Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. 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.

We 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 Research Themes and Centres of Excellence.

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 School of Engineering 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. The School of Engineering 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.