Computer Specialist

Role: Computing Lecturer (Programming)

Where the college is based: London

Hours: 40 hours per week, full time

• Business Operations hours are 9am – 9pm Monday – Thursday, Friday – Sunday 9am – 6pm) – Expected to work 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day over 5 days, will have two days off per week.
• Classes normally start 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm and 6pm – 9pm (for evenings) – can be allocated two classes per day. Timetable is for a 15-week period, each module is 3 hours per week.
• 18 hours per week of teaching – anything beyond this up to 40 hours over 5 days will be covers lessons, marking, assessment, pastoral care, and any additional responsibilities resource development etc. (Each module is 3 hours so up to 6 modules a week = 18 hours per week)

Salary: 40-45k per annum

Start date: 6th May.

Requirements:

1. MA or MSc with 2 years minimum UK HE is teaching experience and teaching qualification PGcert, HEA fellowships, PGCE etc and /OR
2. MA or MSc and 5 UK HE teaching experience and /OR
3. PhD in the relevant field and minimum 2 years UK HE is teaching experience

NO sponsorship requirements

JOB DESCRIPTION

Overall purpose

The role of a Computing Lecturer in the School will be required to design, develop, and produce learning and teaching.

material and deliver either across a range of modules or within a subject area. The role will be hybrid (face[1]to-face or online) and has responsibility for ensuring that the students undertaking a specific module or unit

engage with the module, fulfil their potential in terms of achievement of learning outcomes and enjoy a high[1]quality student experience. In addition, a lecturer may work more across a programme to support students

in their learning journey.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Teaching and Learning

The post holder will

• Teach a set number of sessions each week, including lecturers, seminars, tutorials.

• Maintain attendance registers for teaching sessions and work with the attendance team to ensure

the accuracy of the information being entered for students on digital registers.

• Deliver/facilitate teaching sessions in line with the approved programme and module specifications

• Work in line with Regent Digital provisions including VLEs and MS Teams.

• Ensure that students are engaging in their sessions

• Develop teaching materials for modules.

• Update class notes and other materials and ensure that the VLE is regularly updated.

• Make suggestions through appropriate channels how to improve student academic experience.

• Identify the need for developing the content or structure of modules with colleagues and make

proposals on how this should be achieved.

Assessment and Marking

The post holder will

• Set assessments for students and ensure there is a 90+% submissions of assessments for all modules

on time.

• Support the production of assessments for module/unit and ensure these are approved in

accordance with the relevant procedures.

• Participate in standardisation and moderation meetings as required.

• Provide students with formative feedback as appropriate

• 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 of assessment boards.

Student support

The post holder will

• Ensure any issues of student engagement or performance are addressed, signposting students to

specialist College services as necessary.

• 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

Quality assurance

The post holder will

• Provide a module evaluation report at the end of each module

• Contribute to Programme evaluations as required.

• Engage with Programme Committee meetings, contributing towards continuous improvement of the

students’ learning experiences and the identification of good practice which other programmes and

Schools might usefully draw on.

• Engage with other parts of the College’s quality assurance and academic governance frameworks, as

opportunities arise.

• Reflect on the outcomes of student module feedback questionnaires, identifying areas for

improvement as well as good practice which colleagues might usefully draw on.

• Contribute to the accreditation of programmes and quality control processes.

Scholarship

The post holder will

• Engage in scholarship as required to support teaching activities and continually update knowledge.

• Extend, transform and apply knowledge applied from scholarship to teaching and appropriate

external activities.

• Support the School in its plans and in line with the College’s Scholarship Plan

Managing people and resources:

• As module leader (if allocated), co-ordinate with others (such as support staff or academic

colleagues) to ensure student needs and expectations are met.

• Manage projects relating to own area of work and the organisation of external activities such as

placements and field trips.

• Co-ordinate the work of others (e.g. Associate lecturers) to ensure modules are delivered to the

standards required.

• Exercise responsibility for the design and delivery of own modules and assessment methods

considering established or agreed practice where necessary.

• Support the student recruitment and marketing teams as appropriate (e.g. academic interviews).

• Tackle issues affecting the quality of delivery within scope of own level of responsibility, referring

more serious matters to Programme Leader (or others as appropriate).

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE & PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential:

• 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

• Significant experience within a subject area relevant to the School

• Positive attitude to colleagues and students

• Communicate information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and

enthusiasm of the target audience

• Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively with a range of stakeholders

including staff (at all levels), students and others.

• Ability to provide expert guidance to students and other work areas and to develop

understanding and resolve complex problems.

• Ability to achieve key performance indicators through persuasion and negotiation where no

direct authority exists.

• Ability to respond and adapt with agility to often rapidly moving events and developments in

both the school and College

• Excellent written and oral communication skills including networking and relationship

building skills, both across the University and externally

• Able to demonstrate both independent self-management and team working

• Able to work with competing priorities and to tight deadlines

• Demonstrates competences, core behaviours and supplementary behaviours that support

and promote the University’s core values

• Flexible to the needs of others

• Innovative and creative

Desirable:

• Experience of research and enterprise activity

• Evidence achievement or willingness to achieve high-quality publications or other outputs in

research or practice

• Able to participate in and develop external networks

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential:

• An appropriate level of digital capability and aptitude with practical experience of

applications which aid student learning

• Ability to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a range of groups

• Proficient in using IT to support own work and for application to technology-enhanced

learning / teaching and research activities

• Committed to a high-performance culture, fostering continuous improvement and driving

quality

Desirable:

• Knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse

and engage students.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Master’s degree in relevant subject discipline

• Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA) or willingness to work towards (within

12 months)

• Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching

programmes and the provision of learning support.

• Experience of teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement

in an HE environment.

• Appropriate digital skills in learning, teaching and assessment