Lecturer

Job title : Lecturer

School / Function : School of Business

Responsible to : Programme Leader / Head of Programme

Overall Purpose

The role of Lecturer in the School will be required to design, develop, and produce learning and teaching material and deliver either across a range of modules or within a subject area. The role will be based on campus and has responsibility for ensuring that the students undertaking a specific unit engage with the unit, fulfil their potential in terms of achievement of learning outcomes and enjoy a high-quality student experience. In addition, a lecturer supports students in their learning journey acting as a Personal Academic Tutor to a dedicated group of students and overseeing their personal academic development through group and one-to-one meetings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching and Learning

The post holder will :

Teach a set number of sessions each week, including lecturers, seminars, tutorials.

Maintain attendance registers for teaching sessions and work with the attendance team to ensure the accuracy of the information being entered for students on digital registers.

Deliver / facilitate teaching sessions in line with the approved programme and module specifications.

Work in line with digital provisions including VLEs and MS Teams.

Ensure that students are engaging in their sessions.

Develop teaching materials for units.

Update class notes and other materials and ensure that the VLE is regularly updated.

Make suggestions through appropriate channels on how to improve student academic experience.

Identify the need for developing the content or structure of modules with colleagues and make proposals on how this should be achieved.

Assessment and Marking

The post holder will :

Set assessments for students and ensure there is a 90+% submissions of assessments for all unit on time.

Support the production of assessments for unit and ensure these are approved in accordance with the relevant procedures.

Participate in unit standardisation meetings as required.

Arrange formative assessments during the semester and provide feedback.

Mark summative assessments according to the approved assessment brief and provide timely and constructive feedback to students within the deadlines published in the assessment calendar.

Act as internal verifier for assigned module to ensure the quality of assessed work meets the Pearson assessment regulations.

Act as Lead internal verifier to ensure marked work is assessed accurately and assessment decisions are aligned with unit assessment criteria and Pearson assessment guidelines.

Identify cases of possible academic misconduct and escalate these according to the relevant procedure of assessment boards.

Student Support

The post holder will :

Act as a Personal Academic Tutor for a dedicated group of students, providing both group and one-to-one sessions with their tutees every semester.

Ensure any issues of student engagement or performance are addressed with their students, signposting students to specialist College services as necessary.

Field any pastoral requirements their tutees or other students may have, signposting them to relevant specialist College services as necessary.

Monitor the progress of individual students’ Learning Support Plans, liaising with specialist services as necessary

Quality Assurance

The post holder will :

Provide a unit evaluation report at the end of each unit.

Contribute to Programme evaluations as required.

Engage with Programme Committee meetings, contributing towards continuous improvement of the students’ learning experiences and the identification of good practice.

Engage with quality assurance and academic governance frameworks, as opportunities arise.

Reflect on the outcomes of student unit feedback questionnaires, identifying areas for improvement as well as good practice which colleagues might usefully draw on.

Contribute to the accreditation of programme and quality control processes.

Scholarship

The post holder will :

Engage in scholarship as required to support teaching activities and continually update knowledge.

Extend, transform and apply knowledge applied from scholarship to teaching and appropriate external activities.

Support the School in its plans and in line with the College’s Scholarship Plan

Managing People and Resources

The post holder will :

As module leader (if allocated), co-ordinate with others (such as support staff or academic colleagues) to ensure student needs and expectations are met.

Manage projects relating to own area of work and the organisation of external activities such as placements and field trips.

Co-ordinate the work of others (e.g. Associate lecturers) to ensure units are delivered to the required standards.

Exercise responsibility for the design and delivery of own units and assessment methods considering established or agreed practice where necessary.

Support the student recruitment and marketing teams as appropriate (e.g. academic interviews).

Tackle issues affecting the quality of delivery within scope of own level of responsibility, referring more serious matters to Programme Leader (or others as appropriate).

Person Specification - Experience &Personal Qualities

Essential

Experience or knowledge of quality assurance and HE programme.

Experience or knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to inspire and engage students

Significant experience within a subject area relevant to the School

Positive attitude to colleagues and students

Communicate information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience

Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively with a range of stakeholders including staff (at all levels), students and others.

Ability to provide expert guidance to students and other work areas and to develop understanding and resolve complex problems.

Ability to achieve key performance indicators through persuasion and negotiation where no direct authority exists.

Ability to respond and adapt with agility to often rapidly moving events and developments in both the school and College

Excellent written and oral communication skills including networking and relationship building skills, both across the University and externally

Able to demonstrate both independent self-management and team working

Able to work with competing priorities and to tight deadlines

Demonstrates competences, core behaviours and supplementary behaviours that support and promote the University’s core values

Flexible to the needs of others

Innovative and creative

Desirable

Experience of research and enterprise activity

Evidence achievement or willingness to achieve high-quality publications or other outputs in research or practice

Able to participate in and develop external networks

Technical Knowledge & Skills

Essential

An appropriate level of digital capability and aptitude with practical experience of applications which aid student learning

Ability to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a range of groups

Proficient in using IT to support own work and for application to technology-enhanced

learning / teaching and research activities

Committed to a high-performance culture, fostering continuous improvement and driving quality

Desirable

Knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

Master’s degree in a relevant subject discipline.

Teaching qualification or Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA)or willingness to work towards(within 12 months)

Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programmes and the provision of learning support.

Experience of teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement in an HE environment.

Appropriate digital skills in learning, teaching and assessment

Desirable

PhD (or submitted and awaiting examination) or equivalent through publication or professional achievement, or willingness to work towards it.

Ability to align with the College core values in all areas of work, and champion those behaviours in the school.

Minimum of 1 year’s team leadership experience.

Teaching qualification or preparedness to work towards.

Membership of appropriate Professional Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB)

Other

Able to take a flexible approach to work (i.e., Conduct Intention to Study interviews; filling in when needed with teaching

A commitment to the principle of widening participation

A commitment to the College’s values and behaviours.

A willingness to work / travel across college sites

Some evening and occasional weekend teaching

A commitment to own professional development

Compliance with relevant Health & Safety issues; ability to contribute to ensuring that these are aligned with education activities; ability to contribute to ensuring that the College has a process for appropriate risk assessment in relation to education and student activity.

Ability to align with the College core values in all areas of work, and champion those behaviours in the College.