Description The full-time starting salary is normally £39,002 per annum, with progression available in post to £43,054 per annum. Full Time Permanent Interview: Tuesday 8th July 2025 New and exciting opportunities are available to join our Speech and Language Therapy course team at Birmingham City University. These opportunities will provide you with the chance to have an impact on the growth of your profession and the Department of Health and Social Care Professions. You would be joining an already established and dynamic department which supports a diverse academic community, with a track record of delivering excellent education and achieving high graduate employability across our disciplines. A successful candidate will have the opportunity to deliver teaching and learning opportunities across the three-pre-registration speech and language therapy courses offered here at the university and in doing so support the professional development of apprentices and undergraduate and post graduate students. As an assistant lecturer your primary responsibilities will include the preparation and delivery of a range of teaching and assessment across our pre-registration speech and language therapy courses, as well as ongoing support and supervision for our learners. We are seeking innovative, ambitious, and inspirational candidates to join our dynamic team. We value applications from registered speech and language therapists who may be at various stages in their own professional career and have a range of knowledge and clinical experience as practising speech and language therapists and /or academics. We welcome applicants who have experience in the following clinical areas: learning disability, adult and paediatric dysphagia, hearing loss, adult acquired communication needs; aphasia, motor speech, multilingualism, and developmental speech sound disorder. We are also in search of applicants who are motivated by key professional skills related to innovation and service development, placement expansion and practice-based learning provision and research. It would be beneficial to have a history in sharing your knowledge effectively with learners, in teaching or training, through your passion and commitment to education, training, research, and high-quality service delivery. The post holder will support teaching and learning activities across Speech and Language Therapy and the wider Department using research-informed teaching and learning strategies to include the design and delivery of skills and simulations, use of Anatomage, professional and academic skills, basic life support, and interprofessional learning. Other responsibilities will include personal tutoring, mentor training, research supervision, providing academic and placement support for students and clinical partners and play an active role in the recruitment of our students. We are looking for candidates that have the energy, passion, and ambition to have a noticeable impact in developing Speech and Language Therapy education. In return for your dedication and hard work, you will benefit from ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development, as well as the following key benefits: Opportunity for hybrid working. Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods). An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members. Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme. Cycle to Work Scheme. Staff Benefits: Non-Pay Benefits: Birmingham City University (bcu.ac.uk). A supportive and collaborative culture and work environment, rooted in BCU’s values. Applicants must be educated to degree level with a desire to positively impact the student experience. Candidates will be registered with the HCPC and have an appropriate degree in speech and language therapy. We are a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking team and would be delighted to discuss this opportunity further with you. Successful candidates will be supported to further develop their professional academic portfolio, including the opportunity to undertake our highly regarded Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and teaching and opportunities to maintain professional and clinical skills in our onsite clinic and outreach paediatric service. The campus provides a modern, vibrant learning environment which houses superb facilities. These include a Telehealth simulation suite, home simulation room and onsite clinic to support the development of our learners. Our location at our City South Campus in Edgbaston is home to the Department of Health and Social Care Professions and in 2022/23 benefitted from a £3.75 million redevelopment of our health care skills hub including a state-of-the-art operating theatre, recovery suite, basic and advanced life support facilities and our newly installed Simbulance. This gives fantastic opportunities for simulated education and interprofessional learning to embedded into our Speech and Language Therapy curriculum. For further information about this role or for an informal discussion please contact Melanie Packer Melanie.Packer@bcu.ac.uk or Charlotte Burnside via Charlotte.Burnside@bcu.ac.uk Interviews: Tuesday 8th July 2025. Please click the below link to download the Job Description: Job Description - Assistant Lecturer Please download additional Guidance for Applicants: Guidance for Applicants