Assistant Professor

ABOUT THE ROLE

Within the context of Initial Teacher Education, the role holder will contribute to delivering the Faculty’s strategic priorities, which include the integration of excellent teaching and contemporary practice. The role holder, with appropriate support, resources and guidance, will be responsible for the development, organisation and delivery of curriculum content of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The role holder will contribute to ensuring that our curriculum reflects the latest developments within the practice area of Initial Teacher Education.

For further information about the Assistant Professor (Practice) role please see the job description. 

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

ABOUT THE TEAM

As part of the Initial Teacher Education team you will work within the Department of Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing (SWECW).

The Department offers a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with a particular focus on high quality professional education, research and innovation across multiple disciplines. In addition to Initial Teacher Education, these include social work, social care, public health, occupational therapy, childhood and early years studies.

Within our department we are ranked top 20 nationally for our education programmes (Complete University Guide 2023) and ranked 3rd in the UK for research power in Social Work and Social Policy, with 78% of our research activity rated as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Our Initial Teacher Education courses have been consistently rated highly by OFSTED and the ITE team have a strong reputation in supporting trainees to become outstanding teachers. The ITE team has extensive experience gained through their own practice based expertise and have built a wealth of research and knowledge to underpin the student experience. We are committed to working collaboratively and cooperatively and have a passion for teaching, learning and research. 

In this context we offer both undergraduate and postgraduate routes to Qualified Teacher Status, and have around 400 students enrolled across these programmes. Crucial to the success of our work, and the experience of students, is our relationship with school partners across the North East region and the leading practice of the teachers that work in those settings.

ABOUT YOU

Applicants should hold a first degree in a relevant subject, Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and substantial professional experience in Primary Education. In this context, you must also be able to demonstrate contemporary expert specialist knowledge, subject expertise across the primary curriculum and experience that reflects the latest developments in the broad field of education.

Experience of designing, delivering, assessing, and evaluating high quality teaching and learning practice as well as evidence of your contributions to the development of contemporary practice are essential. 

For further detail about the role please see the person specification. 

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact ‘kevin.ardron@northumbria.ac.uk’.

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance. 

This opportunity is open to applications from internal candidates who do not hold a current substantive academic role at Northumbria. Current academic colleagues with a substantive role are encouraged to consider options to progress via the Academic Development Review process.

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'.  Your application should include a covering letter and a CV that together demonstrate how you meet the criteria and how your experience aligns to the role description.

ABOUT US 

Northumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all.  We change lives regionally, nationally, and internationally through education and research, tackling the global challenges of our age to transform society and the economy. Find out why we were named Times Higher Education’s University of the Year in 2022. 

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 in the UK for this measure.

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from more than 140 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience. Discover more about us. 

Northumbria University is a great place to work.  We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance.  We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more.

Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.

Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.

Our Values and Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what’s important to us.

Please visit Our Values and Behaviours page to find out more.

We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. Our campus locations include our City and Coach Lane Campuses in Newcastle upon Tyne and our London campus.

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff.  We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community.  The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme.  We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.  The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

We are committed to keeping your data safe so it's important for you to know how we use any personal data you give us. For more detailed information, access our Privacy Policy.