Academic Researcher in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

6 days ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

About the Role



The University of Glasgow is seeking a highly motivated and experienced academic to join our Electrical and Electronics Engineering team as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer.



Main Duties and Responsibilities:




  • Develop, lead and sustain personal and group research aligned appropriately with the teaching and the School/College/University.
  • Contribute to the planning, organisation and delivery of high-quality teaching, supervision and assessment activities across under/postgraduate programmes within the Subject/School.
  • Enhance your research profile, reputation and esteem through establishment and sustaining a track record of independent and joint publications of international quality in high-quality refereed journals, generating research impact in terms of economic/societal benefit.
  • Contribute to the ongoing development and design of under/postgraduate curricula, to ensure a research-led approach to student learning and assessment in the discipline and/or profession.
  • Manage a variety of academic administrative activities, including timely delivery of effective and constructive feedback on assessment, and provision of pastoral support.
  • Contribute to the management and organisational duties of Glasgow College, as assigned by an Executive Dean, and the wider School.
  • Engage in personal, professional, and career development.
  • Contribute to the enhancement of the University's international profile in line with the University's Strategic Plan.


Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience:




  • A PhD or equivalent in related discipline with a growing reputation for scholarship within the subject area.
  • A developing national/international reputation, evidenced by esteem indicators, in a field that matches or enhances existing activities within the School.
  • Membership of a relevant professional body or commitment to achieving professional status within two years of appointment.


For appointment at Grade 9:




  • An extensive and established reputation in research and teaching within the subject area to develop new knowledge and understanding within the field.
  • An extensive and established reputation in research and/or teaching within an existing area in the School as evidenced by esteem indicators.


Desirable:




  • Knowledge of the higher education environment in China and East Asia.


Skills for appointment at Grade 7:




  • Ability, drive and influence to develop an International research profile.
  • Research creativity and strong cross-discipline collaborative ability as appropriate.
  • Excellent communication skills, with ability to communicate complex data/concepts clearly and concisely.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a collegiate approach.
  • Appropriate workload/time/project/budget/people management skills.
  • Extensive IT and data analysis/interpretation skills.
  • Good team leadership skills including demonstrable supervisory skills.
  • A strong commitment to high-quality, research-led, student-oriented teaching and proven ability to engage students to inspire learning, and to provide pastoral care to students.


For appointment at Grade 8/9:




  • Excellent leadership skills, able to develop early-career academic colleagues and manage a research team.
  • Excellent influencing and collaboration skills to facilitate shaping the research agenda of the academic community and funders.
  • Exceptional commitment to high-quality teaching, enthusing students and inspiring learning.


Experience:




  • Sufficient depth of relevant research experience including postdoctoral experience, appropriate to an early-career researcher.
  • Evidence of an emerging track record of presentations and publications.
  • Experience in undertaking independent research and contributing to successful funding applications.
  • Excellent track record of development and delivery of teaching, tutoring or demonstrating at undergraduate or postgraduate level.


For appointment to Grade 8/9 the following criteria should also be met:




  • For appointment at Grade 8:

    • Demonstrate enhanced leadership, academic responsibility, and strategic management, particularly through internationally leading research, outputs, and funding.
    • Strong track record of undertaking research, publishing in high-impact journals at national and international level, and in attracting external research funding.
    • Excellent track record of contribution to academic and administration activities in a research-led institution.

  • For appointment at Grade 9:

    • In addition, demonstrate a distinctive contribution to the academic community through a leading role nationally and internationally, e.g., shaping research agendas, advising review panels, and funders.
    • Evidence the above criteria to a higher degree, particularly in generation of research, outputs, funding, supervision, and knowledge exchange/impact.



Further Information:



The University of Glasgow is one of the most research-intensive Engineering Schools in the UK, with an annual research income of more than £30M. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, we were ranked top in Scotland for engineering research excellence and joint 12th in the UK. The dissemination of our research results ranked 5th in the UK. The School has a collegiate and interdisciplinary vision to tackle societal challenges in Healthcare technologies, Quantum and Nanotechnologies, Net Zero and Connecting People.


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