Assistant Professor

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

**Position Details**

College of Social Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £44,414 to £52,841 with potential progression once in post to £59,450

Grade 8

Part Time (18.75 working hours)

Closing date: 9th May 2023

**Academic Development Programme - **new Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop.

**Background**

The School of Education at the University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Sociology, Social Justice and Education to join the Department of Education and Social Justice, School of Education. The post will provide teaching and module management, mainly for Undergraduate and MA provision in the fields of Sociology, Social Justice and Education, as well as contributing to the wider culture and of the Department, School and College. There may be scope to develop new areas of teaching related to the appointee’s expertise.

**Role Summary**

The Assistant Professor in Sociology, Social Justice and Education will teach, support and advise undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of modules within the Department of Education for Social Justice (including on the BA Education and the MA Education programmes). The role will include leading and/or teaching on modules, acting as personal and dissertation supervisor to students and assessing student work in line with programme and University requirements.

The successful applicant will contribute to a range of education-related activities and in addition will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment at all levels; and (b) the enhancement of the student experience and employability. The successful applicant will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students and is informed by discipline-based research.

Management and administration is likely to include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University.

**Main Duties**

**Education**
- You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

- lead, teach and/or assess on undergraduate and postgraduate modules related to sociology, social justice and education;
- contribute and support the wider work of the Department and School;
- contribute to leading curriculum development and/or renewal;
- advise others on aspects of learning, teaching and assessment;
- deliver (where appropriate to the discipline) specific professional programmes;
- advance the practice of teaching in their modules and within the school, and play an important role in student academic support;
- inform your teaching practice by discipline based research;
- you may play an important role in the recruitment and admission of students; and co-supervise doctoral students to completion.

Using a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students, including (as appropriate):

- teaching and examining courses at a range of levels;
- planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same;
- designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content, with particular focus on established distance learning pedagogy;
- working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment, with particular focus on established distance learning pedagogy;
- using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment;
- developing programme proposals and making substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely;
- where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining;
- developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods;
- developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and which benefits the Department, School, College and University;
- devising and supervising projects, student dissertations and practical work.

**Management/Administration**
To contribute to Departmental /School administration. This may include:

- contributing to the administration/management of teaching across the Department

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