Vacancy Details

Description

The School of Natural and Social Sciences at University of Gloucestershire is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Criminology and Policing.  

The School comprises three Subject Communities—Social Sciences, Psychological Sciences, and Environmental Sciences—with over 1000 students and 50 academic, technician and administrative staff.  Our Social Sciences provision is experiencing year-on-year growth and we are investing in its expansion.  

The successful applicant would contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Criminology and to BSc Professional Policing.  We are particularly looking to appoint individuals who can offer expertise in the following themes:

• Evidence based policing
• Investigative practice
• Organised crime
• Terrorism and counterterrorism
• Cybercrime

The successful applicant will be an engaging and innovative lecturer who shares our student-centred ethos, are ready to offer a high standard of support and are willing to make a positive contribution to the student experience.  They will be expected to create opportunities within the curriculum for students to engage with external stakeholders and apply their learning in the community, helping them develop the skills and attributes required for fulfilling careers.  

The appointees will be expected to develop a research portfolio leading to publication and wider impact, and they will have the opportunity support the supervision of research students.  The Social Sciences subject community is submitting to UoA21 Sociology.  Information on the Social Vulnerabilities Research Group within the School of Natural and Social Sciences can be found here https://uniofglos.blog/vulnerabilities/ .  

Based at our attractive campus in Cheltenham, we offer a welcoming and positive working environment. 

Further details

Closing Date: Wednesday 3 June (noon)

Interview Date: Monday 15 /  Wednesday 17 June 

Start date for these positions is likely to be on or after 1 September 2020.

For further information relating to the posts, informal enquiries may be made to the Academic Subject Leader for Social Sciences, currently Dr Jon Hobson  jhobson@glos.ac.uk, or the ASL designate Dr Demelza Jones djones28@glos.ac.uk

The attention of potential applicants is also drawn to two other posts which we are also seeking to fill:

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Criminology (2 posts) A1164

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Policing A1165

Applicants also wishing to be considered for one or both of these posts may indicate this on their application form rather than submit separate applications. 

Please download and save the Application for Employment Form to your computer. You will need to complete this form as part of the online application process. Your application will not be considered without this form.  

The University understands the benefits of recruiting a diverse range of people and we select the best possible on merit alone. We welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing to offer an interview to anyone who meets the definition of disability set out in the Equality Act 2010 and who meets all of the essential criteria contained within the person specification.