Lecturer (Data Literacy)

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The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore.

Job description:

Job Description

Position Overview
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Data Literacy at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The successful candidate will be appointed on a full-time, renewable contract under the NUS Educator Track scheme. The post is hosted by the Office of the Provost as administrative host and incubator for the programme, in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Statistics and Data Science.

Key Responsibilities

• Curriculum Design & Delivery: Assist Course Lead in directing the ongoing refinement of content, delivery and assessment for the university-wide general education course for the AI era, GEA1000 Quantitative Reasoning with Data. The course introduces foundational data sense-making and visualisation, drawing on authentic datasets from diverse fields, including science and engineering, healthcare, consumer insights, and public policy.
• Educational Innovation: Assist the Course Lead in integrating AI and other technologies into teaching pedagogies to enhance student mastery of core data concepts.
• Curriculum Alignment: Assist the Course Lead in collaborating with academic units across the university to ensure integration between this course and the higher-level data science and analytics courses.

Position Details
Start date: Immediate, or as soon as practicable, in semester 1 of AY2026/2027

Qualifications

Qualifications and Requirements

Essential

• PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or closely related quantitative discipline.

Desirable attributes

• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise in data science, analytics, and practical applications, including proficiency in Excel, and programming languages such as Python or R.
• Higher Education Teaching: Proven track record of delivering broad-based, common curriculum undergraduate courses.
• Curriculum Development: Experience in course design, assessment development, and programmatic alignment.
• Pedagogical Innovation: Experience in leveraging educational technologies, including generative AI, for innovative teaching pedagogies to enhance learning outcomes.
• Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Active interest or experience in evidence-based pedagogical research.

Please submit the following documents:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Scanned copies of academic degrees
• Teaching statement
• Two academic or professional referee letters