This is your opportunity to lead the Landscape Architecture courses at one of London's most well-established schools of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston University.

In this role you will contribute to the strategic direction of our Landscape Architecture courses and take responsibility for the leadership of delivering the suite of courses which include: a two year Master’s Landscape Architecture MLA, a one year Master’s of Landscape and Urbanism (MALU), and a one year Landscape Architecture PG Diploma,

The ethos of thinking through making is a fundamental and essential part of how the department seeks to enable its students through direct and immediate connection to how things are made and represented. Developing skills in tectonics and representation are valued as means of interrogating, contextualising and developing a critical position. A specialisation in one of these in preferred.

You will be joining a school that is ranked by Domus magazine as one of the top 50 schools in architecture in Europe, and whose graduates regularly receive prestigious prizes.

The Person

You will be a UK qualified Landscape Architect (Licentiate, Chartered CMLI, or equivalent), with experience in teaching on an accredited Landscape Architecture course at masters level, leading modules and developing an innovative curriculum.

You will be able to offer high quality teaching through lectures, seminars and design projects. You will be skilled in providing advice and support to students, and be an excellent communicator and collaborator. You will be working with colleagues from across the School’s disciplines including architecture and historic building conservation.

You will have an established or emerging research profile, and will contribute to our research standing through national or internationally recognised practice-based research and/or publications, and may have successfully bid for research or enterprise funding, and undertaken PhD supervision.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate that they meet the Kingston University standards in learning and teaching, and research. By the end of the probation period, you must have achieved the relevant level of UKPSF recognition (if not already obtained).

The Faculty

Kingston School of Art (KSA) has a strong heritage. Since its origins in the late 19th century it has established an exceptional reputation and become one of the UK's leading art and design educational institutions.

The Faculty combines a dedication to creative risk-taking, innovation and experimentation with a commitment to working with numerous local, national and global partners and collaborators to lead and shape the future of the creative and cultural industries. As an Art School within a university, KSA fuses the benefits of an art and design-focused identity with the ability to be at the forefront of exciting cross-disciplinary developments in diverse areas such as health, business, engineering and the humanities and social sciences.

Ranked in the top five per cent of the world for art and design education by QS Top Universities, KSA produces globally celebrated alumni, high performing courses, impactful research performance and regularly achieves industry and student awards while engaging with the latest thinking from industry practitioners.

The Faculty works with leading brands and institutions forging exciting partnerships with organisations like the ICA, the Design Museum and the BFI. More recently, the Faculty has expanded its international presence through partnerships with the Indian Institute of Art and Design and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, America.

With a wide variety of disciplines taught within the Faculty, KSA offers opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration in research and teaching - providing both exceptional choice for students and a stimulating environment for academics in the creative fields.

Further information

This is a part-time (29.6 hours/4 days per week), permanent position with a starting salary of £37,603.20 (80% to £47,004) per annum.

Interviews are expected to take place in-person on Tuesday 13th June at Kingston School of Art, Knights Park campus.

For further information please contact: Dr Heba Elsharkawy, Head of Department of Architecture & Landscape.

Bring your true self, expertise, and passion to Kingston where we are continuing to strive to build a university where authentic inclusion and belonging is at its heart. Every one of our staff and students’ identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences makes us who we are - so harness and embrace yours by applying today. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.

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