Senior Lecturer Research

The opportunity

The Screen School at the London College of Communication is looking to recruit a Senior Lecturer for Research as part of the Film and Television programme and Screen School. Learn more about the Screen School.

The programme has a commitment to social justice with an ethical compass to foster meaningful dialogue, impact, and diverse and inclusive engagement through film and screen. This is an opportunity to deploy specialist expertise and develop our research and research-informed pedagogy and curriculum in innovative and critical directions that stimulate and develop our practice challenging the canon of screen.

The successful candidate will promote and manage the Sonic Screen Lab, develop the research environment with colleagues, post-graduate researchers, and students, and participate in the delivery of supervision and teaching. The appointed candidate will work primarily under the direction of the Professor of Multimodal Storytelling while contributing to the film and television programme, and School, College and University research initiatives.

About you

We are seeking an academic with knowledge and experience in an area of film, television, or screen-based research which aligns with our principles of promoting social justice, diversity, and inclusion. You will ideally be educated to PhD level and have experience of delivering and working in research environments, supervision, and teaching at different levels, including postgraduate researchers. It is desirable you have experience supervising doctoral students.

You will demonstrate an ability to teach and motivate a diverse body of students and researchers to think creatively and critically and guide their research and professional careers.

You will continue to develop your field of specialism and contribute to our research environment, partnerships, and collaborations. You will promote relationships with professional organizations to provide students and researchers with access to networking and opportunities for research and research funding.

The successful candidate should possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, manage and work alongside full and part-time staff. Candidates should demonstrate subject knowledge as well as skills relevant to subject development within an academic, research, and professional context.

If you have any general queries, you may contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser, at lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry, and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers, and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer, and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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Vacancy Id: 11393

College / Service: London College of Communication

Location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK

Salary: £51,996 to £62,433 per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Term: Part time – 14.8 hours per week

by: 27 January 2025 at 17:00

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