Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Professional - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job reference

23REQ0002822

Date posted

14/05/2024

Application closing date

11/06/2024

Location

Cyncoed Campus

Salary

Grade 8AB, £51,283 - £59,421 per annum

Package

Permanent

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Academic

Job description

In 2020, the University was named The Sunday Times 'Welsh University of the Year 2021'; in 2021 it became the Times Higher Education 'UK and Ireland University of the Year 2022'; and in 2022 it was ranked the top university in the UK in the People and Planet Green League.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the delivery of BSc (Hons) Criminology.

The post holder, contingent on staffing needs, may also be required to develop, deliver, and contribute to courses on the BA (Hons) Professional Policing programme or MSc in Criminology and Criminal Investigations and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience.

Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What we are looking for:

An indepth understanding of pedagogy.
An indepth understanding of research/enterprise and scholarly activity
Ability to design, develop and deliver a range of programmes at various levels.
Ability to review programme design on a regular basis to ensure compliance with quality standards and academic regulations and to make alterations where appropriate.
Ability to contribute to the achievement of the School Development Plan and the institutions strategic planning processes.
Ability to develop research objectives, prepare proposals, carry out independent research, referee and contribute to peer assessment.
Ability to identify opportunities for strategic development/improvement g. research projects, new courses, consultancy.
Ability to identify (through the analysis of appropriate management information) areas requiring improved performance g. student numbers, student satisfaction.
Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.
Experience of engaging in pedagogic and practitioner research.
A good honours degree.
Doctoral qualification or equivalent professional qualification within the sector.
Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy's Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).

Further information:

Please visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.