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Assistant Head of Discipline/Senior Lecturer in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Location
Markeaton Street, Derby Campus
Closing date
Monday 6 October 2025
Salary
£ £41.29 per hour
Job grade
Atypical (Academic)
Reference
0150-25
Contract type
Permanent
Post type
Hourly paid
Adaptive working type
Onsite
This role will be based on site, primarily in the named location.
Please note: applicants already contracted to full-time positions within the University are not permitted to undertake additional contracted hours due to the weekly working time directive.
About the University
We have one simple promise – to make a positive impact. Through our ground-breaking research, teaching excellence and commitment to sustainable living, we are changing lives for the better.
The University of Derby is a modern university with a modern outlook. Everything we do is driven by delivering excellence and opportunities for our students, our staff and our region.
We have some of the best university facilities in the UK and achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and have been awarded Gold in the prestigious Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023 – making it one of the top universities in the country recognised for its outstanding student experience and student outcomes.
Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees an inclusive culture that centres itself around staff wellbeing, where you can be confident you will receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to enhance your skills.
About the College/Department
Here at University of Derby, the College of Science and Engineering is the home of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths: the STEM skills that are essential to the UK's Industrial Strategy. From digitisation to decarbonisation, we have an important role to play in shaping the future. And by researching or collaborating with us, you can too.
Engineering at Derby has a bold vision to deliver an outstanding learning experience to our students, further develop and expand our research capacity and increase our industry engagement in the region and beyond to fulfil targets for Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Knowledge Excellence Framework (KEF) as well as provide the best opportunities to our graduates. The discipline area is located in the University's STEM annex in Markeaton Street, where staff offices and lab facilities are co-located. Key investments in the last few years include dedicated intelligent instrumentation and smart sensor technologies, robotics, renewable energy, power engineering and advanced materials and manufacturing. The discipline area is actively engaged in knowledge exchange projects and has an active applied research agenda.
About the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable individual to join our team as an Associate Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The main areas of expertise for this role include: Control and Instrumentation, Industrial Electronics and Automation, Power Electronic Application, Intelligent Instrumentation Systems, Digital Signal Processing, and Modern Control Systems.
You will deliver innovative teaching that links academic study with real-world practice and contributing to the development of shared modules across engineering programmes.
As part of a TEF Gold institution, you will play a key role in shaping the next generation of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and will have the chance to make a real impact through innovative teaching.
The typical teaching timetable runs 09:00–17:00, with most scheduled delivery currently at our Markeaton Street campus, though some teaching may be required at other locations for specific clients. Our research labs and facilities are also based on the same site, providing an excellent environment for both teaching and research.
Join our dynamic team and make a lasting impact on the future of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Anticipated interview date: Tuesday 21st October 2025
Actual hours and days will be described in a 'Schedule of Work'.
Salary range from £ £41.29 per hour.
The lower rate is for non-teaching scheduled work, whereas the higher rate is an enhanced rate for teaching and additional duties/meetings. Your actual hourly rate is £16.51 per hour. The rate of £41.29 includes 1 hour of teaching time and 1.5 hours of prep/marking/admin.
About You
We are seeking a motivated individual with a first degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience, and industry knowledge related to the subject area. The successful candidate will have the ability to teach effectively at the appropriate level, demonstrating excellent communication and presentation skills, with the capacity to inspire, engage, and motivate students to achieve their best.
Principal accountabilities
Duties may include any of the following:
* Formal scheduled delivery of Teaching, Lectures or Workshops.
* Preparation of teaching materials required in the delivery of the above.
* Preparation of Reading Lists.
* Responsibility for keeping of University records, reports or returns as appropriate including marks and notes are submitted to the module leader for assessment boards.
* Contribution to assessment design as appropriate.
* Marking, moderation and electronic submission of marks as required.
* Supervision of Doctoral Research.
* Responsibility for tutorials.
* Student Support.
* Independent Studies supervision.
* Attendance at the following Boards/Meetings, where it is appropriate and where they can be arranged to fit in with other commitments: Development / training meetings and events; Probation and Development Review; Programme Committees and Subject/Team Meetings; Any relevant meetings associated with internal and/or external periodic scrutiny such as QAA; College Research Committee; College Research Ethics Committee; Assessment Boards.
* To comply with the requirements of Health & Safety, other relevant legislation and University documentation.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
Qualifications
* A first degree in a discipline appropriate to the discipline being taught or equivalent professional experience
Experience
* Experience of working in an industry related to the discipline being taught
Skills, knowledge & abilities
* Ability to teach at the appropriate level
* Ability to relate theory to practice
* Ability to work to deadlines
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Good presentation skills
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire and motivate students
Business requirements
* Able to take a flexible approach to work including travel between sites
Desirable Criteria
Qualifications
* Master's degree in relevant subject area
Experience
* Experience of teaching students in an HE context including small group facilitation
Skills, knowledge and abilities
* A sound knowledge of teaching at HE level
Benefits
* Annual leave accrual
* Teacher's Pension Scheme
* Suite of holistic wellbeing benefits and support including family-friendly policies and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to a variety of staff discounts at high street retailers
* Discounted onsite gym
* A flexible working environment
* A commitment to personal and professional development
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Key contact
For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact David Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Electronics and Mathematics via
For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via
Important information
Visa Sponsorship Eligibility
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers under the Skilled Worker route for this role; however, applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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Equity, diversity and inclusion
The University of Derby is committed to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, disability, trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief (or none), sex and sexual orientation.
We are Disability Confident Employers, demonstrating our commitment to disability inclusion, and invite applicants to highlight adjustments they may require to ensure equitable participation in our recruitment processes.
Further, we are committed to ensuring an environment which is trans and non-binary-inclusive for all our staff, students, partners, and visitors, and continuously review our policies, guidance and training.
When applying to join the University, you can choose your preferred title, including the gender-neutral title 'Mx'. We also ask our candidates if they would like to share their preferred pronouns. This is voluntary but demonstrates our commitment to inclusivity for trans and non-binary candidates. Once employed, you can add pronouns and preferred names onto our system.
The University of Derby undertakes anonymised shortlisting during the staff recruitment process. This means that, when shortlisting, panel members will not be able to see an applicant's name and will see an applicant number instead. This demonstrates the practical steps we are taking to remove barriers to recruitment by minimising the possible impact of our unconscious bias.
However you identify, we actively celebrate the knowledge, experience and talents each person brings. Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds; therefore we are particularly interested to hear from applicants who will help our leaders and teams be more reflective of our student population.
For more information on equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Derby, please visit our website.
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Environmental Sustainability
At the University of Derby, we are passionate about embedding sustainability into everything that we do. We aim to bring environmental sustainability into all aspects of the University, including teaching, research and operational activities. In line with the University's strategic framework, we expect all our staff to embed sustainability into their working practices and support the University's objective to reach net zero carbon by 2050.
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