Role: Assistant Professor Sport and Exercise Science (Sport Rehabilitation)
Grade and Salary: Grade 7 – £37,694 – £47,389 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time (1 FTE), Open Ended
Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leave, plus 9 buildings closed days for all full-time staff.
Job Summary
The Institute of Earth and Life Sciences at Heriot‑Watt University, Edinburgh is seeking an outstanding individual for an open‑ended (tenured) Assistant Professorship (Teaching and Scholarly Activity) position in Sport Rehabilitation.
We are looking for a candidate with expertise in sport rehabilitation, sport injury/therapy, and musculoskeletal health. The ideal individual will be enthusiastic, friendly, possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, and be committed to enriching the student experience through professional expertise.
Responsibilities will include teaching delivery on the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science programme, providing pastoral care to students, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, and expanding partnerships in professional sport to enhance graduates’ employability.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Pioneering Education
- Develop and deliver high‑quality courses in line with your expertise to enable our students to become excellent practitioners and assist with embedding professional qualifications, ensuring students are ‘Future Made’.
- Undertake continuous professional development both through the University and externally to remain up‑to‑date with current learning and teaching practice and external influencers in our sector to provide direction and leadership.
- Share best practice in learning and teaching methodologies, working with colleagues to develop scholarly debate and disseminate excellence to advance the curriculum to be future focused and challenge‑led.
- Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students’ work and take responsibility for dealing with referred issues regarding students within their own educational programmes.
Scholarship and Research
- Reflect on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills.
- Engage in subject, professional and pedagogy research to support teaching.
- Lead scholarly projects that contribute to the enhancement of the Sport and Exercise BSc (Hons) programme and wider discipline area.
- Work collaboratively to identify sources of funding and secure external funding for scholarly activities.
- Mentor and coach research students, providing opportunities for developing their careers as interdisciplinary, collaborative and effective researchers.
Collaboration and Leadership
- Develop your leadership within the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science programme to ensure excellent levels of student engagement, retention and outcomes.
- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a consistent, effective, and high‑quality delivery of teaching and scholarly activity, in line with the strategic aims of EGIS and the wider University.
- Represent EGIS with integrity in a professional capacity at national and international conferences, with industrial partners and professional societies.
Education, Qualifications and Experience
The successful applicant will satisfy the following requirements:
Essential
- A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (Sport rehabilitation, Sport Therapy, Sport and Exercise Science, Physiotherapy) or related field.
- Prior experience of teaching in a higher education environment.
- Relevant industry experience in sport rehabilitation, sport injury or sport therapy, and the ability to draw on this to support student learning.
- Emotional intelligence, with a demonstrable collegiate attitude and proven interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Accreditation or professional practice qualification from an appropriate professional body in Sport Rehabilitation or Sport Science (e.g. CSP, BASRaT, SST, UKSCA, CASES).
- A track record of research, including peer‑reviewed publications in journals.
- PhD in a relevant discipline.
- Experience teaching sport rehabilitation content in higher education.
- Experience of module design and leadership.
- A higher education teaching qualification and/or fellowship of Advance HE.
- Ability to draw on industrial and professional networks to develop and enhance the teaching and research portfolio.
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