Lecturer in Computer Science

The Knowledge Hub Universities

Purpose

• The School of Computing (SOC) provides innovative undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Software Engineering, Computer Science, and Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity. Due to the continued growth and success of our teaching and research activity, we wish to appoint a Lecturer in Computer Science to contribute to the teaching and research activities.
• Under the direction of the Head of School or nominee, the post holder contributes to the effective running of the SOC by contributing to a range of activities that include lecturing, delivery of tutorials, organizing seminars/workshops/conferences/competitions, supervising student projects, participating to field trips, among others.
  
  Main Duties and Responsibilities
  
• To take responsibility for development, preparation and delivery of teaching, and assessment both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including module leadership where appropriate. To contribute to the development, organisation, and management of the curriculum to include international and intercultural experiences.
• To demonstrate good practice in teaching, learning and assessment using a wide range of learning resources and appropriate pedagogic practice.
• To ensure that teaching is informed by contemporary research in the relevant field and develop the ability of students to engage in debate, critical discourse, and rational thinking.
• To contribute to the wider student experience through personal tutoring, participation in international student competition, involvement in employability initiatives, etc.
• To reflect critically on personal teaching practice, implement improvements, and engage actively with the quality monitoring and enhancement processes.
• To assist with development of external partnerships in Egypt and/or overseas and development of relationships with professional organisations and agencies where appropriate.
• To work effectively as a team member, contributing to committees and working groups, and where appropriate supervising or mentoring other members of staff.
• To undertake research as appropriate, through a range of approaches:
  contributing actively to Faculty Research Centres or communities of practice internally and/or externally
  working on externally funded projects or contracts
  assisting with bid-writing or tendering for external funding
  disseminating research outputs using a range of media e.g. academic publications, external reports, conference presentations, short courses for knowledge transfer, exhibitions, performances
  developing external networks nationally and/or internationally
  supervising research students

Requirements

• The candidate will contribute to lecturing of subjects such as Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Algorithms, Big Data, Programming, and Maths, among others.
• The candidate should be a Ph.D. holder in a relevant subject.
• The candidate should have a proven record of teaching experience at a higher education institution.
• The candidate should have demonstrated academic leadership at a module or course level.
• The candidate should have published peer-reviewed papers in high impact factor journals.
• The candidate should preferably have had leading role coordinator or scientific supervisor in a funded research project.
• The candidate should have excellent English skills, both written and oral.
• The candidate should be willing to travel locally, nationally, and internationally as required to undertake academic and related activities.

AND such other duties as are within the scope of the spirit of the job purpose, the title of the post, and its grading.

Supervision Received
Responsible to the Head of School of Computing and works closely with all staff and students as required.

Supervision Given
Supervises the work of students as may be allocated from time-to-time, Assistant Lecturers, Instructors, and Research staff as appropriate.

• Conducting research, fieldwork, and investigations, and writing up reports.
• Publishing research, attending conferences, delivering presentations, and networking with others in the field.
• Traveling to other universities or academic settings to participate in learning opportunities and gain experience.
• Participating in committee, departmental, and faculty meetings.
• Providing training and mentoring to teaching assistants and junior lecturers.