Directorate:  School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Grade:  Grade 8 (£46,735 - £57,422) / Grade 9 (£57,422 - £68,529)
Contract Type:  Full Time (1FTE), Open Ended
Rewards and Benefits: 33 days annual leave, plus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday) for all full time staff. Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a teaching focused Assistant/Associate Professor with experience of developing and delivering online courses, particularly in Computer Science and the Mathematical Sciences. The post will be based on the Edinburgh campus of Heriot-Watt University. This is a role where you are expected to spend 80% of your time on teaching and 20% on scholarship. For such a role, career paths to full professorship exist at Heriot-Watt. Depending on the profile of the applicants, different arrangements may be considered.
Assistant Professor: Grade 8 (£46,735 - £57,422)
Associate Professor: Grade 9, (£57,422 - £68,529)

Reporting to the Head of School/Head of Discipline, responsibilities include:

• Developing, teaching, overseeing and running undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses, in particular courses within the on-line MSc Computer Science on the Coursera platform. When appropriate, leading new teaching initiatives to enhance current provision.
• Academic leadership, such as being course leader on internationally taught courses, being programme leader on undergraduate or postgraduate programmes, and leading outreach and recruitment events where appropriate.
• Supervision and guidance of undergraduate, postgraduate and where appropriate postdoctoral researchers.
• Scholarship activities, particularly, but not exclusively, in relation to on-line teaching and the use of teaching technology.