Assistant Lecturer in Children's Nursing (Maternity Cover)
Department Department of Midwifery and Children's Health Location City Centre Campus/City South Campus Salary £38,050 to £44,131per annum Part Time - 0.8 FTE - Maternity Cover - 12 Months Post Type Part Time Release Date 06 March 2026 Closing Date 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 27 March 2026 Reference NM26006
About Birmingham City University
BCU is a diverse and inclusive learning community of over 30,000 students from more than 100 countries. We are committed to providing a transformational educational experience, supporting world-class research, and fostering a collaborative and supportive working environment. Our student demographic reflects the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of Birmingham itself, with a significant proportion of students from racially minoritised backgrounds. This diversity is a strength, and it calls for a workforce that is equipped to challenge deficit narratives and thinking — those assumptions that position students from underrepresented groups as lacking rather than recognising their assets and potential.
Role Summary
Our Department is offering two exciting opportunities for children's nurses to join our dynamic team of nursing educators as a part-time assistant lecturer for 30 hours per week. This is maternity cover for a fixed term of 12 months in the Department for Midwifery and Children's Health.
This role will suit a children's nurse with a passion for supporting students and some experience in delivering teaching activities. This is an amazing opportunity to develop your career.
You need to be an experienced Children's nurse, highly motivated and well organised, with excellent communication skills. You will be joining our future-focused, innovative, and creative team. We are motivated by the student experience of learning and teaching, and by student success and are proud to be educating the nurses of the future.
You must hold active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Children's Nurse. Previous experience of teaching is desirable; however, we are also keen to support people making a move from clinical practice to nurse education.
The university offers academic and professional development. You will be supported to follow your interests, to bring your clinical experience and creativity to the development of inclusive and engaging teaching approaches, and to work collaboratively with students and stakeholders. We have a proven track record of student satisfaction in teaching and learning, and we are keen to become national leaders in the delivery of undergraduate education for Children's Nurses.
Key Responsibilities
* Teach as a member of a teaching team within an established programme of study.
* Teach in a variety of settings from small group tutorials to large lectures, ensuring content, methods of delivery and learning materials meet the defined learning objectives for individual teaching sessions.
* Develop own teaching materials, methods and approaches taking into account established or agreed practices where necessary.
* Supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and help them with learning problems.
* Set and mark assignments and set examination questions as well as assessing the work and progress of students by reference to defined criteria and provide
* constructive feedback to students.
* Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
* Supervise student projects under guidance and supervision.
* First degree in course relevant subject.
* Higher degree in course relevant subject or working towards.
* Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards obtaining.
* Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established teaching programmes.
* Ability to engage the interest and enthusiasm of students and inspire them to learn.
* Familiarity with a variety of strategies to promote and assess learning.
* Evidence of successful engagement with undergraduate students.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature.
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with colleagues and students
* Some prior experience of undergraduate teaching is desirable
* Supervisory skills are also desirable
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lisa Taylor, Deputy Head of Department, at Lisa.Taylor@bcu.ac.uk .
Further Information
If you want to be part of a team shaping the future of the Department of Midwifery and Children’s Health, we’d love to hear from you.
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