Senior Lecturer in Sports Science - London, United Kingdom - Regent College London

Regent College London

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Description

Job title SENIOR LECTURER

School/Function School of Health and Sports Sciences

Hours of work Your required hours of work are 40 hours per week. The business operations are Mon-Thurs, 9am - 9pm and Fri - Sun, 9am - 6pm

Location Must be flexible to work across all campuses, Holborn, Wembley and Kingsbury

Responsible to Programme Leader supporting a designated group of students to succeed at Regent College

JOB DESCRIPTION

Overall purpose

The Senior Lecturer is a crucial postholder in our academic management structure with the specific responsibility of ensuring that a designated group of students take maximum advantage of the opportunities on offer at Regent College London and fulfil their potential.

The role encompasses the full job description of the Lecturer role, plus the academic and student support management responsibilities detailed below.

The post holder will be provide a combination of teaching, student support and academic management to their respective School ensuring students engage and achieve success within their taught programmes.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Academic Management

The Senior Lecturer takes on the line management responsibilities of an assigned number of Academic Colleagues in the support of students.

Within the execution of the role the post holder will

Adopt a work allocation model for their team.
Set out mechanisms to effectively report the progress of staff and students' activities to them
Ensure that the academic process is assured and implemented in line with the policies of RCL and awarding bodies.
Perform the required line management function for the assigned team.
Support with the staff development processes for assigned staff.
Participate in the recruitment and induction process of staff and students

Student Support
The post holder will

Be the first senior point of academic contact for a group of assigned students.
Work with the CSO, Student Finance Officer and ARWA Officer teams to support students and that support plans are available for students.
Ensure that student voice is being heard and that academic needs of students are managed.
Field any pastoral requirements students may have, signposting them to relevant specialist College services as necessary.
Monitor the progress of individual students' Learning Support Plans, liaising with specialist services as necessary

Teaching
The post holder will

Have a reduced teaching load given the student support responsibility
Produce duly approved and signed off detailed Scheme of work, aimed at academic review and monitored by the PL
Be responsible for student submission in that module and must make sure 90% of students submit on time and make sure this is managed in an efficient manner.

Assessment and Marking
The post holder will

Provide students with timely and constructive formative feedback
Produce and Mark summative assessments according to the approved assessment brief and provide timely and constructive feedback to students within the deadlines published by the Assessment Team.
Identify cases of possible academic misconduct and escalate these according to the relevant procedure, providing support where necessary.
Review all relevant module assessments ensuring they are in line with the awarding body (ies) expectations.

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE & PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential:_
Significant student support experience
Course management experience, namely at course and degree level. Evidence of ability to meet the teaching needs at course and degree level
Experience or knowledge of quality assurance and validation of HE modules / programmes
Experience or knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to inspire and engage students
Ability to work as a team member to enhance the quality of taught provision, increase levels of student satisfaction, improve levels of student retention, progression and employability, and support student enterprise activities.
Communicate information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience
Excellent written and oral communication skills including networking and relationship building skills, both across the University and externally
Able to demonstrate both independent selfmanagement and team working

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential:_
Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills including oral; written/literacy; numeracy and presentation, underpinned by the ability to use IT to support students and discharge administrative responsibilities (e.g., MS Office and Outlook).

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:_
Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA) or willingness to work towards (within12 months)
Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programmes an