[NOTE: In addition to this position Staffordshire is looking for a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Games Concept and Traditional Art (https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=8839) and two people for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Games Technical Design position (https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=8836). Contact Christopher Headleand at c.headleand@staffs.ac.uk if you have any questions about any of these posts. –Matthew]
Call for Applications
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Immersive Technology
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Staffordshire University, England (Stoke Campus)
Salary: £36,386 to £51,805 Per Annum Full Time Permanent
Release Date: Monday 12 December 2022
Closing Date: Sunday 22 January 2023
Reference: DTA21-27-R
https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=8832
WHO IS STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY?
We are the Connected University with 100 years of experience and ambition in becoming the UK’s foremost digital Institution. Our main campus is located in Stoke on Trent alongside our Centres of Excellence in Healthcare Education located in Stafford and Shrewsbury. Staffordshire University London’s Digital Institute is our first campus outside the Midlands.
With more than 10,000 Full Time Undergraduate and Postgraduate students on campus, we continue to drive innovation and change, aiming to positively disrupt our sector. For our University, it is about so much more than the numbers. In fact, if there’s one thing that sets us apart, it’s our people who are all #ProudToBeStaffs. Every one of our employees goes above and beyond to deliver on our connected mission, responding to the needs of our students, academic partners, businesses and society.
Over the past 5 years, we have transformed ourselves into a Gold standard provider of teaching and learning, gaining historically high positions in the UK league tables. With digital skills being at our core, we strive for diversity in all its forms and play an important role in our local communities and regional economies.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of ongoing recruitment to the Games Development Department we are looking to recruit a lecturer or senior lecturer in Immersive Technologies. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic new colleagues to join our dynamic, future-focused, and rapidly expanding subject community.
Staffordshire University is a leading Games University in the UK with an impressive international reputation for the excellence of our games provision, and one of the world’s largest Games Development departments. We have an exciting portfolio of sector-leading undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. We ensure the success of our courses and provide sector leading opportunity for our graduates through constant and meaningful collaboration with the video games industry. The university and our graduates regularly win national awards with the games industry and our graduates have gone onto successful careers in the UK and international games industry. The department is highly interdisciplinary in nature, and a great place to develop a distinctive academic portfolio.
In addition to developing and delivering outstanding teaching and learning you will have the opportunity to contribute towards our ambitious research and enterprise goals. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates with experience in video games research. Within this community you will have the opportunity to grow, both academically and artistically while working with a team of dedicated games professionals. You will get the opportunity to work with like-minded individuals who will support and encourage your career development. This will include mentorship, research support, and guidance towards achieving HEA fellowship.
The department is part of the wider School of Digital, Technologies and Arts. The school is a highly interdisciplinary environment, bringing together areas as diverse as fine art, fashion, computing, engineering, media, theatre, and various aspects of games production. What brings us together is our commitment to improving people’s lives through creativity.
We are looking for experienced candidates who have demonstrable excellent subject knowledge in a number of areas but ideally including one of more of the following:
- Unreal and Unity Scripting
- Immersive Technologies
- Virtual Worlds
- Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- Mixed and Extended Reality
- Development of Serious Games and the use of Simulation in training.
As a member of academic staff, you will have the opportunity to work in a bustling campus with access to a range of sector leading technologies.
The department is committed to building a diverse community. We are encouraging talented people join our academic team. All appointments are made on merit, on the bases of the interview and applications. We particularly welcome applications from suitably qualified female and ethnic minority academics, as they are currently under-represented in positions within the department.
IN RETURN FOR YOUR DEDICATION, WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE AVAILABLE
- Competitive incremental rates of Pay
- 37 days Annual Leave (depending on job grade) plus 11 days Bank Holiday and Discretionary days
- Excellent Pension Scheme
- Access to continued professional and personal development
- An opportunity to become part of the wider University community
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted Health & Fitness Facilities on site at the Stoke Campus
- Discounted Travel by Rail or Bus, with the option of season tickets loans
We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. All applicants are advised to complete and submit your applications as soon as possible.
Apply Online
FURTHER DETAILS:
Staffordshire University is committed to promoting and enabling a positive culture where staff, students and visitors are confident to be their authentic selves. We focus on inclusion as a way to ensure equality of opportunity for all our people and to demonstrate our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Human Rights.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits a diverse organisation can bring for the University.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, who are currently under-represented in the University workforce.
|
