Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Interior Design

About the role

We are looking for a talented, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic individual to join our collegial team and to help shape our exciting new provision in Interior Design. The successful candidate will
contribute their expertise to deliver and further develop a range of modules on our BA (Hons) Interior Design course, and they will also contribute to learning and teaching across the wider Subject Area of Interior Design, Architecture, and Product & Furniture Design within Bath School of Design, where appropriate.

They will play an important role in developing the knowledge and skills of our undergraduate and postgraduate students, and work as part of the wider Bath School of Design team to provide professional mentorship, deliver robust assessment, appropriate student support, and overall maintain a high-level of learning and teaching supported by industry-informed expertise.

Additional duties include assisting the Head of School and the School Senior Leadership team in enhancing the School’s curriculum portfolio, furthering relationships with employers and other relevant external parties, and more broadly pursuing opportunities to enhance the student experience.

About you (requirements)

You will have experience in delivering and leading teaching and learning in a Higher Education institute in interior design. In support of teaching you will have professional industry networks and be actively engaged in interior design practice, research and/or scholarly activities.

We expect that as an interior design specialist you are conversant in current dialogues in environmental sustainability and these will be translated into the teaching and learning practices on the course.

Experience of industry relevant software such as Revit, AutoCAD or Sketchup and of hands-on drawing to communicate through the design process, is welcome. You will have an active interest
in hands-on and experimental approaches to environmentally friendly materials, and their application to interior design.

About us

Bath Spa University is focused on creative enterprise and guided by our four values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration and sustainability. We teach around 8,000 students on a set of campuses around Bath, with most being located at Newton Park, including a listed Georgian house and grounds, or Locksbrook Road, our new city-centre art and design campus, which houses well
equipped dedicated studios and workshops. Our research centres focus on creative industries and humanities.

Our purpose is to challenge our students and staff to realise their talent and thrive, for their own benefit and for the wider good. By doing this we will think and make the world better.

About Bath School of Design

Our Bath School of Design students and graduates are the professional problem-solvers of the future: creative, inspired, connected, collaborative and responsive. They define and challenge
modern problems – and innovate to create effective solutions through brilliant design.

Bath School of Design currently delivers the following undergraduate courses:
Architecture (new for Sept 2022)
Animation
Computing
Creative Computing
Cyber Security (new for Sept 2021)
Fashion Design
Games Development (new for Sept 2021)
Graphic Communication
Integrated Foundation in Art & Design
Interior Design
Product and Furniture Design
Textiles for Fashion and Interiors
We also deliver the following postgraduate courses:
MA Design (with pathways in Graphics, Illustration, Textiles, and Visual Communication)
MSc Creative Computing
MSc Cyber Security

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Nancy Bakopoulou,n.bakopoulou@bathspa.ac.uk

Interview Date: to be confirmed - week commencing 12 June

Location: Locksbrook and Newton Park (Locksbrook primary campus)

How to apply

Please note that CVs will not be considered and those included with application forms will be removed. Any queries regarding the application process or our website should be emailed to hrcontact@bathspa.ac.uk.

We offer excellent facilities and benefits to our staff. These include a pension scheme, flexible working practices, an employee assistance programme, and family-friendly policies. Please use the link below to see our full facilities and benefits package:
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/rewards-and-benefits/

We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.