Lecturer in Catchment Science and Water Quality

The role

The School of Geographical Sciences is seeking to appoint a lecturer to develop pedagogic leadership in the area of catchment science for undergraduate students. The successful individual will have experience of delivering lectures and practical's to undergraduate students across the geographic domain but will specialize in delivering field and laboratory-based teaching to our Year 2 and final year students. The role holder will deliver teaching across the UG programme in Hydrology, Ocean Sciences and Lab and Field Research Methods in Physical Geography.

Under the guidance of the school education directions, they will lead the teaching on the Year 3 Hydrology unit on Catchment Science and will support our students’ learning and development of ideas for biogeochemical-themed dissertations, a popular topic in our programme. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to provide support and contribute to the curriculum, including in field courses, tutorial and pastoral care across all year groups, as well as supervision across a range of dissertations at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The School seeks candidates who have a background in understanding biogeochemical processes at the catchment scale, with experience of conducting field and laboratory research focused on quantifying water quality. We particularly welcome candidates with interests in ecosystem processes and the impacts of environmental change, including biogeochemical interactions and how these respond to climate change and extreme events such as floods or droughts, which alter hydrological pathways and water chemistry. The candidate will have an understanding of both diffuse and point‑source pollution and their importance for water quality in inland and coastal waters.

What will you be doing?

The role holder will deliver teaching across the UG programme in Hydrology, Ocean Sciences and Lab and Field Research Methods in Physical Geography.

You will lead and deliver the teaching on the Year 3 Hydrology unit on Catchment Science (100 %).

You will be involved in Year 2 teaching delivering the Ocean practical's for Oceans in a changing world (30 %), as well as contributing across the Research Methods in Physical Geography (30 %). They will also contribute to Year 1 teaching, in particular in supporting Water quality fieldwork training.

In addition, you will support our students’ learning and development of ideas for biogeochemical-themed dissertations, a popular topic in our programme. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to provide support and contribute to the curriculum, including in field courses, tutorial and pastoral care across all year groups, as well as supervision across a range of dissertations at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

As a Pathway 3, teaching-focused post the appointed candidate will have opportunities to develop their research and scholarship and will benefit from participating in the School’s thriving research environment.

You should apply if

In line with Leverhulme guidelines, applicants for this post should have completed their PhD. They will have demonstrated excellence in teaching in a relevant field at a level appropriate to their career stage and be able demonstrate experience in teaching fieldwork and laboratory skills for water quality assessments. Previous experience of supervising student research projects in physical geography is also desirable.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed term until 30/04/2027

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 16/02/26

For informal queries, please contact: Dr. Ros Death, Senior Lecturer Email: Geog-SED@bristol.ac.uk

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