Job Description

About The Role With 120 years\xe2\x80\x99 creative arts experience, we are on a quest to offer the highest standards of teaching and professional facilities, as well as a vibrant creative community. With over 7,000 students, our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and postgraduate research represents the breadth of the creative industries, from art, design and fashion, to games, music, film and business.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

In support of this we are seeking to recruit an Associate Lecturer in Fine Art to join our team to teach and assess both studio and theory-based delivery across all three years of the subject. These exciting roles will include studio and practice-based delivery will be at the Falmouth Campus with some larger group lectures and critical studies seminars.

About You

Educated to degree level, or having equivalent industry experience, the ideal candidate will have evidence of professional visual arts practice and a demonstrable engagement with, and interest in, the dialogues, debates and concepts surrounding contemporary arts and culture. You will have excellent communication skills, and the commitment to deliver an excellent learning experience for students.

We are looking to hear from candidates who also have the following skills/experience:

• An understanding of the principles and practicalities of face to face and online learning
• A breadth of knowledge and experience across the field of contemporary fine art practice
• Strong connections with industry and professional practice
• Excellent digital literacy
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

This position is offered working on a hourly paid basis, if you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email recruitment@falmouth.ac.uk.

The closing date for this position is Sunday 17 September 2023.

About Us There couldn\'t be a better time to work with us at Falmouth University. For more than a hundred years, we\'ve been at the forefront of creativity and innovation. Building on that heritage, we\'re now harnessing the power of digital technology to ensure we\'re making an impact in the future economy. We are passionate about ideas and innovation. Our approach is rooted in collaboration and transdisciplinary working, believing that only together can we deliver the bold thinking that will solve the most complex issues of our time.

In return for you hard work and commitment, we offer excellent facilities and benefits, including:

- Teachers\' Pension Scheme

- Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)

- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay

- Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
- Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

- Salary Sacrifice Smart Tech Scheme

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.

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