Job Description

Assistant/Associate Professor, Sociology and Mixed Methods Our Mission

The London Interdisciplinary School was founded with the belief that knowledge - and the need for knowledge - crosses borders. Tackling complex problems like climate change, the ethics of artificial intelligence, or wellbeing in the workplace requires reference to more than one subject. We need to be hybrid. We need to have range.

This isn\'t about defying \'conventional\' knowledge. It\'s about creating innovative and creative educational experiences to develop a broad, modern skillset. It\'s about tackling real-world problems. And embracing and driving change.

Our interdisciplinary community consists of optimists who want to connect the dots. We\'re educators, students, entrepreneurs, professionals, and activists. We\'re open-minded, creative, and curious.

About the Role

We at the London Interdisciplinary School are now in our third year of operations, and 2024 will be the year of our first graduating cohort. The successful applicant for this post would therefore be joining us at an exciting time of development, growth and stabilisation.

We are looking for a Sociologist with Mixed Methods (quantitative and qualitative) expertise to join our growing faculty.

This description of the role is deliberately broad as we seek interdisciplinary mixed methods sociologists with intellectual vision and energy to build out the role from within our existing interdisciplinary faculty.

You will join a team within the faculty teaching a broad range of qualitative research methods (from social sciences, the humanities and the arts) and will also have a key role in thinking about how to combine quantitative and qualitative methods in teaching and student project work. Your teaching will be across undergraduate, masters and professional development programmes.

We welcome outstanding applicants at any stage of their career, who can develop a unique and high-quality offer in these areas. We seek entrepreneurial academics, in the widest sense. The post is for a full-time Assistant/Associate Professor. Salaries are aligned with the wider university sector and may range from approx \xc2\xa340,000 to \xc2\xa360,000, depending on experience.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Focussed on creative and impactful teaching/learning - with ambition to create the best interdisciplinary undergraduate, postgraduate and professional learning possible
• Interested to work on a real-world, problem-based curriculum with external partners
• Experienced in working effectively in teams
• Interested in teaching and learning a range social science qualitative research methods and skills
• Background in use of mixed methods (qual and quant) for research and some understanding of mixed methods theory
• An academic interested to see your discipline (s) in new lights and through different lenses - e.g. in terms of mental models, in frames from external sectors, etc
• Strong interest to work in an interdisciplinary context (there are no departments at LIS)
• Proven teaching experience in the relevant areas - but we are also open to considering new talent who can convince us through the extended interview process that they are the right person
• Willingness to participate in wider LIS activities including pastoral support, admissions and recruitment

Desirable:

• Ideally, we would like someone with experience of applying sociology to health. This could be in public health, global health or another non-clinical area related to health. However, this is not essential.
• Experience of or interest in disciplines outside of sociology - especially radically different disciplines e.g. in science or engineering
• Experience of teaching at postgraduate level (UK FHEQ Level 7 or above)
• A PhD in a relevant area, although proven experience, e.g. in industry or government, could also be of interest

What we offer

• permanent contract, ideally 1.0FTE
• salary of approx \xc2\xa340,000 to \xc2\xa360,000 depending on experience
• all LIS Faculty have a portion of their contract dedicated to research time
• 30 days annual leave pro rata
• company-sponsored health plan and monthly fitness contribution
• \xc2\xa31,000 annual learning budget to spend on personal development
• the opportunity to join a mission-led, fast-growing organisation that is changing higher education.

Additional Information:

We are looking for a successful applicant to join our team from October but by 1 Jan 2024 at the latest. The role may have a soft onboarding process and the involvement of successful applicants immediately on a considerably smaller fractionality or other (e.g. consultancy) basis.

The role is for a permanent contract. We are happy to consider some flexible working arrangements. Please submit your CV and a cover letter as part of your application via the \'Apply\' button above.

Candidates who are successful in the first round will be asked to present a video on a topic to be clarified in due course. Those selected for the shortlist will be invited to carry out an in-person teaching session with some of our students as well as a panel interview made up of Faculty and other LIS personnel.

Closing date: 4th September, 2023 Midnight. It is anticipated that interviews will take place week commencing 18th September.

We are only able to consider candidates with the eligibility to work in the UK. LIS is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the hiring of its staff, and in all aspects of staff training, remuneration, development and performance management.

\xc2\xa340,000 to \xc2\xa360,000 (approx) depending on experience

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