Cardiff Metropolitan University Hiring for Lecturer in Education Job at Cardiff, Wales , UK Full Time

Job reference

22REQ0002128

Date posted

28/06/2022

Application closing date

12/07/2022

Location

Cyncoed Campus

Salary

£40,927 – £46,042 per annum

Package

Fixed Term until 31st July 2023

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Academic

Attachments

Job Description Lecturer in Education – Welsh.pdf Job Description Lecturer in Education – English.pdf

Job description

We’re delighted to have recently won two prestigious awards – the Times Higher Education UK and Ireland University of the Year 2021 and The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide Welsh University of the Year 2021.

If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.

The Opportunity

Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy (CSESP), located on both the Cyncoed and Llandaff Campuses, offers a diverse and stimulating range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in education, policing, media and journalism, English and creative writing, social work and social policy. The School is home to the Cardiff Partnership for Initial Teacher Education, one of the largest centres of teacher education and training in the UK and building on over 60 years’ experience and an enviable reputation for the quality of teacher training provision. The School has made significant progress in the development of a strong and sustainable research environment in recent years. This has been achieved through a systematic increase in our research capacity, volume, quality and impact facilitated by improving the research infrastructure, investing in and developing research with impact, and supporting an open-access, integrity-based and collaborative research culture.

As part of our continued growth strategy, we seek to appoint an enthusiastic, well-qualified academic who will contribute to the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within their discipline whilst also contributing to and enhancing the research reputation of the School.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the undergraduate BA (Hons) Primary Education Studies and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience. Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What we are looking for – experience & strengths

• A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
• A sound understanding of pedagogy.
• A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
• Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
• Ability to design teaching and learning material.
• Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem-solving skills to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
• Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
• Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.
• A good honours degree.
• Doctoral level qualification or equivalent
  
  professional qualification within the sector.

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile in the field of Primary Education Studies and very good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.

To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Chantelle Haughton, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and Early Years, at [email protected]

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further information

Please read our Candidate Pack or visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.