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Teaching Fellow (EPS Foundation Programme) - School of Metallurgy and Materials

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 27, 2019

Job Details

Position Details

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £30,942 to £40,322. With potential progression once in post to £42,792 a year.

Grade 7

Full Time

Fixed Term Contract - up to 2 years (estimated start date 13 January 2020)

Closing date: 27 November 2019

Job Summary

This role, based at the Edgbaston Campus, will support development and delivery of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Pathway of the Birmingham International Academy undergraduate foundation programme.

The role will involve teaching and advising foundation students within the Engineering and Physical Sciences Pathway of the Birmingham International Academy undergraduate foundation programme. The postholder will contribute to the teaching, management and leadership of teaching and recruitment in the School of Metallurgy and Materials. They will contributing to the teaching and administration associated with the Foundation year. Led by the Foundation Year Director of Engineering and Physical Sciences, the post holder will work alongside other colleagues to ensure students successfully complete their programme and are prepared for undergraduate study. Specifically, they will contribute to the enhancement of the student experience or employability and teach some of these modules where the post-holder has appropriate subject expertise within an established teaching programme (under the supervision of an academic member of staff):
  • Introductory Mathematics (10 credits)
  • Further Mathematics (20 credits)
  • Mechanics (10 credits)
  • Properties of matter (10 credits)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (10 credits)
  • Organic Chemistry (10 credits)
  • Waves (10 credits)
  • Science and engineering laboratories (10 credits)
  • Introductory computer science (20 credits)
  • Foundation Electrical and Electronic Engineering (20)

This position is open to candidates with experience in a teaching environment. The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Main Duties

Specific duties:
  • Teach courses at a range of levels within specified subject area and within own area of subject specialism to students on the Foundation Year, and other taught programmes within the School, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars, so that the School's teaching objectives are met.
  • Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues.
  • Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
  • Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work.
  • Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
  • Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining. (Summative assessment, including assessed work contributing to the final award - as a mark or as a credit - such as unseen examinations, essays, dissertations or presentations, is subject to validation by the academic supervisor.)
  • Frequently update own subject expertise.
  • Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
  • Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
  • Undertake management/administration arising from teaching.
  • Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
  • Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.


Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required
  • Hold a degree relevant to the teaching area or equivalent qualifications / relevant teaching experience
  • Demonstrably high level analytical capability
  • Proven ability to design and deliver module materials successfully
  • Demonstrable ability to assess and organise resources effectively
  • Demonstrable understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/ administration processes


Informal enquiries to Professor Alison Davenport, a.davenport@bham.ac.uk or telephone 0121 414 5191

We value diversity at The University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community

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