Associate Lecturer (Games Development) in Birmingham

Contract: Casual/Variable Hours

Salary From: pro rata £34,308 Full time equivalent

Locations: Birmingham

ROLE PURPOSE: You will teach Games Development to students studying within the Academy of Contemporary Music. As an associate lecturer your duties include the delivery and assessment of modules related to your specialism.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and appropriately utilise all learning and teaching materials and resources for the modules that you teach.
• Use your own industry and/or academic experience to enhance your teaching and support the development of your students in relation to their industry and/or academic skills and knowledge.
• Provide opportunities for all students in your classes to develop skills that enable their academic, personal and professional progression.
• Deliver a high quality teaching experience to students, engaging with CPD opportunities to enhance your teaching practice.
• Engage with module leaders to ensure that your classes are delivered appropriately to support a positive and accessible experience for a diverse body of students.
• Undertake assessment and marking activities as appropriate.
• Take registers and track attendance and engagement for your classes, letting module leaders know if you are concerned about any particular students.
• Engage with module leaders to gather and respond to feedback from the students that you teach.
• Provide support for the students in your classes, engaging with your module leader to signpost them to other departments and individuals as appropriate.

Quality Assurance and Enhancement

• Contribute to discussions related to the course curriculum, delivery and overall student experience in relation to your areas of expertise.
• Support module leader(s) to implement strategies related to attainment and retention in your classes.
• Uphold academic and professional standards in all areas of your practice.
• Actively engage with ACM’s policies and processes regarding learning, teaching and assessment.
• Review and respond to feedback about the modules that you teach on, as appropriate.
• Ensure that the classes that you teach adhere to appropriate academic standards.

Additional Responsibilities

• Attend meetings as required to identify areas of good practice and/or risk.
• Support student recruitment activities.
• Contribute to discussions about developments to the modules that you teach.
• Support students in your classes, in alignment with safeguarding and wellbeing mechanisms at ACM.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Qualifications

• An honours degree or an appropriate and equivalent professional qualification in a relevant subject.

Essential Skills

• Expertise in Games Development theoretical concepts.
• Awareness of the current issues impacting Higher Education and the role that teaching plays.
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Desirable Qualifications

• Expertise in Games Design theoretical concepts, Unity, Unreal Engine, C#, and C++ is essential.
• A teaching qualification in Higher Education or Associate Fellowship with AdvanceHE, or a commitment to undertake qualification whilst in post.
• Experience of curriculum design and development.
• Experience supporting students.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• An eye for detail.
• Collaborative team player.
• Strong organisational and reporting skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Comfortable in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritising and managing time effectively.

All ACM staff work to the same values which are:

• Inclusivity: To empower individuals from diverse backgrounds, to maintain accessibility, and provide an inclusive organisational culture.
• Supportive environments: To provide environments that support personal and professional development through a holistic approach and bring the benefits of the creative arts to the wider community.
• Agility and innovation: To provide an inspiring organisational culture that embraces innovation through openness, flexibility, creativity and self-evaluation.
• Connectivity: To recognise the benefits of working closely with industry and others, to embrace new technologies, and to provide meaningful opportunities, in order to enhance learning.
• Professional and academically strong standards: To provide state of the art professional environments, to inspire determination and enthusiasm, and ensure high professional and academic standards.

This job purpose reflects the core activities of the post. As the Department and the post-holder develop, there will inevitably be some changes to the duties for which the post is responsible, and possibly to the emphasis of the post itself. ACM expects that the post-holder will recognise this and will adopt a flexible approach to work. This could include undertaking relevant training where necessary. Should significant changes to the job purpose become necessary, the post-holder will be consulted and the changes reflected in a revised job purpose. ACM reserves the right to close job adverts earlier than the advertised end date where required based on volume of applications.