Senior Teaching Fellow

• Closing date: 26 October 2023
• Location: White City Campus - Hybrid

Applications are invited for a Senior Teaching Fellow to support the work of I-X and the I-X AI in Science Centre. I-X is Imperial’s new flagship interdisciplinary campus devoted to AI and its applications. It is located within Imperial’s Translation and Innovation Hub (I-HUB) and I-X hosts academics from across Imperial’s departments and faculties. Its aim is to bring together AI, interdisciplinary grand challenges, and industry. The I-X AI in Science Centre supported by Schmidt Futures will support over 130 years of prestigious independent and original research by fellows using AI to advance science. The Schmidt Futures grant lasts 6 years with over twenty fellows hosted in any year. Critically it has a strong aspect of training fellows from diverse backgrounds in topics in AI. The Centre will have a pro-social orientation with an emphasis on kindness and ways in which the advantage it creates can in turn create opportunities in local schools and for researchers in Lower and Middle Income countries.

 The Senior Teaching Fellow will have a key role in enhancing and supporting the training of the I-X AI in Science Fellows and in developing and supporting educational programmes within I-X more broadly.

Duties and responsibilities

The Senior Teaching Fellow will organize the courses run through the I-X AI in Science Centre (including developing and running the AI Advanced Courses Hub website), teach the Python coding week, co-ordinate the ‘Breaking Topics in AI’ week, support international teaching by fellows in LMIC partners, curate open online material for all Imperial postdocs, prepare the teaching material in the pre-acceleration welcome pack, organize the filming and upload of the minicourses and coordinate sharing of teaching materials with other Schmidt Futures Centres.

I-X is also developing new teaching programmes including a masters programme. The Fellow will thus develop, manage, and execute the planning process of new educational programmes in the I-X initiative and connect them to the College Learning & Teaching strategy including supporting any Director of a new I-X MSc. The postholder will contribute primarily to the coordination of educational modules within the I-X initiative, the direction of programmes and the development of innovative approaches that foster cross-disciplinary learning and teaching opportunities.

Essential requirements

The essential requirements for this post include experience in AI teaching and course development, along with experience in associated administrative and management support work. 

You must also have:

• An informed, critical understanding of the core UG/ PG syllabus in AI
• Experience of using a Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard, Moodle etc.) and a willingness to use technology enhanced learning as appropriate
• A good working knowledge of Python

Further information

Further information about I-X can be found at Homepage - Imperial-X

Further information on the I-X Centre for AI in Science can be found at: I-X Centre for AI in Science | Research groups | Imperial College London

This is a full time fixed-term 5-year role based in I-X in Imperial’s White City Campus.

If you have any queries about the post please contact e.boyce@imperial.ac.uk

For technical issues when applying online please contact support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk

Interview dates: November 2023 (TBC)

 Hybrid working may be considered for this role.  Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

 More information is available on the following web page: Work Location Categories (from 30 September 2023) | Administration and support services | Imperial College London

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Documents

• Job Description.pdf