Job Announcement:
Faculty
Positions in the Fields of Humanities, Science. or Social
Science
The
University Scholars Programme (USP), a premier undergraduate
honours programme at the National University of Singapore
(NUS), plans to hire dedicated individuals to fill multiple
full-time and renewable lecturer positions that include both
the opportunities for research funding and for promotion to
Associate Professor on the NUS Educator Track, as described
below. The primary responsibility of these positions is to
contribute to an interdisciplinary and student-centric
curriculum through the teaching of innovative,
self-designed, small class modules, including both our
team-taught freshman and senior seminars and our mandatory
first-year course in academic writing and critical thinking,
to which you will be expected to bring your own disciplinary
expertise.
Candidates
with a PhD in any field are therefore eligible, and
we would particularly welcome applications from
candidates with backgrounds in history of science,
STEM, sociology, anthropology, politics, cultural and
technology studies, as well as scholars of performance
studies or the visual arts. Academics whose research
involves fieldwork in the Southeast Asian region are
likewise encouraged to apply, as are candidates whose
research interests are explicitly interdisciplinary. In
short, USP seeks innovative and creative candidates who will
further diversify our already multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary faculty.
The
successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be
introducing our first-year students to the practices and
conventions of academic thinking and writing in our
mandatory first-year Writing and Critical Thinking (WCT)
module, and while prior
experience in teaching undergraduate writing courses is
not a requirement for these positions,
evidence of aptitude for teaching the conventions of
academic thinking and writing, broadly conceived, would be
advantageous. WCT modules are capped at 12 students per
section, and all other USP modules likewise maintain small
faculty-to-student ratios. The position also offers ample
opportunities to design and teach non-WCT classes in your
own fields of interest and areas of research expertise.
Most
importantly, we are looking for candidates who have a
commitment to innovation in undergraduate education, are
devoted to both their own research and teaching excellence,
and who have the willingness and ability to engage students
from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Candidates
must hold a PhD by December 2018 and should be able to
begin in January 2019, although an August 2019
start-date may also be possible.
Remuneration and benefits are highly competitive on the
global research university level.
Appointments
begin at the level of Lecturer on the Educator Track, and
possibly Senior Lecturer if previous work experience
warrants it, as late careerists dedicated to undergraduate
education are also encouraged to apply. Although the USP
Educator Track is not a tenurable line, it offers a flexible
pathway to promotion to Associate Professorship, as well as
opportunities for research funding, including overseas
research and conference travel. The
contract is for three years in the first instance and
is renewable subject to good performance, with the eventual
possibility of promotion to Associate Professor on an open
contract. Salary is competitive with worldwide standards and
includes both re-location assistance and housing subsidies
for the first nine years.
Interested
applicants should submit a brief cover letter, CV, and
short synopsis of no more than 500 words each describing
briefly two different courses (one WCT and one non-WCT)
that you would be prepared to design and teach to the
interdisciplinary undergraduates of the USP.
Examples of the kinds of WCT and non-WCT modules that we
currently offer can be found HERE.
In
addition, applicants should download and complete the NUS
Personal Data Consent for Job Applicants HERE.
Interviews
for overseas candidates will normally be conducted through
Skype. Candidates who are further shortlisted will be asked
to provide three letters of reference (though you may also
feel free to send them along with your initial application
if you wish) and will be invited for a campus visit in
August and September of this year. Please email all
applications to uspbox23@nus.edu.sg.
Applications received by
15 July 2018 will receive
full consideration.
More
information about USP and the WCT can be found on USP website and
additional information about Academic Appointments at NUS
can be found HERE.