Lecturer in Psychology

Job Title: Lecturer in Psychology

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £37,099 - £41,732 per annum - AC2

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region's skills needs.

The University's mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

Winners of the International award at the 2023 What Uni Student Choice Awards, along with silver in the University of the Year category, they are committed to their student and staff communities.

The University works in partnership with one of the UK's leading Universities. A member of the Russell Group, the partner University is ranked 9th in The Guardian 2024 league table with an international reputation for research and teaching quality. The partner University not only accredits many of the University's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but also works on a number of collaborative projects to support development of higher education and widen access within the West Midlands.

The Role:

The brand-new Department of Psychology at the University will start delivering undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology programmes in September 2024. We are looking to recruit an innovative, student focused, academic to develop curriculum, and help shape the future of the Department. You will be excited by the creative possibilities of this new opportunity and will champion innovation and transformational new programmes that reflect and position graduates with advanced knowledge and skills required for new developments across Psychology.

You will deliver high quality learning, teaching and student support, across the Department, and achieve excellent student experience and outcomes across the programmes. You should be passionate about teaching Psychology in Higher Education, with an appreciation of the diverse application of theory to the real-world. You will have a proven track record working in Higher Education and have experience working with relevant professional bodies to meet their standards in high quality curriculum design and delivery.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for someone with a background in any area of Psychology and our focus is on developing curriculum which helps meet the needs of the workforce and supports our Psychology graduates with achieving strong outcomes.

As a Lecturer, you'll have the chance to play a pivotal role in collaborating with colleagues within a newly formed academic team, to ensure that our students receive an exceptional education and a positive higher education experience. Furthermore, our Lecturers work to further the Department's relationships with relevant employers and to provide imaginative and compelling new approaches to pedagogy that make full use of available technologies.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions -28.6%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology home and cycle.
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - Sunday 14th July 2024.

Interview Dates - TBC.

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Psychology Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, HNC/D Lecturer, Senior Academic Lecturer, University Lecturer, Education Lead, Academic Lead, College Tutor, Head of Psychology, will also be considered.