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Associate Professor in Hydrogen/Hydrogen-Based Energy Technologies (Research and Education)

University of Birmingham - School of Chemical Engineering

Location: Birmingham
Salary: £53,353 to £61,823 with potential progression once in post to £80,613 (Grade 9)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 1st February 2023
Closes: 8th March 2023
Job Ref: 101120

Role Summary

We are seeking to recruit an outstanding Associate Professor in Hydrogen/Hydrogen-Based Energy Technologies to enhance the university’s energy research and teaching capacity. The Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research is driving both the technology and thinking required to solve some of the challenges facing the UK as it seeks to develop sustainable solutions to the designing of future cities, energy and transportation. It is the ability to combine the practical with the radical which has placed Birmingham at the forefront of this endeavour. 

We have an internationally recognised programme of research into hydrogen as a future energy vector and the development of key technologies, from sustainable production and hydrogen storage to commercial utilisation, as well as the efficient provision of electricity and heat from fuel cells. In all of these areas, we are working towards making a full hydrogen economy a reality. 

Main Duties

Education 
You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

  • contributing to the development of hydrogen-themed modules for the MSc in Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technology, in funded projects with partner universities, and for CPD courses, sharing into leadership of modules within the team of the Centre for Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Research;
  • leading on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning, including designing innovative approaches to digital resources/environments and supporting colleagues to use them that are innovative to the subject area or institution;
  • undertaking own teaching, which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning, and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing programme proposals, supervision, marking and examining. You will ensure that your teaching practice is informed by discipline based research, through participating in the research culture of the School.;

Person Specification

  • A higher degree relevant to the research/teaching area (usually PhD) or equivalent qualifications.
  • Demonstrated excellence in at least Research, with competence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and Administration.

Learning and teaching requirements
An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality.  The teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.  

Evidence of success under the following headings:

  • Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners’ natural curiosity
  • Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes; approaches to learning; the development of learning resources
  • High quality and sustained contributions to fostering excellence in teaching activities more widely, i.e. in the Department/School or College and/or externally

Informal enquires to Sarah Fleming, email: s.fleming@bham.ac.uk

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