Lecturer/Senior Lecturer In Air Pollution

Salary:Lecturer Grade F: £39,347 to £44,263 per annumLecturer Grade G: £45,585 to £54,395 per annumSenior Lecturer Grade H: £56,02 to £64,914 per annumNewcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.Closing Date: 14 July 2024The RoleWe are looking for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Air Pollution. Your contribution will be critical to strengthen the already successful research activities of our vibrant Environmental Engineering (EE) Group, and Future Mobility (FM) Group, with which it has close links; both have a history of over 70 years. Our research is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions to the challenges of clean air, soil and water, sanitation, resilient cities and circular economies in a time of global change in line with the University’s and . You will lead and/or contribute towards the development and delivery of taught programmes and modules to deliver high quality teaching for our undergraduates in Civil Engineering, and in our successful and long-running Environmental Engineering and Transport Engineering MSc degree programmes within the Civil and Geospatial Engineering discipline.We have a highly successful portfolio of research funding from diverse sources such as EPSRC, Innovate UK, EU, and Industry generating high impact research as highlighted by the award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2022-24 for a Research Programme of Global Excellence in Water Security. The quality of our publications matches the best comparator groups in the world. We are part of the Global Water Security and Sustainability Hub, which works with partner institutions in Africa, Asia, South America, and the UK, using cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by low and middle income countries. We also lead the DARe National Hub for Decarbonised, Adaptable, and Resilient Transport Infrastructures. Our diverse staff attract a broad range of bright, active, and engaged students from across the World. We believe that a rich mix of people with different backgrounds will help us create a culture in which intellectually ambitious academics will want to work, and maintain a creative and collegiate environment.We promote excellence by creating an inclusive culture and environment where shared practice is the norm. We pool our resources and our networks, within the university, the UK and across the world, to drive innovation and creativity for a healthy planet and society. To complement this team, we seek an excellent researcher and educator. Our primary criteria are excellence in research and teaching and commitment to our ethos of creativity and collegiality. You will benefit from access to excellent research groups and facilities.As a that strives to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong engineering disciplines, this position provides a significant opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration, within a successful and supportive environment.We have invested £110m in a state-of-the-art hub for engineering research and education. The new Stephenson Building complex, that will open its doors in September 2023, will co-locate industry partners and provide business and community engagement facilities.is home to 15 outstanding research groups. The quality of our research is evidenced by the latest REF results. We were ranked 10th for the quality of our research outputs with 46% of outputs assessed as world-leading.To view the full job description, please clickTo apply, please upload the following supporting documents in the format of one PDF document:

• Full CV
• Teaching statement (1-2 pages)
• Research statement (2-3 pages)
• Publication list, which should identify your 3 most relevant/representative publications

This is a two stage recruiting process. This means we will be holding presentations as the initial assessment followed by interviews for shortlisted candidates.Presentations will be held on the afternoon of 19 August 2024. Interviews will be held on 09 September.Please reach out to to discuss this role should you have any questions.Newcastle University is home to the £30 million National Innovation Centre for Data and partners with the Alan Turing Institute. We host one of the Academic Centres in Cyber Security Research and are a founding member of the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems. Our Urban Observatory has the largest set of publicly available real-time urban data in the UK. We host the Faraday Institution North East, to recognise the importance of the region as a key centre of battery research, innovation, skills and production and have established Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) North East Industrialisation Centre (part of a £30M national project led by Newcastle) to enable faster collaborative research and development of electric machines. We lead on several EPSRC CDTs and are home to the £20M UKRI GCRF Hubs in Water Security and Sustainable Development, and Living Deltas. We have long-standing strategic partnerships with, for example, Siemens, including a Siemens Mindsphere lab for digital twinning, and Northumbrian Water, including the BEWISe facility at their northeast treatment plant which is the first of its type in Europe in large-scale wastewater treatment research using bacteria.#ncl-engNewcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.At Newcastle University we hold a silver award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.Requisition ID: 27182