find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to workwebpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.