Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - School of Computing

What the role is:
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The job of an academic is challenging and meaningful. Not only must the candidate have both knowledge and working experience, but they must also possess the ability to deconstruct this knowledge and experience, guiding students to reconstruct them as their own understanding. A passion for working with youths, nurturing them, and moulding their characters is essential. There will be opportunities to develop the curriculum, introduce new courses, and be involved in consultancy and other applied research projects. Administrative work related to teaching and School/Institutional strategic initiatives will also be an important part of the job. Successful candidates are expected to be resourceful, innovative, and possess good communication skills.

Software and Applications:
The appointee must be competent to teach in at least three of the following subjects:

1. Programming – Including a good understanding of programming languages, their operations (e.g., memory allocation, garbage collection, polymorphism, etc.), and the differences between various languages.
2. Web application development – Including all aspects of Website, Backend, and Database development.
3. Software Development Life Cycle – Including planning, collaboration, testing, deployment, and documentation.
4. DevOps – Including configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, orchestrating containers, and setting up monitoring.
5. Software Testing – Including correctness, UI automation, code quality, usability, and security.

Apart from the know-hows of the tools and processes, the lecturer should possess a clear understanding of the end-to-end process of software development, facilitating students in the deconstruction and reconstruction of concepts, analyzing trade-offs, and explaining how different companies may adopt slightly different configurations.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct lessons, create teaching and assessment materials, and facilitate learning for students (youths and adult learners).
• Develop and maintain new/existing teaching curriculum, including regular reviews and recommendations for improvements that enhance students’ learning, performance, and employability.
• Stay current with trends and developments in Software and Application Development.
• Support the School’s strategic initiatives through involvement in committee work and projects, such as process improvement and development and management of new courses.

What we are looking for:
Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in Software/DevOps/Platform/Database engineering.
• Passionate about tinkering and hacking to understand the underlying mechanisms of things.
• Passionate about education and possess a strong interest in guiding youths and adult learners in deconstructing and reconstructing knowledge.
• Self-driven, independent, and ready to work as part of a team.

Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.

Closing date: 10 December 2024.
If you are shortlisted for the position(s), you should hear from us within 30 days of the closing date of the advertisement.