Assistant Lecturer, Sculpture And Expanded Practice

School/Unit: School of Fine Art, Department of Sculpture & Expanded Practice

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

Post Duration: Specified purpose contract backfilling a staff member on reduced hours until 1st September 2027

Grade: Assistant Lecturer

Reports to: Head of Department of Sculpture & Expanded Practice

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

*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.

Location: This position is based at NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.

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 Practice

The School of Fine Art supports students to develop highly individual and collaborative ways of seeing, interpreting, critiquing and sensually engaging in the world. Emphasis is placed on aesthetic awareness and artistic decision making, and on acquiring and deploying appropriate skills across a spectrum of materials, media and situations.

Assistant Lecturer: School of Fine Art Sculpture and Expanded Practice Department

The Department of Sculpture and Expanded Practice at NCAD has a celebrated international reputation for producing exciting and relevant artists who go on to achieve successful and often high profile careers. Several alumni of the department have represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale for example.

The departments facilities: large open plan studios and 4 large workshops for wood, metal, casting and digital technology are housed on the ground floor of the Granary building. Through a long tradition of public art engagement within the department, research projects also take place through sites/contexts of expanding collective learning in the broader city and national arena.

The department’s name Sculpture and Expanded Practice reflects and values how contemporary sculpture embraces a diverse range of methods, processes and approaches.

In this department these mainly comprise of:

• 3 dimensional making, using a variety of materials, processes, scales and techniques
• performance/live art/time based work
• lens based/digital/sound/installation work
• social/reciprocal/political engagement

Finding an articulate individual voice through a sustainable creative methodology is at the core of learning in the sculpture and expanded practice department at NCAD. While the integration of practice, technical skills/competencies and critical engagement is a core aim in the teaching philosophy of the department.

The purpose of this significant Assistant Lecturer is to develop and deliver studio project based learning through lectures, seminars and workshops and external partnership initiatives for NCAD students on BA, MFA and PhD programmes in the Department of Sculpture and Expanded Practice.

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 pathways including Critical Cultures and Education.

Summary of Teaching and Learning and Context Development Focus:

• Work with a team of lecturers on all levels of the departments activities in Studio+, BAYear 1, BA Year 2, BA Year 3, MFA Year 1,MFA Year 2, and Phd Supervision.
• Lead and develop inclusive discursive learning environments including but not limited to applied technical workshops / lectures / seminars/ critiques/ fieldwork.
• 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 Sculpture and Expanded Practice 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:

· A significant track record in professional sculptural practice and in Higher level Fine Art Education

· 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 minimum of 3 years professional artistic practice and teaching experience

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

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

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

· 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

· Strong interpersonal/team and communication skills.

Desirable:

· 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