Lecturer

Main Duties:

Education and Student Experience

•   Organise, design and deliver teaching and assessment as required; this will include delivering lectures, classes and seminars in a range of subjects related to the subject area with due regard to best practice and the overall teaching strategy.

•   Employ innovations in teaching and learning, to meet the learning needs of students, through the development of teaching materials, forms of pedagogy, or appropriate teaching collaborations.

•   Direct undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, where appropriate.

•   Be actively involved in ongoing developments and improvements in teaching and administration.

•   Develop the ability of students to engage in critical discourse and rational thinking.

•   Supervise student projects & dissertations and field trips.

•   Undertake Programme and Module Development at both UG and PG level.

•   Supervise, assess and examine student work and provide relevant and timely feedback.

•   Act as a Personal Tutor, providing effective support to students, including referring to specialist services as appropriate, and proactively identifying engagement issues at an early stage.

•   Contribute to student recruitment and enrolment.

•   Contribute to the efficient assessment and processing of student applications.

•   Ensure that the design and delivery of teaching complies with College Regulations and national Quality Assurance frameworks.

     –   Ensure that the teaching content and methods of delivery are in accordance with equal opportunities and respond to issues relating to staff and student needs.

     –   Respond promptly to student enquiries and concerns, to undertake action as appropriate or signposting alternative avenues of support.

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Leadership and Management

•   Undertake and develop administrative and management roles and responsibilities where appropriate.

•   Serve on committees and contribute to development and outreach activity.

•   Contribute to student recruitment, enrolment and retention.

•   Support and promote equalities in line with strategies and local priorities.

•   Contribute to strategies to enhance the overall student experience.

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Engagement

•   Participate in outreach activities and the development of links with, for example, industry, professional bodies or community partners.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and is subject to change. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties within the scope and grading of this post.

The above list of duties is not exhaustiveand is subject to change. The post holder may be required to undertake otherduties within the scope and grading of this post.

Working Relationships and Contacts

•    Build internal contacts and participate in internal networks for the exchange of information and to form relationships for future collaboration.

•    Join external networks to shareinformation and ideas.

•    Collaborate with academiccolleagues on course development and curriculum changes.

•    Collaborate with colleagues toidentify and respond to students’ needs.

•    Regular contact and liaisonwith students to teach and provide support.

•    Oversee postgraduate studentswhere required.

•    Manage own teaching andadministrative activities, with guidance if required.

•    Participate in, develop andidentify contributions to student recruitment, student placements, market theinstitution, facilitate outreach work, obtain consultancy projects, or buildrelationships for future activities.

•    Act as a responsible teammember and develop productive working relationships with other members ofstaff.

•    Take the lead on local projectswhen required.

•    Act as a mentor for students incapacity of personal tutor.

Student Counceling

•    Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students, be responsible for the pastoral care and support of students within a specifiedarea.

•    Act as a mentor for students inthe capacity of personal tutor, giving first line support.

•    Refer students to alternativesources and services for providing further help as appropriate.

•    Act as a module leader.

Person Specification and Requirements

Please note: therequirements below apply to every Lecturer post. Each post also carriesrequirements specific to its subject area. Before applying, please also read“Person Specification: Area-Specific Requirements” in the relevant post’ssection under “Subject Areas”, later in this document.

Candidates Must Demonstrate the Following:

Knowledge

•   Subject-specific knowledge of the  relevant area

An understanding of different teaching  and learning methods.

Technical and/or Work-Based Skills

•   Skills in work practice relevant to the  subject area.

•   Effective oral and written communication  skills, to convey both simple and more complex information and academic  concepts.

•   Computer proficiency in standard packages  (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and internet use).

•   Ability to develop and foster students’  learning skills.

•   An ability to lecture and conduct  seminars clearly and effectively.

GEeneral Skills and Attributes

•   Effective presentation skills.

•   To appreciate and react to the needs of  individual students and their circumstances.

•   Organisation and administration skills.

•   Commitment to working with diversity.

•   Ability to engage the interest and  enthusiasm of students and inspire them to learn.

•   Interpersonal skills to relate well to  students especially mature students.

Experience

•   Teaching experience at degree and/or  postgraduate level.

•   Experience of carrying out consultancy.

•   Experience of collaboration with academic  colleagues on course, and/or curriculum and/or research developments.

Qualifications

•   PhD (or equivalent) or extensive  professional practice in a subject related area.