Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics
Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics
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Role:Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics
Grade and Salary: Gradeper annum (prorata)
FTE and working pattern: 0.6 FTE 21hrs per week Monday Friday
Contract:12 Months FixedTerm
Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leaveplus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday) (prorata)
Purpose of Role
The Institute of Life and Earth Sciences at HeriotWatt University Edinburgh is seeking a new colleague to join our thriving community of academics. We invite applications from outstanding early career researchers for a parttime Assistant Professorship (Teaching) position in Geoinformatics for a 1 year term.
We are looking for a candidate who will focus on delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses that cover technical aspects of geography and presentation of spatial data including Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The candidate will also employ their expertise in geoinformatics to teach via lectures tutorials laboratory classes and project supervision.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Pioneering Education
- Develop and deliver high quality applied courses in line with your expertise to enable our students to become excellent practitioners and assist with embedding of professional qualifications to ensure our students are Future Made;
- Undertake continuous professional development both through the University and externallyto remain uptodate with current learning and teaching practice and external influencers in our sector to provide direction and leadership;
- Share best practice in learningand teaching methodologies working with colleagues to develop scholarly debate and the dissemination of excellence to advance the curriculum to be future focused and challengeled;
- Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students work and take responsibility for dealing with referred issues regarding students within their own educational programmes.
Collaboration and Leadership
- Develop your leadership within the BSc (Hons) Geography and Biology programmes to ensure excellent levels of student engagement retention and outcomes;
- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a consistent effective and highquality delivery of teaching and research in line with the strategic aims of EGIS as well as the wider University;
- Represent EGIS with integrity in a professional capacity at external events.
Education Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- PhD (or equivalent professional experience) in an appropriate area of environmental science or geography.
- Ability to deliver innovative teaching together with some experience of teaching or supervision in a higher education environment;
- Emotional intelligence with a demonstrable collegiate attitude and proven interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Formal GIS training or equivalent qualifications;
- Demonstrated experience undertaking management of spatial data handling large or complex datasets and designing approaches for data analysis.
- Ability to draw on previous experience and resources to develop and enhance the teaching portfolio.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted up to midnight(UK time)on Friday 11th April 2025 at midnight.
Applicants must make their submission via the HeriotWatt online recruitment system and include: 1 cover letter describing their interest and suitability for the post; 2 full CV that includes the list of publications 3 research/scholarly and teaching statements showing their strengths in one or more of the areas above.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Lauren McWhinnie
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About our Team
The School of Energy Geoscience Infrastructure and Society
The School of Energy Geoscience Infrastructure and Society is one of the UKs leading institutions for multidisciplinary research and teaching in areas critical to economic development and societal aim to attain excellence in the teaching of the core disciplines that contribute to a sustainable resource and energy efficient society and are committed to undertaking high value high impact research and knowledge transfer in topics of relevance to global challenges.
Energy Geoscience Infrastructure and Society HeriotWatt University ()
The Institute for Life and Earth Sciences (ILES)research falls within the three departments of Environment Health and Food Science. In addition to these three departments our International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT) based at HeriotWatts Orkney Campus in Stromness is internationally recognised for its research training and consultancy in renewable energy marine science and environmental resources..
Further information please visit: Heriot Watt University
HeriotWatt University has established a reputation for worldclass teaching and leadingedge relevant research which has made it one of the top UK universities for innovation business and industry.
HeriotWatt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh Scottish Borders and Orkney) one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science engineering design business and languages. HeriotWatt is also Scotlands most international university boasting the largest international student cohort.
Employment Type
Part-Time
