Senior Lecturer

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate educator to join a forward-thinking institution and make a significant impact on both students and staff.

Role Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Lecturer to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Programme and the Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality education in Business and Marketing. You will contribute to the development and management of our academic programmes, ensuring students receive excellent learning experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

Academic:

• Teaching and Learning: Deliver engaging, high-quality instruction across various Business and Marketing programmes in higher education.
• Module Leadership: Lead assigned subjects, ensuring effective delivery and content alignment with academic standards.
• Course Development: Collaborate with staff and students to continuously improve courses and enhance student learning outcomes.
• Scheme of Work: Contribute to the creation and maintenance of module-specific schemes of work.
• Curriculum Development: Design and develop materials for the modules you teach.
• Subject-Specific Delivery: Facilitate subject sessions in line with module syllabuses and learning outcomes.
• Assessment: Ensure timely deployment of assessments, as directed by the assessment team.
• Student Needs Assessment: Identify and address the individual learning needs of students.
• Feedback: Provide formative and summative feedback to students in accordance with programme requirements.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all teaching and assessment practices align with the standards of relevant awarding bodies and partner universities.

Research/Scholarship:

• Stay current with developments in relevant subject areas.
• Ensure that your research or scholarship informs your teaching.
• Engage in continuous professional development related to research and share expertise with colleagues and students.
• Adhere to the highest ethical standards in your research or scholarship.
• Produce research or scholarly outputs.

Administration:

• Faculty Management: Oversee and support faculty members as required.
• Reporting: Produce comprehensive module or unit reports as needed.
• Communication: Engage effectively with a diverse student body, ensuring clear communication.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Marketing Strategy: Advise senior management on marketing strategies, branding, and implementation efforts.
• Business Incubation Leadership: Lead the development and management of the business incubation programme, mentoring students and staff, overseeing projects, and ensuring successful execution.
• Student Support: Act as a tutor, providing personalised academic support to help students achieve their goals.
• Carry out any other relevant duties commensurate with the grade of the post as assigned by your line manager.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

Essential:

• Proven ability to teach and experience in Business and Marketing education at the Higher Education level.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Knowledge of, and up-to-date awareness of, national HE quality frameworks such as the Office for Students Regulatory Framework and the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
• Excellent communication abilities, especially with students from diverse backgrounds.
• Expertise in curriculum development, assessment design, and feedback delivery.
• Availability for in-person teaching on campus.
• Strong planning skills with the ability to manage tasks from start to finish.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to take initiative and creatively resolve issues.

Desirable:

• Strong teamwork skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across diverse environments.
• A commitment to equity and equality in a diverse and multicultural Higher Education setting.
• Flexibility to adapt working styles in different situations.

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential:

• A Master's degree in a subject-related discipline.

Desirable:

• Fellowship of Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy).
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education or in Teaching and Learning.

This institution is a fair and inclusive employer and does not tolerate any form of discrimination in the workplace. The organisation is committed to delivering on its Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy, and all staff are expected to promote these values and follow Health and Safety policies and procedures.