Lecturer in Animal Management - Bangor, United Kingdom - Bangor University

Bangor University
Bangor University
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Bangor, United Kingdom

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The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post.

Committed to Equal Opportunities

Overview

Bangor University, firmly rooted in the beautiful location of North Wales, was established in 1884. The university leadership has a strong focus on contributing to a sustainable world for future generations.

The College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering represents one of the largest concentrations of interdisciplinary environmental and natural resource scientists in UK universities.

The College has over 2300 students and 350 teaching and support staff and consists of three academic schools and the BioComposites Centre.

The School of Natural Science (SNS) within this College has a world-class reputation in research and teaching.


We have particular expertise in:

Conservation Science; Animal Behaviour Ecology and Physiology; Forestry; Evolution, Development, and Molecular Biology; Biogeochemistry of Soils, Wetlands, and Marine Environments; Agriculture, Food, and the Environment.

We are highly focused on conducting research which contributes to addressing the nature and climate emergencies through our policy-relevant research and strong pathways to impact via our global networks.

The Project


The School provides important facilities with high relevance for our research and teaching in zoology: The Natural History Museum with its comprehensive collection of vertebrate and invertebrate material, extensive freshwater and marine aquaria, animal holding facilities, and newly refurbished teaching laboratories.

The University also supports teaching and research via the Treborth Botanic Gardens and the Henfaes Research Centre.

The University's botanic garden at Treborth was founded more than 50 years ago and is home to a pigeon loft to enable studies on flight energetics and navigation.

The University's research farm at Henfaes totals 252 hectares.

It is unique in that its land goes from the sea to amongst the highest mountains in Wales, giving great diversity of habitats, land uses, climates, and geology on one farm.

More recently it has been used to house alpacas and Zwartbles sheep offering internships and dissertation opportunities specific to animal management.

We make the most of our natural environment and offer a range of local field trip opportunities, as well as offer overseas field course options to Florida, India, Spain and Uganda.

Purpose of the Job


The school wishes to appoint a temporary lecturer in Animal Management (Teaching and Scholarship) to cover a member of staff who will be on maternity leave.

Our degree in Zoology with Animal Management is relatively new, and includes the co-ordination and supervision of placement students and volunteers at the Henfaes Farm Research Centre, as well as the supervision of final year dissertation students.

The post will also involve the organisation and contribution to a large year 1 module focused on practical skills.

We are looking for someone who can get up to speed quickly and contribute enthusiastically and flexibly to undergraduate teaching.

Main


Responsibilities:


  • Teaching_
  • Coordinate and supervise placements students and volunteers at Henfaes Farm Research Centre
  • Act as module organiser for Practical Skills 1, a module taken by a large number of biology/zoology students. This is a 20credit module running in Semester 1, and includes the organisation of a field trip.
  • Deliver lectures on Practical Skills 1 on numerical skills
  • Supervise final year dissertation students completing in May 2023, but also starting in Sept Contribute to a conference day for Animal Management students and associated drop in sessions
  • Act as pastoral and academic tutor to 1st year and 2nd undergraduates.
  • Contribute to the development, delivery, and quality assurance of the undergraduate curricula.
  • Maintain an excellent standard of teaching as indicated by peer observation, quality assessment, student feedback etc.
  • Undertake assessment and provide feedback to students as required.
  • Work collaboratively, sharing good practice with colleagues within the school and the college more widely, as appropriate.
  • Management and Administration_
  • Develop and coordinate modules and programmes as required.
  • Maintain an uptodate record of job performance and activities and to participate in the performance review process.
  • Attend all relevant board and examination meetings.
  • Carry out other teaching, management / administrative duties as specified by the Head of School.
  • Third mission_
  • To contribute to "third mission" activities (linking to government, NGOs, industry and the conservation organisations; school liaison; public engagement; enterprise) as appropriate.
Other


Responsibilities:


  • The post holder will be expected to participate in performance review and developmental activities.
  • The post holder will be expected to comply with the University's equality policies and statements, Dignity at Work and Study Policy and the Universit
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