Associate Lecturer/lecturer in Biology

**Salary**

The starting salary will be from £33,951 on Grade E for Associate Lecturer level and from £43,482 on Grade F for Lecturer level, depending on qualifications and experience.

**Contractual hours**

36.5

**Package**

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

**Job category/type**

Academic

**Date posted**

27/08/2025

**Job reference**

R89970

**Faculty of Health and Life Sciences**

This new full-time post is available from 6 October 2025 on a fixed term basis until 5 October 2026.

**The role**

The primary purpose of this role is to deliver intensive support to our postgraduate taught (PGT) programmes. Specifically, you will support our existing MSc/MRes Advanced Biological Sciences programmes. You will have responsibility for the coordination of PGT research project modules, supporting students and supervisors with the allocation and subsequent delivery of projects within host research laboratories in the Department. You will also be coordinating and involved in design, development, production and delivery of teaching and learning materials across undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the areas of science communication, experimental design, advanced laboratory skills and professional skills. You will also have a pastoral role in supporting PGT students throughout their studies and signposting them to welfare and career support within the University. You will work with the Biosciences’ Co-Directors of Education and Student Experience and other colleagues to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of our taught programmes. As a member of the Biosciences Education Committee, you will contribute directly to the development and delivery of our departmental education strategy and assist with the development and implementation of innovative teaching practices and student
- focused initiatives to support student experience and success.

**About you**

For an Associate Lecturer post you will:

- Possess a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge demonstrated by a PhD (or nearing completion), or equivalent qualification/experience, of the core knowledge relating to academic area in order to teach and support learning on academic area modules.
- Staff at this level are expected to achieve Associate Fellow of the HEA within two years of appointment (if not already achieved) and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

For a Lecturer post you will:

- Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD or equivalent in Biological Sciences to develop teaching programmes, and teach and support learning;
- Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students;
- Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities;
- Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching;
- Be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

**Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.**

**What we can offer you**:

- Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines;
- Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly;
- An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development;
- Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career;
- A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy;
- A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

**The University of Exeter**

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

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