Job Description
Professional Teaching Fellow - School of Chemical Sciences The School of Chemical Sciences seeks to appoint a new continuing academic as a Professional Teaching Fellow, who will be initially responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of our undergraduate laboratory programme to provide a coherent, high quality and research (and scholarship of teaching and learning)-informed experience for our students that builds chemistry confidence, supports the lecture programme, and develops critical graduate profile skills including awareness of managing risk in a strong health, safety and sustainability environment. This work will be done in close collaboration with the directors of our undergraduate courses, and relevant technical staff. The appointee will also contributing to lecturing across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses (primarily in general chemistry and analytical chemistry) as required by the Head of School. This is a teaching-focussed role (non-research), and the successful applicant will play a key role in ensuring student support and curriculum delivery in in Chemistry, to ensure student success and retention and as well as leadership in supporting high quality teaching throughout the school, contributing to and informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Responsibilities + Skills
Education
You have demonstrated your ability to ensure that students from diverse chemistry backgrounds are able to thrive and progress in chemistry and that you are effective in sharing your own passion for the subject with them.You are interested and are, or have the potential to be, active in dimensions beyond teaching and student support; for example, mentoring and advising students and colleagues, public outreach, science communication.
Experience