Lecturer/senior Lecturer in Design

Auckland, New Zealand
- Full-time
- UoA Department Name: Fine Arts
- Campus: Auckland City Campus
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Position Number: 55568456

**Company Description**:
**Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland**

The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, is Aotearoa New Zealand’s pre-eminent higher education institution and a comprehensive, research-intensive, and international university, as reflected in our global ranking - 85 in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and in the top 10 in the world in the THE University Impact Rankings 2021.

In 2020 we launched our cross-disciplinary Design Programme within Te Waka Tūhura Elam School of Fine Arts & Design in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industry. This programme encompasses teaching and supervision from undergraduate to PhD. Our focus is strongly on pedagogies and approaches of critical importance to contemporary design education, practice and strategy and supporting our students in gaining conceptual and technical skills relevant to an ever-changing world.

Having successfully inaugurated a new proposition for design education in Aotearoa we are now seeking additional academic staff to further build and expand the breadth and depth of staff capabilities. We are looking for passionate design experts who are equally motivated to create a space for students to explore and regenerate the world through purposeful design.

**Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity**

We are seeking to appoint a permanent, full-time **Lecturer** or **Senior Lecturer** in Design to build teaching and research capacities in both our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with a focus on design, creative practice and emerging technologies. We are looking for an academic who makes use of design in collaborative ways to bring about positive social, technological and environmental change. Our work seeks to address the practical, social, political and ecological impacts of different design outcomes using both digital and material technologies. We are seeking applicants capable of contributing to a vibrant teaching, research, and supervision environment.

For more detailed information, please refer to the Position Description.

For this academic appointment academic research and teaching experience, and at Senior Lecturer, a Doctoral level qualification, and at Lecturer, a Doctorate in progress, is essential.

This is a **Full-time, Permanent Appointment** (40 Hours Per Week).

Remuneration: L1 - L7; $86,979 - $103,904 or SL 1-5; $110,579 - $125,030.

**He kōrero mōu | About you**

You will have professional, tertiary teaching and/or research experience in design or related creative practice, with interest in emerging technology - for example, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Internet of Things and/or Robotics. Your portfolio of work will demonstrate specialist design capabilities and transdisciplinary practice. For example, you may be involved in kaupapa Māori design frameworks, specialised creative practice, design strategy, innovation, community-centred education, culturally responsive design, design for sustainability, design pedagogy, development, situated and interactive learning, human-computer interaction, technology studies, transdisciplinary and collaborative design, or UX. You will have led design or creative practice projects and have good links with industry and related professions.

Above all else, you will be passionate about innovative, collaborative and transdisciplinary design, with deep consideration for supporting students to develop their own set of skills to flourish in and regenerate the world they find themselves in.

**Mō tō mātou rōpū | About the team**

Our current team reflects the nature of our course with a vibrant mix of dedicated teachers and researchers supporting the programme’s vision, mission and values. At the centre of our work is context and community, which we express through a core value of Hapori Whanui - community at the centre. Our current staff having collaborative design skills across a range of disciplines and locations worldwide. Further expertise is added to the teaching staff through the appointment of industry and/or community experts.

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer**

Auckland itself is frequently rated as one of the world’s most liveable cities - including #1 in The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2021 ranking.

The University is committed to providing an excellent working environment through:

- Flexible employment practices (including working from home, flexible hours)
- Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme
- A competitive salary with five weeks’ annual leave

In addition, we also offer career development programmes, discounted car parking, a generous parental leave allowance, childcare and a number of other discounts on internal and external services.

For more information, please visit Staff Benefits.***

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