Job Title: Lecturer in Sociology
Location: Chester
Salary: £36,386 – £46,047 (Full time equivalent)
Job type: Part Time 0.5 Full time Equivalent- Permanent
The University of Chester is a public university, it originates as the first purpose-built teacher training college in the UK. As a university, we now occupy five campus sites in and around Chester, one in Warrington, and a University Centre in Shrewsbury. We offer a range of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as undertaking academic research. Due to this ongoing work, we have a series of job positions available across many different sectors.
The Role
The Department of Social and Political Science is seeking to appoint a new member of staff to the existing Sociology team. Our Sociology programme at the University of Chester takes a critical approach, helping students to make sense of complex social issues through evidence-based reasoning, theory and empirical inquiry. There is one 0.5 post available, and this will be awarded based on the fulfilment of the relevant person specification via application and performance at presentation/interview.
The Ideal Candidate
Qualifications
- Good first degree ideally in related subject.
- Masters level qualification, in relevant subject.
- Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Advance HE), or willingness to work towards.
- Registered for a PhD and close to completion.
Knowledge and experience
- Experience of teaching and assessing undergraduate students.
Skills and personal attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills, including communication abilities (verbal, written, digital).
- An ability to support students both academically and pastorally, including on residential fieldwork in the UK and abroad
Main Responsibilities
- Facilitate students learning through lectures, tutorials, seminars, fieldwork and associated assessments, at undergraduate levels.
- Produce high-quality teaching and learning material to support and develop student learning, making use of digital tools (e.g. Moodle, MS Teams) in line with institutional guidance.
- Provide effective and timely one-to-one (verbal and digital) communication with colleagues and students.
- Engage in research and scholarly activity to inform teaching.
- Act as module leader as required
- Collaborate with academic colleagues on course development and curriculum enhancements.
- Active membership of departmental committees or task groups.
- Where appropriate, engage in liaison activity with schools, employers and organisations in Chester/Cheshire and the surrounding region.
- Enhance the quality of taught modules/programmes through engagement with existing quality assurance mechanisms.
- Undertake peer mentoring and review of colleagues as required.
Benefits
As an employee of the University of Chester, you will have access to an extensive benefits package, which includes but it not limited to
- Hybrid working where applicable
- 35 days per annum Holiday entitlement
- Access to the University’s training directory
- A salary structure which includes automatic annual increments within your pay grade
- Access to sports facilities
- Health and wellbeing support
- A comprehensive Employee Benefits Platform.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Sociology Lecturer, Sociology Tutor, University Lecturer, Academic Lecturer, University Tutor, Lecturer, Pastoral, may also be considered for this role.
