Lecturer (Teaching) in Film Production 0.5FTE (B16-01202)

About us

UCL East, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries and IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

We are seeking an exceptional appointment to the post of Lecturer (Teaching) in Film Production.

This post holder will join the BA Media course, a flagship programme for UCL’s new campus at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. UCL East will incorporate 12 academic entities with a range of new research and teaching programmes.

Opening in 2022 and 2023, UCL East will unite academic activities across experiments, arts, society and technology, integrating research and education, theory and practice – with cross-disciplinarity, innovation and public engagement. This post sits in the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries.

The School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) brings together three UCL faculties: UCL Social & Historical Sciences, UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (The IOE) linking teaching and research across arts, humanities, and social sciences, fostering new research partnerships and new forms of innovative engagement with industry and the community.

The School for Creative and Cultural Industries connects undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and short courses from its faculties, connect researchers and curate public events focused on art and technology, creative practice, media and film, conservation, heritage and public history, and creative entrepreneurship. The School engages with community partners, creative practitioners, and organisations across the creative and cultural sector.

UCL has made a foundational commitment to widen participation in our degree programmes and extend our skills and expertise to become a community resource for individuals and organisations locally. The School works to enhance accessibility, and inclusion across all of our programmes, working to increase cultural representation and diversity across the field.

About the role

You will play an important role in the detailed preparation for and delivery of the BA Media and will also contribute an important specialism to the range of expertise required by the programme with significant contribution to Critical Media with Games/ Interactive and Media Practice pathways.

In addition to teaching at undergraduate level, you will contribute to Master’s and PhD programmes in media, and to research, knowledge exchange and consultancy activities in DARE, the Knowledge Lab, and eventually the SCCI at UCL East.

About you

You will have a doctorate (completed or close to completion) or comparable industry experience in filmmaking.

In addition, you will have sound knowledge of key concepts, debates and challenges in film production.

This post is available from 1st August 2023.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

For further information please contact: Dr Brigitta Zics –b.zics@ucl.ac.uk

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.