Teaching Fellow - School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences - 106934 - Grade 7

Develop, deliver and evaluate training provided to PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, and an external partner network from the public and private sector.

Contribute to the leadership of Centre-UB through evaluation and reporting, marketing and communications, representing Centre-UB within UoB and externally, impact and income generation, training events, public engagement and fostering collaboration with Government Skills and BR-UK.

Contribute to generating funding by designing CPD programmes for clients external to the University and who are partners of Centre-UB.

Main Duties

• Plan, prepare and deliver training sessions to a range of postgraduate audiences (including doctoral and post-doctoral students, and external professionals and practitioners) related to behavioural science and/or wider research competencies, in line with the objective of the Centre-UB training strategy.
• Lead the planning of content and pedagogy for training related events (including challenge days and roadshows).
• Contribute to the development, design and delivery of training content (webinars, masterclasses, CPD) with other colleagues across the university and from Centre-UB’s external partner network.
• Plan and prepare own teaching (e.g., network sessions), including guidance notes, flyers/handouts and pre-course materials in accordance with the training objectives of Centre-UB.
• Evaluate doctoral and post-doctoral training needs, and provide feedback on training provision.
• Evaluate Centre-UB’s training strategy and provision on an ongoing basis, and provide specialist advice and guidance on methods to improve Centre-UB’s training effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively with Centre-UB’s leadership members in relation to: (a) working with Government Skills and BR-UK to map external partner network needs; (b) working with Centre-UB EDI lead to design and implement the EDI training strategy; (c) work with the Centre-UB manager to support the communications and marketing of training.
• Represent Centre-UB by participating in relevant meetings, committees, networking events, and/or professional groups, within UoB and externally.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Contribute to Centre-UB teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to Centre-UB, the College and the University, often under supervision of the centre’s directors.
• Promote equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
• Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
• Frequently update own subject expertise.

Person Specification

• Higher degree relevant to research or teaching area or equivalent qualifications.
• High level analytical capability.
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully.
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.