Instructor (5-year contract), School of Computing and Information Systems

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Active participation in
  • Designing course content, class assignments and lab exercises.
  • Out-of-class support for technology assignments and projects, labs and course-related matters.
  • Supporting in-class delivery of lab exercises.
• Conduct enrichment workshops to strengthen students’ IT skills.
• Develop online learning materials.
• Collaborate with faculty to re-design and improve the curriculum by incorporating state-of-the-art technological innovation, systems and applications.
• Partner with industry on application projects.
• Mentor students working on internship or application projects.
• Be a part of, and actively involved in SCIS’ events.
• Spearhead a “special project” related to specialisation.
• Take the lead in teaching undergraduate or post-graduate courses.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree in a computing discipline (Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Information Technology).
• A Master’s degree in a computing discipline would be an added advantage.
• Strong industry-based software technology skills and experience.
• Prior experience with large-scale application projects in a business setting.