JOB: Teaching Fellow in Landscape Architecture. University of Edinburgh
The Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) wishes to appoint a 0.6FTE Teaching Fellow in Landscape Architecture Design.
The post-holder will have a focus on and responsibility for teaching in the professionally accredited programmes in Landscape Architecture.
Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in practice and be able to demonstrate high level design skills through a portfolio of work. Candidates should have a minimum of two years’ experience in studio design tutoring.
This position is tenable from 1 September 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The candidate will have demonstrable design skills, a good knowledge of landscape theory and a contextualised knowledge of landscape architectural pedagogy. Experience of teaching in a studio context required alongside demonstrable ability to develop innovative teaching practices in relation to reading and understanding a site towards its imaginative transformation through time.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach the Undergraduate and Post-graduate programmes of Landscape Architecture, that are professionally accredited by The Landscape Institute. They will be required to create and prepare imaginative proposals for design studio teaching within an existing programme framework.
The successful candidate will be expected to work with the existing teaching team to contribute to decision making at a programme and school level. The role will involve the organisation and administration of courses and procedures and providing individual support to students.
ESALA is seeking candidates with the educational background and experience to contribute to theory and technical courses alongside their core design teaching. Contributions to theory will involve teaching undergraduate dissertations and post-graduate contextual studies courses. The candidate should demonstrate applied knowledge of design implementation relevant to contemporary practice.
A link to the will job description can be found on the University of Edinburgh Vacancies Webpage.
Application deadline: 29 June 2020.