Lecturer in Political Geographies of The Middle East
3 weeks ago
**Salary**: £39,347 to £44,263 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
**Closing Date**: 12 May 2024
The role
Your research and teaching will focus on political geographies of the Middle East, and will complement and extend our existing research and teaching strengths in political geographies at Newcastle University. Your research will be recognised internationally within your field, and you will be an excellent teacher at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels in Geography. We welcome applicants whose work advances one or more of the following areas through a focus on the Middle East and its shifting political geographies: conflict and displacement; resource colonialism; mobility politics; war and terrorism; human rights; security; borders and boundaries.
This position is fixed term for four years (48 months) only and has been created following the award of a four year Future Leaders Fellowship to Dr Craig Jones in Geography, School of GPS.
Geography at Newcastle
Key accountabilities
**The successful applicant will be expected to**:
Conduct and publish internationally recognised research in the sub-disciplinary area of political geographies
Contribute to our future submissions to the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Engage with potential non-academic users and beneficiaries of your research
Participate in our research clusters, particularly Power Space Politics
Contribute to, develop and extend teaching across our undergraduate and taught postgraduate Geography degree programmes
Become involved with postgraduate research student supervision when opportunities arise
Contribute to the administration of the Geography degree programmes and/or administration of other activities in Geography and the School of GPS
Provide academic guidance and pastoral support to personal tutees
Work in a collegial way, making a positive contribution to our collaborative and inclusive environment in which we value and support excellent research, teaching and impact
Take responsibility for your professional and career development with the support and encouragement of your colleagues
Person specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
A track record, commensurate with career stage, of published research within political geographies of the Middle East
Research skills based on strong knowledge and understanding of a range of research methods, data sources, analytic techniques and methodologies
Experience of engagement with non-academic research users and beneficiaries
Excellent teaching skills, including experience of teaching at Geography undergraduate level in political geographies of the Middle East
Excellent knowledge of core teaching requirements in human geography undergraduate programmes, including ability to teach research methodologies in Geography
Experience of lecturing, seminar teaching, assessment, field courses and dissertation supervision
Experience of providing academic guidance and pastoral care to undergraduate students
Desirable
Experience of teaching at taught postgraduate level
Experience of providing academic guidance and pastoral care to taught postgraduate students
Attributes and Behaviours
Commitment to maintaining and supporting a diverse and inclusive working environment, in which all colleagues and students are treated fairly and respectfully
Ability to work both within teams and on your own initiative when required
Willingness and ability to work collegially, making a positive contribution to a collaborative environment that values and supports excellent research, teaching and impact
Willingness and ability to assume administrative responsibilities, including module leadership
Willingness (where personal circumstances enable this) to take part in field courses, including residential and non-residential field courses
**Qualifications**:
A good first degree and PhD (completed or near completion) in Human Geography or closely related discipline
Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.
At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.
In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
**Requisition ID**: 26934
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