Senior Lecturer In Education, Childhood And Send

Location: Kedleston Road Applications are open for a part-time Senior Lecturer in Education to be a member of our Postgraduate teaching team with a particular focus on our Academic Professional Leadership (APL) suite of programmes, which includes the Academic Professional Apprenticeship (Level 7).  The successful candidate will have a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (or equivalent) and Senior Fellowship status (Advance HE fellowship).  You will use innovative and inclusive learning and teaching strategies which serve to motivate and support staff to achieve outstanding academic and professional outcomes. You will be knowledgeable about pedagogical practices and demonstrate an understanding of the methods used for evaluating the effectiveness of academic activities, such as the quality and impact of research.  As part of the teaching team, you will afford learners a range of professional and academic opportunities to develop as effective, accountable and reflective practitioners. You will need to highly value the learner experience, and understand the complexity of learners who are also colleagues. We expect to appoint a future-facing, adaptive candidate who is fully conversant with current debates within Higher Education. You will be motivated and have a genuine interest in inspiring those who are new to working in the Higher Education Sector.  About the Institute of Education  The Institute of Education has a long and successful history of educating and training educational professionals. It is an innovative and supportive community of learners with a strong research culture and reputation for providing innovative solutions to the field of education. Our staff are experts in the field of early childhood, SEND, careers guidance, professional and vocational education and Teacher Training. We have a vibrant teaching portfolio through which we offer diverse perspectives, blend digital technologies and facilitate work-based opportunities to support graduate employability.  Upon appointment the job title for this role will be Senior Lecturer in Education. Hours of work will be two and a half days a week, and occasional evening and weekend working.  For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Sharon Bell, Head of Discipline: Education, Childhood and SEND via S.Bell@derby.ac.uk.  For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk Please note that unfortunately, this role will not attract sufficient points to obtain a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system; however, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. If you are successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The post for which you are applying is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 requiring any spent convictions to be declared. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post.We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect. For more information and to apply on-line, please click the “Apply” button below: www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current-vacancies/senior-lecturer-education-childhood-send