Summary
1. Mentoring and Teaching within own subject area within an established teaching and apprenticeship programme (under the supervision from an academic member of staff).
2. Contribute to the development of the apprenticeship programme including: a) contribute to enhancement of the student experience or employability; b) contribute to designing CPD programmes for clients external to the University and similar; c) contribute to deliver CPD programmes, consulting on own specialism and the like, often under the supervision of a project leader.
3. Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar.
Main Duties
4. Mentoring and teaching at a range of levels within the apprenticeship and systems thinking and practice and within own area of subject and with postgraduates and CPD students, predominantly through allocated individual and group seminars, as well as lectures and contributing to online material, so that the Department and School’s teaching objectives are met.
5. Contribute to the development of modules and teaching resources with other colleagues.
6. Plan and prepare own teaching and mentoring, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching and mentoring programme.
7. Devise and supervise projects, student portfolios, dissertations and practical work.
8. Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own mentoring and teaching.
9. Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining and supporting the development of student portfolio’s and preparing them for their end point assessment. (Summative assessment, including assessed work contributing to the final award – as a mark or as a credit – such as unseen examinations, essays, dissertations or presentations, is subject to validation by the academic supervisor).
10. Frequently update subject expertise.
11. Undertake personal professional development in teaching and mentoring, including self-reflection on own teaching and practice, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching, mentoring and learning processes.
12. Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
13. Undertake management/administration arising from mentoring and teaching and compliance within the apprenticeship.
14. Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
15. Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
16. Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
Person Specification
17. Higher degree relevant to systems thinking and practice or equivalent qualifications
18. High level of practice or work-based experience in systems thinking or relevant field
19. Ability to mentor, design and deliver teaching, resources and support materials and initiatives to part time, work based learners with limited time and resources
20. Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
21. Ability to work collaboratively, as part of a team to support the student learning journey across the combined routes of the MSc and the Apprenticeship
22. Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes particularly in relationship to a work based apprenticeship programme
23. Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.