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Statutory Professorship of Civil Engineering

The Department of Engineering Science and Brasenose College seek to appoint to the Statutory Professorship of Civil Engineering with effect from 1 October 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. A non-stipendiary Fellowship with the College is attached to this Professorship.

This post is a Statutory Professorship. Statutory Professorships are held by academics of the highest calibre, with an international level of academic excellence and a world-leading research reputation. There are currently 15 Statutory Professors within the Department of Engineering Science, working alongside about 130 further academics, the majority of whom are either Associate Professors or full (titular) Professors.

Statutory Professors exercise broad academic leadership across their department and college, and more widely in their subject at the national and international level. They can serve as Head of Department if asked to do so by the relevant academic division. For a description of academic posts at Oxford, please see https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/academic-posts-at- oxford.

This appointment is a key part of the strategic plan for the Department and University. The Professor of Civil Engineering is expected to provide strategic academic and research leadership in Civil Engineering and will contribute appropriately to the administration of the subject area, and in the wider Department.

They will work collaboratively with their academic colleagues to develop the direction of Civil Engineering research and teaching at Oxford, aligned with developments and initiatives in the subject area in the UK and internationally, and to further advance and promote the subject within the University to ensure its continued success.

You should possess an outstanding research record and will be of internationally recognised stature in Civil Engineering, broadly interpreted across the sub- disciplines. Your specialised interests will likely extend or complement current activities in the Civil and Offshore Engineering research group, within which Civil Engineering sits, including in structural engineering and materials, geotechnical engineering or environmental fluid mechanics (see www.eng.ox.ac.uk/civil/research/).

You will be expected to pursue a research programme at the forefront of the subject internationally, providing research leadership of the highest calibre to colleagues working in this field, and embracing the opportunity to shape the direction of Civil Engineering research within the Department and the wider University. Furthermore, you will play a leading role in the planning and development of the proposed Engineering and Technology innovation Hub at Osney (ETHOS) building, which will provide state-of-the-art laboratory and office space for Civil Engineering at Oxford.

You will contribute appropriately to the recruitment of new academics, including providing mentorship to those appointed, as well as take initiative for the funding and management of appropriate shared resources to underpin a thriving research community in Civil Engineering, including line management of support staff.

Applications are particularly welcome and encouraged from women, black, and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. The University holds an Athena SWAN bronze award and a Race Equality Charter bronze award at institutional level in recognition of its efforts to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote gender and racial equality so as to create a better working environment for all.

All contributing departments place a strong emphasis on developing a workplace based on principles of equality and diversity and all also hold Athena SWAN awards – a bronze award in the case of Engineering Science. Further information can be obtained from equality@admin.ox.ac.uk and from www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/equality-and-diversity/athena-swan within the MPLS Division.

For more information or an informal conversation, please contact our executive search partner TalentEdu at MHolleran@TalentEdu.com or on +44 203 290 290 7. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

The closing date for applications is 12.00pm on Monday 24 February 2025. Interviews are expected to be held in late April or early May 2025.