Overview
This fixed-term teaching role will support key undergraduate and postgraduate modules, aligning with our focus on resilient infrastructure, structural systems, and societal impact. It offers a unique opportunity for a dynamic early-career academic or practitioner to contribute to impactful education while gaining experience in a top global university environment.
Using your strong background in sustainable structural engineering, particularly in efficient concrete structures and assessment of existing structures, you will deliver undergraduate teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including supervising coursework, providing appropriate assessments and contributing to the overall student experience. You will take responsibility for core teaching activities on a number of specific modules relating to sustainable structural engineering, scenario-based assessment of existing structures, carbon assessments and civil engineering in practice (including participation in a residential field trip to the Constructionarium).
About you
Key requirements of the role are:
- A PhD (or to be close to completion) in structural engineering/concrete structures or equivalent.
- Higher education or other relevant teaching qualification
- Evidence of strong backgrounds in structural engineering , sustainable practices, including embodied carbon assessments, and the behaviour of reinforced concrete structures.
- Experience of supervising postgraduate level research projects and group projects on structural engineering , sustainable practices including embodied carbon assessments, and the behaviour of reinforced concrete structures.
- Demonstrated research experience in structural engineering , sustainable practices including embodied carbon assessments, and the behaviour of reinforced concrete structures.
- Proven track record of working effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Experience in marking coursework (essays, exam papers, and presentations) and giving constructive feedback to students.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload, to coordinate with other colleagues involved in module and programme provision
- Ability to use on-line teaching technologies (e.g. Moodle) and other ICT technologies to develop learning materials
- Ability to undertake academic-related administrative tasks, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Commitment to providing a responsive and helpful service.
- Commitment to listening to others and supporting them with compassion.
- Being clear on how your work fits into overall UCL objectives.
- Commitment to and knowledge of advancing equality, diversity and inclusion
- Experience of supporting students by means of mentoring and academic advising
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Katherine Cashell k.cashell@ucl.ac.uk
If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR team at cege-hr@ucl.ac.uk
