Assistant Professor in Computational Chemistry for - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham
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Position Details
School of Chemistry

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,585 to £54,395 with potential progression once in post to £61,198

Grade 8

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 10th March 2024


Academic Development Programme - new Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop.


Background


This post will bring opportunities for career development, enable you to realise your ambitions in research and teaching, and enhance your leadership and management skills.

You will initiate, conduct and disseminate original research, which will have measurable outcomes reflected in your growing national - and ideally international - reputation.

In teaching, you will make substantial contributions to the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment, and to enhancing the student experience and employability.

Management and administration activities will allow you to make important contributions at School level and to managerial/leadership activities (e.g., working groups) across the wider University.

We are a collegiate School community.

You will demonstrate academic citizenship, develop and maintain generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with the School, ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.


Role Summary
You will contribute to a range of research, teaching and administration.

In addition you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others can carry out theirs.


Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability.

The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including:
(a) providing expert advice to staff and students, (b) supervising and examining PhD students, and (c) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

Management and administration is likely to involve contributions at Departmental and School level, and/or making an important contribution to some managerial/leadership activities (e.g. working groups) within the University.

This may include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University.


Main Duties

Education
Using a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students, including (as appropriate):

  • Teaching and examining courses at a range of levels;
  • Planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same;
  • Designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content;
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment;
  • Using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment;
  • Developing programme proposals and making substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely;
  • Where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining;
  • Developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods;
  • Developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and which benefits the College and University;
  • Devising and supervising projects, student dissertations and practical work.

Research

  • Planning and carrying out research, including (as appropriate):
  • Planning and publishing high quality research, including winning financial support;
  • Project managing research activities, and/or supervising other research staff;
  • Presenting findings in publications and conference proceedings;
  • Effectively supervising and mentoring PhD students or early Career Researchers;
  • Providing expert advice to staff and students within the discipline;
  • Participating in researchrelated enabling activities such as adding value to a cross disciplinary network;
  • Developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) and similar activit
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