Assistant Lecturer In Painting

College/Management Unit: School of Fine Art

Department: Painting

Post Title & Subject Area (if relevant): Assistant Lecturer (FTE 0.5)

Post Duration: 2 Year specified purpose contract backfilling a staff member

Reports to: Head of Department

Salary: Assistant Lecturer salary scale €46,457 - €63,333 per annum pro-rata, i.e. €23,228.50 - €31,666.50 per annum*

*Candidates should note that as per Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform guidelines, new entrants to the civil service will be at the minimum point of the scale and the rate of remuneration will not be subject to negotiation and may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. Different terms and conditions may apply if you are a currently serving civil or public servant.

NCAD drives radical and creative innovation through excellence in research-led art and design education. It empowers its students to shape the contemporary world through critical practice, studio-based learning, research and engagement

The School of Fine Art within the College comprises of 5 departments:

· Department of Painting

· Department of Print

· Department of Media

· Applied Materials

· Department of Sculpture and Expanded Practices

The School of Fine Art supports students to develop highly individual and collaborative ways of seeing, interpreting, and acting visually in the world. Emphasis is placed on visual awareness and artistic analysis, and on acquiring and deploying appropriate skills across a spectrum of fundamental and new materials and media.

Painting Assistant Lecturer: School of Fine Art Painting Department

The Painting Department at NCAD is a pivotal national hub of visual and material inquiry. The departments facilities: custom designed light filled painting studios, workshops, seminar spaces and testing galleries are housed on the upper floors of the Granary and Design buildings. Through recent innovations, research projects also take place at emergent partnership sites of learning in the broader city and national context.

The integration of practice and theory – an interactive philosophy of structured peer dialogue provides the philosophical ethos that situates our studio-based teaching and learning in the expanded field of painting. This holistic approach to the invigoration of painting practice is consistently registered in the quality of students' learning and research throughout the academic year – consistently documented in the studio outcomes provided here by a truly dynamic cohort of highly motivated emergent artists.

Re-imagining the historical legacy of image cultures is central to our inclusive and innovative approach to the discipline of painting in the twenty-first century. This discourse of the image frames a broad series of visual concepts and material processes of painting, combining drawing, photography, writing and installation in a synthesising of contemporary practice that enables the capacity to foster new audiences for art and to realise new innovative career pathways for our graduates.

The purpose of this role is to develop and deliver studio project based learning through lectures, seminars and workshops and external, para-institutional partnership initiatives for NCAD students on BA and MFA programmes in the Department of Painting.

The School of Fine Art has enabled a flexible suite of undergraduate learning

where the student can be supported around choices in programme length and joint contexts including Critical Cultures and Education.

Summary of Teaching and Learning and Context Development Focus:

· Studio+, BAYear 1, BA Year 2, BA Year 3, MFA Year 1,MFA Year 2.

· Module based project innovation in teaching delivery towards the alignment of contemporary-studio and expanded-painting research contexts.

· To promote and develop inclusive discursive learning environments including but not limited to workshop / lecture / seminar/ critique.

· To enhance and promote a progressive learning culture informed by a knowledge and commitment to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

· Actively contribute to postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes associated with the School of Fine Art and the Painting Department, including course development, examination and assessment, quality assurance and enhancement and associated administration.

· Develop and implement new course curriculum and co-ordinate course content, delivery and assessment.

· Support the delivery of related content within the School of Fine Art’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

· Enhance and promote the reputation of the School of Fine Art by liaising and co-operating with other national and international institutions.

· Ensure that the content of our teaching reflects and meets with the requirements of related fields, including regularly reviewing and adapting course content and structure.

· Engage in the student recruitment process including interviews, selection, assessments and examination procedures as required to ensure appropriate number and level of student cohort.

· Engage with industry and research partners, leading partnership projects and knowledge exchange activities where appropriate

· Undertake such other duties as may be assigned by the Appropriate Officer from time to time

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post. Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.

Mandatory

· Significant professional track record as demonstrated in contemporary and expanded forms of painting practice.

· Post-graduate degree in Fine Art or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

· A consistent professional practice in the field of art as documented and demonstrated in professional outputs, including but not limited to exhibition only, but inclusive of other innovative and expanded forms of dissemination practices.

· A demonstrable theoretical and technical artistic knowledge – as evidenced in the applicants own professional artistic practice.

· Strong, demonstrable commitment to research and international scholarship/professional practice/publication

· Capacity and demonstrable enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary context within the Department, School and College

· An interest, knowledge and experience of working with digital tools and within digital learning contexts.

· Commitment to CPD and interest in emerging research, technology and techniques

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable

· Experience in teaching studio practice/research to learners at all levels of BA and MFA level study. This includes the knowledge/experience to prepare documentation and to record, assess and report on the individual student learning achievement.

· An ability to develop, organise and direct studio project curriculum towards individual and group learning module objectives in new, outward facing, diverse and innovative ways.

· Experience of working with emerging digital design technologies and in blended learning environments.

· Demonstrable record of developing successful research funding applications and/or industry partnerships