Lecturer in Natural Hazards

Location: Strand Campus

Contact details: Prof Kate Schreckenberg. kate.schreckenberg@kcl.ac.uk

Job description

The Department of Geography, King’s College London invites applications for a Lectureship in Natural Hazards. The successful applicant will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching - particularly the BSc in Physical Geography and Environmental Science - including convening the Natural Hazards module and lecturing on the Topical Research Methods for Natural and Environmental Hazards module, teaching on domestic residential field trip(s), leading seminars, delivering tutorials, demonstrating field research methods, supervising dissertations, marking and academic, and pastoral support of students. They will be part of the Physical and Environmental Geography Research Group and the Risk, Hazard and Society Research Group and will have the opportunity to undertake individual and collaborative research or receive mentorship to develop previous doctoral research into new publications. Candidates should hold a PhD in Physical Geography or a closely related discipline (e.g. Environmental Science) and have an emerging research profile in Natural Hazards research. We particularly welcome applicants who are working on geo hazards, multi hazards and new research approaches to natural and environmental hazards.

The Lectureship is a fixed term one-year position with a probation period. This post will report to the Head of Department of Geography. The Lecturer will receive mentoring and support to develop their skills and experience in education, academic administration, and research.

At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. King’s offers inclusive benefits to staff including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers and the potential to join community staff networks. The Department of Geography is committed to the provision of equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity for all our students, staff and visitors. We hold  Bronze Athena SWAN certification and King’s was awarded a Race Equality Charter Bronze Mark in 2020. Our policies align with the College’s equalities policies, including efforts to build an anti-racist university as outlined in the  King’s Race Equality Action Plan 2020-2024. We are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups, and we welcome applications from people of all abilities and currently under-represented groups, which we are able to support with our range of flexible and inclusive benefits. We currently have an underrepresentation from women, BAME, disabilities and LGBTQ communities. As such, we particularly welcome applicants from these groups.

This post is a one-year fixed term contract (maternity cover) with an expected starting date of 1st September 2023 until 31-Aug-2024

This is a full time post.

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