Assistant Professor in Nutritional Science - Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences - 98736 - G

Position Details

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £42,149 to £50,296, with potential progression once in post to £56,587

Grade 8

Full Time, Fixed term contract up to 31.12.2021

Closing date: 16th December 2021

Background

The School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is world-leading School that performs cutting-edge and translational research in all aspects of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Rehabilitation and Sports Pedagogy. This unique platform allows us to address societal challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective and enrich our curricula with a research intensity that ranks us at 12th place in global league tables.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time Assistant Professor to provide maternity cover (12 months) in exercise and nutritional science. The appointee will make a significant contribution to both research and education in exercise and nutrition as it impacts upon health and performance. The role holder will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship, likely to be demonstrated through generous, mutually respectful, and supportive working relationships with all staff and students.

We encourage applications from individuals with research, teaching and applied experience across all aspects of exercise and nutrition. These may include but are not limited to the role of exercise-diet interactions in cardiovascular, metabolic or brain health, healthy ageing, or exercise performance.

Summary of Role

You will contribute to a range of education-related activities. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing, and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment at all levels; and (b) enhancement of the student experience and employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, and (b) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

You will be expected to advance teaching and learning practice in your modules within the school, take a role in leading curriculum development, and play an important role in student academic and pastoral support. You will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students and is informed by discipline-based research.

Management and administration are likely to include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement widening participation, schools' outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University.

Main Duties / Responsibilities

Research

• Planning and carrying out research, including (as appropriate):
• Planning and publishing high quality research, including winning financial support
• Developing new research ideas and areas of interest
• Plan, execute and publish high quality research outputs
• Manage personal research activities
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within the institution and externally
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Presenting findings in publications and conference proceedings
• Effectively supervising and mentoring PhD students
• Participating in research-related enabling activities such as adding value to a cross disciplinary network
• Applying knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding

Education

• To deliver teaching in nutritional science as it relates to sport and exercise using a variety of methods to groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students. Where appropriate this may include:
• Teaching and examining courses at a range of levels
• Planning and reviewing own teaching approaches
• Development of module proposals and making contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely in the School
• Use of appropriate approaches to learning and teaching in their field
• Devising and supervising projects, student dissertations and practical work
• Designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment
• Using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment
• Undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining
• Developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods
• Developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability.

Management/Administration

• To contribute to School administration, this may include:
• Contribution to the administration/management of research and/or teaching across the School
• Contribution to devising and implementing new and/or revised teaching and research processes.
• Making a major contribution to some administrative activities within the University (e.g., appeals panels, working groups)
• Managing enterprise, business development, and public engagement activities
• Developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach
• Actively managing equality, diversity and inclusion through monitoring and evaluation and actively challenging unacceptable behaviour
• Contribution to the development of external relationships with key stake holders in the sport, exercise, and wellbeing sectors

Citizenship

• Contributing to an inclusive working environment:
• demonstrating a willingness to be involved in a variety of activities supporting University life (e.g., participation in graduation, Departmental/School committees)
• demonstrating support for colleagues, such as sharing resources, providing advice
• willingness to volunteer for one-off duties (such as supporting School, Institute, and Departmental projects)
• positively engaging in School strategic initiatives
• proactive support and involvement in activities specifically contributing to a positive and inclusive community spirit across the School/College/University

Person Specification

Essential

• Doctoral qualification in an area related to nutrition in sport, exercise, or health settings.
• Evidence of having contributed to the delivery of externally funded projects
• Experience of post-graduate supervision at masters and doctoral level
• Experience of leading and delivering undergraduate and/or postgraduate learning and teaching
• Experience in research projects that investigate exercise and nutrition influences on human physiology and metabolism
• Ability to conduct and manage own and original research
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to design, deliver, assess, and revise teaching modules.
• Excellent academic writing skills for publication of research articles in high impact journals
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills

Desirable:

• Evidence of contributing to the development of successfully funded research projects
• Established research partnerships with external organisations.
• Ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively

Informal enquires, Gareth Wallis g.a.wallis@bham.ac.uk

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment

We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.