- Job Number
- SU00350
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Salary
- £38,205 to £44,263 per annum
- Faculty/Directorate
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Location
- Bay Campus, Swansea
- Closing Date
- 3 Jul 2024
- Interview Date
- 15 Jul 2024
- Informal Enquiries
- Matt Jones Matt.Jones@Swansea.ac.uk
About The University
Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.
Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.
About The Role
GENERATION will assemble a multidisciplinary team of Materials Chemists, Electronic Engineers, Human Computer Interaction experts and Social Scientists, to design, build, and evaluate; sustainable, self-powered interactive technologies, specifically with older persons in mind, so that they are not excluded from the digital future, and not lost in the digital divide.
Based at the world-leading Computational Foundry on the Bay Campus, you will have the opportunity to use state-of-the-art hardware and software fabrication facilities and to carry out studies in purpose-built living-labs. The Foundry welcomes many visitors from across disciplines globally and you will have extensive opportunities to develop your career and network.
You will help lead the co-creation and participatory design work and build hardware and software prototypes that can be deployed in lab and longitudinal contexts. You will write-up the work for submission to the top-tier venues in HCI and other disciplines and build relationships with external stakeholders as well as helping to communicate our work to the public.
You will have a PhD in Human Computer Interaction and be able to evidence a portfolio of hardware and software prototypes. You will have already had experience of multidisciplinary work in diverse teams working to at-pace deadlines.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.
Welsh Language Skills
The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.
The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.
Additional Information
Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.