Job Description
Job title LECTURER in Computing
School/Function School of Engineering and Computing
Hours of work Your required hours of work are 40 hours per week. The business operations are Mon-Thurs, 9am - 9pm and Fri - Sun, 9am - 6pm
LocationMust be flexible to work across all campuses, Holborn, Wembley and Kingsbury.
Responsible to Programme Leader / Head of School
Responsible for Teaching on their specialist subject to students
JOB DESCRIPTION
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 hybrid (face- to-face or online) and has responsibility for ensuring that the students undertaking a specific module or unit engage with the module, fulfil their potential in terms of achievement of learning outcomes and enjoy a high- quality student experience. In addition, a lecturer may work more across a programme to support students in their learning journey.
Specific duties and responsibilities
Teaching and Learning
The post holder will
- Teach a 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 Regent Digital provisions including VLEs and MS Teams.
- Ensure that students are engaging in their sessions
- Develop teaching materials for modules.
- Update class notes and other materials and ensure that the VLE is regularly updated.
- Make suggestions through appropriate channels how to improve student academic experience.
Assessment and Marking
The post holder will
- Set assessments for students and ensure there is a 90+% submissions of assessments for all modules on time.
- Support the production of assessments for module/unit and ensure these are approved in accordance with the relevant procedures.
- Participate in standardisation meetings.
- Provide students with formative feedback as appropriate
- Mark summative assessments according to the approved assessment brief and provide timely and constructive feedback to students within the deadlines published by the Assessment Team.
- Identify cases of possible academic misconduct and escalate these according to the relevant procedure of assessment boards.
Student support
The post holder will
- Ensure any issues of student engagement or performance are addressed, signposting students to specialist College services as necessary.
- Field any pastoral requirements 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 module evaluation report at the end of each module
- Contribute to Programme evaluations as required.
Managing people and resources:
- As module leader, 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.
Person Specification
EXPERIENCE & PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential:
- Experience or knowledge of quality assurance and validation of HE modules / programmes
- 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
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
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Essential:
- Master’s degree in relevant subject discipline
- Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA) or willingness to work towards (within12 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
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Harrow, HA3 0PS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Experience:
- Lecturing: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: One location