Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Architecture & Urbanism)

The Manchester School of Architecture is ranked 5th in the prestigious QS world university rankings and enjoys the unique context of being a collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester. It is one of the largest Schools of Architecture in the country with over 1200 students (typically representing some 85 countries) and over 150 staff from diverse backgrounds and is proud to retain both its quality and sense of community despite its size.

We have 2x Lecturer positions and 1x Senior Lecturer positions available.

The School is characterised by excellence, ambition, boldness, inquisitiveness, innovation, and social justice and responsibility. These facets generate a unique blend and balance between research led teaching, impressive and relevant research outputs (84% of research activity is world leading or internationally excellent), and extensive professional industry links, all of which encourage our students to cultivate their own unique approach to architecture and their careers thereafter. Imagination, we take it seriously!

Joining the Manchester School of Architecture as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer  on our MA Architecture and Urbanism programme you will contribute to the strategic redevelopment and delivery of the programme. This involves further expanding the internationalisation and interdisciplinarity of the curriculum, and the ambitious pursuit of innovative contemporary urban design proposals. The appointment is to a multi-disciplinarity staff team, in which we welcome expertise from architecture, planning, landscape architecture, urban history, sociology, urban geography or another related discipline. The role will include teaching across the MA's design studio, history and theory, governance and research units. The remainder of the time will be allocated to academic administration relating to your teaching roles and to Research Knowledge Exchange / Education opportunities if appropriate.

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a postgraduate qualification in urban design and an additional undergraduate degree in at least one built environment discipline such as architecture, such as urban planning, landscape architecture, sociology, urban history or geography;
• Have experience of collaborative team-working and potential for education innovation;
• Contribute expertise in a specialist area of urbanism informed by her/his academic research or practice
• Be capable of contributing urban design teaching across development frameworks, masterplanning, development law, financial feasibility and development briefing, urban history, urban design theory, urban design principles, research methods.

We particularly welcome candidates with specialist knowledge around one of the following:

• climate emergency and urban sustainability
• design and masterplanning  
• economic development and regeneration
• development in the global south and global east
• heritage and conservation at urban scales

You will have a research profile with an upward trajectory, and/or an impressive track record within the education/pedagogy field.

You will have exceptional inter-personal and communication qualities, excellent organisational and administrative skills, and a collaborative approach to working. You may be required to teach elsewhere in the School depending on the specifics of your workload. We will also look to you to ensure an excellent student experience through the use of relevant and inspiring learning and teaching.

To apply, please submit your CV and Covering Letter on our application portal via the ‘Apply’ button above. Within your cover letter, please state if you would prefer to apply for the Lecturer, or Senior Lecturer position. Informal discussions can be held with Programme Leader Dr Lucy Montague via L.Montague@mmu.ac.uk 

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