Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture

Interview Date: Wednesday 05 January 2022

Joining the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design as a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, you will be responsible for teaching delivery at the Birmingham Institute of Fashion and Creative Art (BIFCA) based in Wuhan, China.”

BIFCA offers three programmes of study: Digital Media Technology, Landscape Architecture and Visual Communication. With a series of innovative, creative, technologically driven and professionally oriented programmes, BIFCA represents the new era of quality-oriented, collaborative TNE (Transnational Education), responsive to the needs of all stakeholders. It is one of a handful of such partnerships and offers a unique cross-cultural experience providing an excellent environment for innovative teaching.

We are seeking a senior lecturer and course director to lead Landscape Architecture at BIFCA and to contribute to its continuing development. The position offers a unique opportunity to live and work in a popular part of China on a 2-year fixed term contract.

We will look to you to:

• ensure an excellent student experience through the use of relevant and inspiring learning, teaching, and assessment methods
• provide support and mentoring to individual students via personal tutorials
• prepare students who choose the 2+2 route for a successful transition for studying in the UK
• manage the day-to-day coordination of the course and teaching team 

Successful candidates will have:

• an academic and professional background in Landscape Architecture to at least a degree level but preferably to Masters level
• previous teaching experience; this is essential, and industry experience is also welcomed 
• excellent design and communication skills 
• strong leadership, management and organisational skills
• the ability to operate successfully in different cultures
• an ability to contribute to another area of the curriculum such as history and theory, construction, skills or professional studies

The Birmingham School of Architecture and Design at Birmingham City University is a diverse and interdisciplinary design community exploring designed environments through the scales. We provide undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design, and Product and Furniture Design, along with cross-cutting programmes in Conservation of the Historic Environment, Design Management, Design and Visualisation, Design for Future Living and a Foundation in Architecture and Design. 

We encourage our students to explore challenging topics and foster a creative and open academic environment. We challenge convention and test innovative design thinking that intersect with the key challenges of our society through our Parity Platform forum (discussing strategies for more inclusive built environments) and the Experimental Sustainability Studio (developing knowledge, attributes and skills that address design’s impact on the climate emergency). Alongside our conceptual and theoretical approach, the School has a deep-set tradition and preoccupation with “making” inspired by Birmingham’s industrial and artisan heritage and renowned status as the “workshop of the world” and as a “city of a thousand trades”.

As part of your application, please ensure you attach your CV. Candidates are advised to remove personal details from these documents, including your name.

For a confidential and informal conversation about the post please contact Head of School, Dr Matthew Jones: [email protected] .

The University is committed to internationalism and diversity and welcomes applications from all countries, faiths and backgrounds.