Senior Lecturer Practitioner - Town Planning

About ARU

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role

The School of Architecture and Planning sits within the School of Engineering and the Built Environment which delivers successful undergraduate, post graduate and degree apprenticeship courses. This is an exciting time to join the School of Architecture and Planning, as we are already delivering an established, successful MSc Town Planning programme (RTPI accredited) and proposing to add further Regional, Environmental and Digital Planning specialisms. We are seeking to strengthen the existing team by recruiting an experienced Planning Practitioner to teach across postgraduate levels whilst improving the School’s ties with industrial partners.

Join our dynamic team at School of Architecture and Planning, as a senior lecturer-practitioner for our esteemed MSc in Town Planning programme. We are seeking a passionate professional and educator to lead our students in exploring various subjects such as (graphic/spatial analysis tools, planning law and policy, planning practice, strategic planning, housing and/or transport) and will have a passion for exploring the intersection of research and practice in planning.

You will be an RTPI Chartered Planner and/or an experienced lecturer with a proven record of curriculum design and developing innovative teaching material.

If you are enthusiastic about shaping the future of Planning education through strategic approaches, we encourage you to apply. Join us in empowering the next generation of Planners to innovate and create impactful spatial strategies that shape our built environment.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Maria Vogiatzaki, Head of School of Architecture at ***email_hidden***

Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK and will conduct Right to Work checks in line with UKVI’s Right to Work policy and our own institutional policy. Furthermore, we must note:

• Applicants applying from outside the UK: At this time, ARU is unable to sponsor applicants applying from overseas for a Worker Route visa.
• Applicants already in the UK: ARU is unable to offer Worker Route visa sponsorship to applicants whose salary does not meet our minimum sponsorship threshold, which aligns with roles at Grade 6 and above.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes

Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.