Job Description

School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: \xc2\xa354,421 to \xc2\xa363,059 plus \xc2\xa33953 London weighting
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Monday 03 July 2023
Closing Date: Monday 17 July 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3914-E

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Greenwich is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor in Sociology. The School is based at the historic world heritage site of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. We have a strong interdisciplinary ethos and the School prides itself on the support provided to students throughout their studies, enhancing their knowledge, skill set, confidence and employability. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Sociology or a relevant Social Science discipline, Postgraduate teaching qualification or equivalent and Minimum of Fellow of HEA or significant teaching experience.

We are looking for an Associate Professor who will provide leadership of learning, teaching and research activity in Sociology. The successful candidate will be expected to teach on our Sociology and Social Policy programmes, to provide operational leadership and management within the School in due course and maintain strong stakeholder relationships at regional, national and international level across teaching or their subject-related discipline.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach on our Sociology single honours and combined honours programmes, contributing to the successful delivery of team-taught modules and leading curriculum development of postgraduate provision in Sociology. Candidates should have expertise in one or more of the following areas: quantitative or mixed method research; sociology of work; racial and ethnic studies; social justice and inclusion.

The successful candidate should be actively engaged in research and knowledge exchange activities that will contribute to the Centre for Communities and Social Justice, the Faculty and University strategies, helping to develop our national and international profile. They will have strong stakeholder relationships at regional, national and international levels in the discipline, and should have expertise which complements and extends our current provision.

We are seeking a proactive, enthusiastic individual who is committed to excellence in teaching, research and student support. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and experience of successfully delivering high-quality teaching. We are also interested in hearing from candidates who can contribute to our student employability activities.

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For an informal discussion please contact Dr Elena Vacchelli

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to / , we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees\' experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

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