Lecturer for King's Academy Assessment Advisers - London, United Kingdom - King's College London

King's College London

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About Us

The King's community is dedicated to the service of society.

King's Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas:

educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world.

Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

King's Academy is the centre for educational development dedicated to supporting all staff in enhancing the teaching and learning environment within the College.

King's Academy is currently expanding its range of activities and the role of Assessment Adviser will be an important part of this expansion.

About the Role

There is a clear need for faculty-level driven change to engage with faculty members to support improvements in Assessment and Feedback practices, including developing relationships between staff and students, building a sense of shared purpose, and working to ensure consistency and clarity around Assessment and feedback.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with appropriate disciplinary experience for the post of Lecturer on the King's Academic Education Pathway (AEP) with a focus on Assessment and Feedback.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

Key responsibilities

Work closely with one faculty, as part of a small team of assessment advisers, to provide indepth support and expertise in improving assessment and feedback practices.
Work closely with the College Assessment Lead and the Academic Director of King's Academy to ensure alignment with the King's Academy strategic priorities
Work with the wider King's Academy team to contribute across the portfolio of activities, including developing resources and guidance.
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Please clearly address how you meet the

essential criteria

desirable criteria

as well.

Essential criteria

Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in teaching or designing assessment. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training
Experience in supporting and enhancing others' teaching
Experience of teaching in HE, preferably in a STEM discipline, and in designing assessment and giving feedback
Experience of delivering professional development in an education context
Evidence of working with professional services teams to support students
Ability to engage in collaborative working across King's professional services, Faculties, and academic and student communities, with a meaningful and visible commitment to Diversity & Inclusion policies and practices
Record of scholarly outputs relating to assessment and feedback
Knowledge of current issues and best practice assessment and feedback

Desirable criteria

Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Track record of providing advice and guidance to individuals, departments and institutions on pedagogic issues and the wider student experience
Ability to evaluate and use evaluative data to improve practice

Application Process

Interviews will be held in person and will consist of competency-based questions linked closely to the essential and desirable criteria mentioned here.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 24 March 2023