University Teacher in Design Informatics

Institute for Modern; City of Edinburgh; Ibrido; GBP 41.000 - 49.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working patterns

Hybrid working

Excellent benefits

Descrizione del lavoro

Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh invites applications for a fixed-term full-time teaching post in Design Informatics with a focus on data visualization. You will teach undergraduate and Masters level courses, develop teaching materials, and contribute to student mentoring within a dynamic university environment.

We welcome candidates who can build engaging data representations and inspire students, with opportunities for hybrid working and a supportive, interdisciplinary research

Competenze

• Expertise in data visualization and/or in building and implementing data representations.
• Experience in teaching, and an ability to teach undergraduate and Masters level courses in Design Informatics.
• Experience in teaching including imparting knowledge, motivating and inspiring students, developing teaching materials, methods and assessment of student performance.

Mansioni

• Teach undergraduate and Masters level courses in Design Informatics.
• Develop teaching materials, methods and assessment; mentor and support students.

Conoscenze

Data visualization

Teaching

Formazione

Experience in higher education teaching

Descrizione del lavoro

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: contract ending 30 June 2027

Together we can dogreat things. Be part of something bigger.

Here, you can continue to make a difference in everything around you. Take on new challenges, grow your career, be recognised for your contributions, and benefit from our commitment to your wellbeing. Be part of something bigger - where your work has real impact and your development matters. There are so many reasons to take your next step with us.

Candidates should have expertise in data vizualisationand/or in building and implementing data representations, experience in teaching, and be interested and able to teach undergraduate and Masters level courses in Design Informatics. In particular, we are very interested in applicants who already have experience in teaching (includingimparting knowledge, motivating and inspiring students, developing teaching materials, methods and approaches and assessment of student performance) in courses of relevance to Design informatics / data visualization.

This post is fixed term until 31st June 2026.

It is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The salary for this post is UE07:£41,064to £48,822per annum

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities
• Responsibility and autonomy
• Excellent benefits and support

This post is associated with the Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) (designinformatics.org), a joint research initiative between the Schools of Informatics and Design. IDI draws upon Edinburgh’s unique combination of strengths in Informatics and Design, to inspire, equip and nurture a new generation of researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs at the intersection of data, design and technology. IDI researchers engage in a wide-range of projects, with strengths around digital health and care, creative industries, fintech, data visualisation and analysis, digital humanities, co-creative and speculative methods, human-computer interaction, human-centered security and privacy, and the societal and ethical dimensions of data and AI. The successful candidate will join IDI’s dynamic team of academics, researchers, PhD students, software research engineers and professional services staff and their dedicated fully equipped lab spaces for data visualization, digital fabrication, and public and student engagement.

£41,064 to £48,822 per annum