Associate Lecturer in Systems Thinking (Education and Scholarship)

University of Exeter - Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

Location: Exeter

Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,951 on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience.

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 17th September 2025

Closes: 2nd October 2025

This full time, 2 year fixed-term position is available in SPSPA.

Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology (SPSPA) is comprised of around 150 members of academic staff, six distinct academic disciplines and eight interdisciplinary research centres, and teaches over 2,000 students across over 50 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. We are a vibrant, friendly, and international community of scholars committed to maintaining a superb working environment to support our excellent research and teaching.

The role: You will support the delivery of the Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship, focused on addressing complex challenges in public sector contexts. The post will include teaching and mentoring students in areas such as systemic intervention, stakeholder engagement, and applied systemic modelling. The role will also involve guiding students through work-based projects and fostering cross-disciplinary skills essential for managing complexity in modern governance and public service environments.

About you: You will possess a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge, demonstrated by a PhD or equivalent qualification/experience, of the core knowledge relating to Systems Thinking in order to teach and support learning on Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship modules.

What we can offer: Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines; Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly; An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development; Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career; A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy; A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

The University of Exeter: We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.