Institute of Applied Sciences
About this role
The Institute of Applied Sciences – Sport and Life Sciences is a vibrant department at the University of Chichester with wide-ranging accolades, a variety of facilities to support teaching and learning and student experience. We encourage all our academic staff to explore research opportunities and inspire innovative and new ways to grow and improve our establishment.
We are looking for a motivated Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology to join our team and make a significant contribution to the development and delivery of the BSc Sport and Exercise Psychology and modules across a range of programmes within the Institute with a psychology underpinning.
As a Senior Lecturer your time will be divided between teaching, teaching-related administration, assessment, research and income generation activities. As part of the role you will be responsible for module coordination and placement supervision of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will be responsible for curriculum design, teaching and assessment strategies and preparing module materials including assignments and examinations papers, and will be expected to supervise honours and masters research projects.
At Senior Lecturer level the post holder will be expected engage in the planning, design and leadership of teaching and research activity, and to be making wider contributions with partners and activity associated with the institute and the University. The postholder will ordinarily be expected to undertake programme co-ordinator duties and responsibilities.
About you
You will hold a Doctorate in a psychology, sports or exercise-related discipline with eligibility for BPS Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership. Up to date knowledge of the area of sport and exercise psychology is essential for this role. You will also have proven Higher education teaching experience.
About the team
You will work within the team to strengthen the distinctiveness of the University’s student experience as high-quality, personalised, accessible and aspirational. You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to work effectively and positively within a small academic team, excellent teaching methods with the ability to develop a variety of approaches to learning and teaching that is student-centred, inclusive and flexible.
We are a University that prides itself on our sense of community, including an excellent staff experience.
In addition to your salary we offer a competitive reward package with a range of staff benefits and discounts which include:
1. Defined Benefit pension schemes via our providers the Local Government Pension or Teachers’ Pension Schemes. Your own monthly contributions are enhanced with employer contributions and a substantial automatic lump sum life cover scheme enhancement.
2. A paid closure period over the Christmas break is in addition to our generous holiday allowance with bank holidays too and an occupational sickness scheme.
3. There’s also an on-site gym; a cycle purchase salary sacrifice scheme; subsidised bus travel between our Bognor and Chichester campuses and Chichester town centre; 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme to support our staff and extensive personal / professional training opportunities throughout the year.
Enquiries are welcomed by Professor Mike Lauder, Director of the Institute of Applied Sciences via email: M.Lauder@chi.ac.uk.
4. Closing Date: Thursday 25 July 2024 (midnight)
5. Interview Date: Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 August 2024
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