Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Raw Materials / Energy / Engineering

Job title:

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Raw Materials / Energy / Engineering

Company

Imperial College London

Job description

Location: South Kensington Campus – HybridAbout the role:Are you seeking an academic appointment in a friendly and visionary department, discovering how Earth and planetary systems work and how we can support the energy transition and a zero-carbon and zero pollution future? The at Imperial College London has the exciting opportunity to appoint to 6 permanent academic positions, at the level of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader depending upon experience, to compliment and enrich our teaching and research activities and expand our multidisciplinary community.Your interest may lie in any area of Earth Science and Engineering that links to any aspect of our three strategic focus areas for this search:

• Climate and environment, including sustainability
• Energy and resources in the context of the energy transition, including raw materials, critical metals, circular economy, geometallurgy, renewable energy and energy storage
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science

We particularly welcome applications from groups who are currently underrepresented in these fields in the UK including people from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and women. These are full-time, open-ended (tenured) academic positions.What you would be doing:You should be motivated to join a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, perform original research, and write research funding bids. You will have the scope to teach on our popular undergraduate and/or postgraduate courses, work with our enthusiastic students and be supported by a community united in the desire to make a difference in this world.is wide-ranging and across five broad themes: Climate & Environment, Energy & Resources, Life & Health, Earth Processes & Geohazards, and Planetary Science. All areas deploy and advance digital technologies such as computational modelling, AI, remote sensing, and data science.We house a strong offering of geochemical facilities, computing infrastructure and technical support, access to a wide range of internal and external facilities supporting groundbreaking research, and closely collaborate with our neighbours at the Natural History Museum.Our teaching portfolio combines the traditional and the pioneering with undergraduate programmes in Earth and Planetary Science, Geology and Geophysics, and postgraduate courses in Metals and Energy Finance, and multiple computational subjects including: Applied Computational Science and Engineering, Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning, Geo-Energy with Machine Learning and Data Science and Renewable Energy with AI and Data Science: Geology & Geophysics.To underline our commitment to educating a diverse cohort of scientists and engineers, we are establishing The Ada Lovelace Academy – the umbrella for our computationally based MSc programmes – which seeks to help overcome the underrepresentation of women in engineering by achieving gender equity across these courses by 2030.What we are looking for:In order to be successful in the role, you will have

• A PhD or equivalent in an appropriate field
• A portfolio of research publications, confirming national/international standing (commensurate with career stage)
• Ability to communicate well, conveying ideas and concepts clearly and effectively
• Experience of training Undergraduate and Postgraduate students
• Collaborative minds with an ability to build and sustain effective working relationships, both internally and externally
• Evidence of contribution to the development and performance of colleagues through coaching, mentoring, and advancing equality, diversity and inclusion

A full description of the duties and requirements for the position can be found in the Job DescriptionWhat we can offer you:

• The opportunity to develop your career at a world-leading institution
• Sector-leading salary and

(including 38 days off a year) * Extensive
and support for personal and * Investment in infrastructure to support research in alignment with our areas of strategic focusPlease refer to for more information about Imperial and benefits available to staff.Further InformationSalary:From £81,342 per annum for ReaderFrom £75,365 – £78,576 per annum for Senior LecturerFrom £69,332 – £78,576 per annum for LecturerOur preferred method of application is online, on our website at the following link: (select “Search for jobs” and search for reference number ENG03269).In your application please state which grade you are applying for (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader), the strategic area you most closely align to, and ensure you include the following documents as uploaded attachments:

• a full CV (specific details required are explained in the Job Description and application guidance document)
• a statement of your research plans over the next 3 and 10 years (3 pages maximum)
• a statement of your teaching interests (1 page maximum)
• a statement on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (1 page maximum)
• a completed application form – where the application form box requests information included in the documents you will upload please do not duplicate, just reference in which document this has been provided in the respective box.

Please refer to the academic application guidance document for detailed guidance about what to include in your application and how to judge your requested level of appointment.Applicants aligned to our strategic areas of interest but not yet meeting the essential requirements for an academic appointment may be considered for a fixed-term, Strategic Research Fellowship position.Closing date for applications: 02 January 2025, 23:59 hours (Midnight GMT)Interviews are expected to be held 24th March to 11th April 2025.All applicants will be contacted by March 2025 after the shortlisting is complete.To find out whether the Department of Earth Science and Engineering might be a good fit for your academic career please visit our .Queries relating to the application process should be directed to Katie Rycraft, Resources and Research Administrator –If you encounter any technical issues while applying online, please don’t hesitate to email us at .We’re here to help.Competitive

Expected salary

£81342 per year

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 02:01:58 GMT

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