Lecturer in Computer Science

Post Title: Lecturer in Computer Science

SBU/Department: School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science. Department of Computer Science

FTE: 1.0 FTE (37 working hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Salary: UH7 £37,099pa with potential to progress to £44,263pa on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 35 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year.

Location: College Lane Campus

Applications are invited for one academic position as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire within the Data Science academic subject Group.

The department has an international reputation for teaching and research, with nearly 90 academic staff, divided into five academic subject groups.  In addition, we support 150 adjunct staff, and 70 research students and postdoctoral research staff.  With a history going back to 1965, the department supports one of the largest cohorts of students in the UK, including thriving online provision.

Main duties and responsibilities

The post holder will contribute to teaching and learning activities including; delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment to our students at all levels.  As a lecturer, the postholder will be expected to have sufficient experience to lead modules and develop teaching and assessment materials in the advertised areas.

The postholder will also provide pastoral and academic support for home and international students. The Lecturer will play an important role as part of a team incorporating the Head of Department or Subject Group Leader, programme leader, module leaders, the professional, administrative and technical staff (if applicable), the Dean of School and the Associate Deans of School. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to teaching in mainstream areas of Computer Science, and modules with particularly large groups of students.

Skills and experience required

You will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and have demonstrable experience of teaching and lecturing the computer science subjects of the advertised specialism at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will have demonstratable experience and expertise in all or some of the following areas:

•        Principles of database management systems and having worked with common DBMSs; for example, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake, Neo4J, etc., and/or having practical experience in enterprise database administration.

•        Data modelling experience ranging from a variety of conceptual design, e.g., (E)ER, UML, to relational to object-oriented, or to extended-relational and schema-less data modelling approaches.

•        Experience/exposure to data management (e.g., ACID vs BASE principles) and database performance (indexing, query optimisation, query execution plans, etc.).

•        Experience/exposure in the mathematical definitions for SQL and/or other non-SQL query languages (e.g., GraphDB, Neo4J).

It is desirable that the postholder has a track record of publication, external research funding, collaboration across disciplines, experience of different types of assessment and higher education quality assurance. Whilst face to face teaching is expected, you maybe required to teach in a blended mode or wholly online.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of an undergraduate degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification in relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.

Recruitment Incentive

This post of Lecturer in Computer Science attracts a £5,000 Recruitment Incentive payable to the successful candidate in their first salary payment after joining the University of Hertfordshire for the first time. For more details see the Job Description.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria.Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the essential requirements of the Person Specification.

An appointment to this role may require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Dr Simon Trainis, Head of Department of Computer Science [email protected]

Closing Date: 02 April 2024

Interview Date: TBC

Reference Number: 057900

Date advert placed: 28 February 2024

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts