Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence

**Post Details** 2 Positions Available**

Full time
Open ended

Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 11 September 2023.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK.

For the purposes of sponsorship, this is a postdoctoral role under SOC code 2311.

**The Post**
The Division of Computing Science and Mathematics at the University of Stirling is seeking to appoint two grade 7 teaching and research lecturers with expertise in one or more of the fields of modern artificial intelligence including machine learning, computer vision, heuristic search, and natural language processing.

You must have a proven research track record and you will be expected to generate high quality research outputs and grant income, working within our existing research teams. You will have a clear vision for your own research career, a strategy for achieving that vision, and a desire to collaborate with researchers at Stirling and from around the world. Your research should lie in one of the fields of Artificial Intelligence, including computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, data science, or human/AI interaction. We will support you as you grow your research network at home and abroad. We also welcome applicants with high quality industrial networks and experience of collaborations with commercial organisations.

You will manage cohorts of students from around the world, providing support both online and face to face. You will support our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and help run other offerings such as micro-credentials and our graduate apprenticeship programme. You will help to develop teaching materials, support students using a variety of communication channels, create and mark assessments, and provide quality feedback. You will also explore and develop new ways of improving the experience for online students in terms of learning, cohort building, and delivering fair effective assessment. You will have experience of teaching a number of the key skills such as programming, cyber security, computer systems and networks, machine learning, database design, software engineering, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. You will have experience and an enthusiasm for innovative teaching practices using new technology and new patterns of delivery.

**Description of Duties**
- Engage in individual and collaborative research, which aligns to the strategic direction of the University, develop a programme of research and disseminate results through regular publication in high impact journals, books and conference proceedings
- Identify appropriate sources of funding, prepare research proposals for funding bodies and manage grants awarded
- Supervise research students as required, providing direction, support and guidance
- Design and deliver a range of teaching and learning, supervision and assessment activities across undergraduate, postgraduate including online/digital programmes where required
- Participate in the Faculty’s international engagement activities as required e.g delivering teaching, contributing to joint programmes and recruitment of students
- Participate in, and develop, networks and collaborations both internally and externally to the Division/Faculty/University
- Participate in the administrative processes of the Division/Faculty/University including committee membership, quality assurance procedures and recruitment and admission of students
- Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post

**Essential Criteria** Qualifications**
- PhD or close to successful completion in Computing Science or a related field

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**
- Evidence of a developing publication record
- Credible plans for the active pursuit of external research funding
- Evidence of the ability to deliver excellent teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level
- An outstanding record of research activities
- A record of successful involvement in teaching and student supervision
- Self-reliance and ability to cope with pressure and conflicting demands
- A commitment to equality of opportunity for students and staff
- Excellent presentation, communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Willingness to develop learning and teaching at all levels
- Willingness to manage, supervise and support research students and assistants

**Desirable Criteria** Qualifications**
- Higher Education teaching qualification or equivalent e.g. PGCert and/or holding or working towards Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA)

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**
- Evidence of success in attracting research grants/external funding and delivering on externally funded research projects
- Experience of supervising dissertations and research projects
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as key contributions to high quality student learning