Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology

Job Description - Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology.pdf

Disgrifiad Swydd - Darlithydd mewn Dylunio a Thechnoleg Bensaernïol.pdf

Location: Llandaff Campus

Job description

In 2020, the University was named The Sunday Times ‘Welsh University of the Year 2021’; in 2021 it became the Times Higher Education ‘UK and Ireland University of the Year 2022’; and in 2022 it was ranked the top university in the UK in the People and Planet Green League.

If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.

The opportunity

A British Art & Design School with a 150-year history, Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD) is housed in a state-of-the-art building on the Llandaff Campus and is home to students united by ambition and a true passion for creative enquiry. They are artists, designers, makers and thinkers in the fields of architecture, design, fashion, fine art, and a range of craft disciplines. The school is also home to FabLab, the Perceptual Experience Laboratory, Spin-out companies Fovotech and HUG™, and a number of major research and innovation initiatives that cohere around visual perception and user-centred design, linking disciplines from fine art to computer science.

Principal duties and responsibilities

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio, contributing to BSc Architectural Design and Technology and other programmes within the Designed and Built Environments department, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The post holder will contribute to collaborative interdisciplinary projects in research, innovation and teaching. They will also contribute to a vibrant teaching and research culture by embedding their expertise into the curriculum, engaging with colleagues, and developing research outputs or impact relevant to their research.

Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What we are looking for

• A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
• A sound understanding of pedagogy.
• A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
• Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
• Ability to design teaching and learning material.
• Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem- solving skills to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
• Experience of teaching or equivalent.
• Experience of research or equivalent.
• Experience of working with others in a supervisory/guiding/supporting/mentoring capacity.
• A good honours degree in architectural technology, architectural engineering, architecture, or cognate discipline.
• An earned doctoral level qualification or equivalent experience to enable submission to UK HE research assessment exercises.
• Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile is essential.

To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity, please contact Dr Fausto Sanna, Head of Department, at FSanna@cardiffmet.ac.uk.

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further information

Please visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.

Disgrifiad swydd

Yn 2020 cafodd y Brifysgol ein henwi’n 'Brifysgol y Flwyddyn yng Nghymru 2021' gan The Sunday Times; yn 2021 cawsom ein henwi’n 'Brifysgol y Flwyddyn y DU ac Iwerddon 2022' gan y Times Higher Education ac yn 2022 cawsom ein rhestru fel y brifysgol orau yn y DU am gynaliadwyedd yng Nghynghrair Werdd People and Planet a’r brifysgol orau yng Nghymru yn yr Arolwg Hynt Graddedigion.

Os oes gennych hanes o gyraeddiadau sy'n dangos yr ymrwymiad, y gallu a’r brwdfrydedd i gyfrannu at ein cymuned ddysgu fyd-eang trwy addysgu, ysgolheictod, ymchwil ac arloesi rhagorol, ynghyd ag angerdd a rennir am ein gwerthoedd a'n gweledigaeth, edrychwn ymlaen at dderbyn eich cais. Rydym yn arbennig o awyddus i glywed gan, ac i gefnogi, ymgeiswyr a fydd yn helpu i ddatblygu ein statws ymchwil ac a fydd yn gwella amrywiaeth ein prifysgol, ein cymuned a'n partneriaethau.

Y Cyfle

Mae Ysgol Gelf a Dylunio Caerdydd (YGDC), Ysgol Gelf a Dylunio Brydeinig sydd â hanes o 150 mlynedd, wedi’i lleoli mewn adeilad o’r radd flaenaf ar Gampws Llandaf ac mae’n gartref i fyfyrwyr sydd wedi’u huno gan uchelgais a gwir angerdd at ymholi creadigol. Maen nhw’n artistiaid, yn ddylunwyr, yn wneuthurwyr ac yn feddylwyr ym meysydd pensaernïaeth, dylunio, ffasiwn, celfyddyd gain, ac amrywiaeth o ddisgyblaethau crefft. Mae’r ysgol hefyd yn gartref i FabLab, y Labordy Profiad Canfyddiadol, cwmnïau Deillio Fovotech a HUG™, a sawl menter ymchwil ac arloesi mawr sy’n cyd-fynd â chanfyddiad gweledol a dylunio sy’n canolbwyntio ar y defnyddiwr, gan gysylltu disgyblaethau o gelfyddyd gain i gyfrifiadureg.

Prif Ddyletswyddau a Chyfrifoldebau

Bydd gofyn i chi wneud cyfraniad sylweddol at gyflwyno ein portffolio a addysgir, gan gyfrannu at y BSc Dylunio a Thechnoleg Pensaernïol a rhaglenni eraill yn yr adran Amgylcheddau Cynllun ac Adeiledig, ar lefelau israddedig ac ôl-raddedig.

Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cyfrannu at brosiectau rhyngddisgyblaethol cydweithredol ym meysydd ymchwil, arloesi ac addysgu. Byddant hefyd yn cyfrannu at ddiwylliant addysgu ac ymchwil bywiog trwy wreiddio eu harbenigedd yn y cwricwlwm, ymgysylltu â chydweithwyr, a datblygu allbynnau ymchwil neu effaith sy'n berthnasol i'w hymchwil.

Yn frwdfrydig am addysgeg sy’n canolbwyntio ar fyfyrwyr, byddwch yn cyfrannu at y gwaith o gyflwyno addysg, gan gynnwys rheoli rhaglenni yn ôl yr angen, ar draws y casgliad o raglenni israddedig ac ôl-raddedig. Byddwch hefyd yn gwneud cyfraniad sylweddol at gyflogadwyedd, ac ymgysylltu proffesiynol â sefydliadau mewnol ac allanol perthnasol, ar lefel ranbarthol, genedlaethol a rhyngwladol.

Disgwylir ichi gyfrannu at broffil ymchwil yr adran a chwrdd â'r gofynion ansoddol a meintiol ar gyfer cyflwyno i'r Fframwaith Rhagoriaeth Ymchwil nesaf.

Beth rydym yn chwilio amdano

• Lefel dda o wybodaeth sy'n berthnasol i'r pwnc a'r maes proffesiynol.
• Dealltwriaeth gadarn o addysgeg.
• Dealltwriaeth gadarn o ymchwil/arloesi a gweithgaredd ysgolheigaidd.
• Y gallu i ddatblygu rhaglenni addysgu a/neu ymchwil a darparu cymorth dysgu.
• Y gallu i ddylunio deunydd addysgu a dysgu.
• Y gallu i ddefnyddio dulliau asesu priodol.
• Y gallu i nodi meysydd i'w gwella a defnyddio sgiliau menter a datrys problemau i wella perfformiad.
• Y gallu i gyfathrebu a lledaenu syniadau cymhleth a chysyniadol mewn amryw o ffyrdd - cyflwyniadau mewn cynadleddau, adroddiadau ar ganfyddiadau, cyhoeddiadau, adborth ac ati.
• Profiad o addysgu neu gyfwerth.
• Profiad o ymchwil neu gyfwerth.
• Profiad o weithio gydag eraill mewn rôl oruchwylio/arwain/cefnogi/mentora.
• Gradd anrhydedd dda mewn technoleg bensaernïol, peirianneg bensaernïol, pensaernïaeth, neu ddisgyblaeth gytras.
• Cymhwyster lefel doethur wedi'i ennill neu brofiad cyfatebol er mwyn gallu cyflwyno i ymarferion asesu ymchwil AU y DU.
• Y gallu i gyflawni Statws Cymrawd fel rhan o gynllun Cydnabyddiaeth Broffesiynol yr Academi Addysg Uwch, o fewn amserlenni y cytunwyd arnynt (cyn gynted ag y bo hynny'n ymarferol bosibl ac yn bendant o fewn tair blynedd i ddechrau'r gyflogaeth).

Byddwch yn weithiwr proffesiynol brwdfrydig a chyfeillgar gyda sgiliau cyfathrebu a rhyngbersonol rhagorol ynghyd ag ymrwymiad i ddarparu profiad myfyriwr rhagorol. Mae proffil ymchwil sefydledig neu addawol yn hanfodol.

I fod yn llwyddiannus byddwch yn cyfoethogi profiad ein myfyrwyr ymhellach trwy eich arbenigedd a gwybodaeth bynciol fel y dangosir drwy eich cymwysterau a'ch profiad.

Os hoffech siarad â ni am y cyfle hwn, cysylltwch â Dr Fausto Sanna, Pennaeth yr Adran, yn FSanna@cardiffmet.ac.uk.

Os bydd nifer fawr o geisiadau’n dod i law, efallai y bydd angen inni gau'r swydd wag hon yn gynnar. Felly, rydym yn eich annog i ymgeisio cyn gynted â phosibl.

Mae'r Brifysgol yn ymroddedig i greu diwylliant hynod gynhwysol. Rydym yn cynnig trefniadau gweithio hyblyg a chyfeillgar i deuluoedd ac amrywiaeth o rwydweithiau staff, fforymau a digwyddiadau i gefnogi a datblygu ein pobl. Rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan y rheiny sydd heb gynrychiolaeth ddigonol yn y sector addysg uwch yn draddodiadol.

Rhagor o wybodaeth

Darllenwch ewch i'n gwefan recriwtio staff i gael gwybodaeth am weithio inni, ein diwylliant, buddion, cydbwysedd rhwng bywyd a gwaith a'n cyfleoedd ar gyfer camu ymlaen yn eich gyrfa a datblygu.

£44,263 to £49,794 per annum, Grade 7A/B