Teaching Fellow – College of Social Sciences – 107669 – Grade 7

Job Description

College of Social Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822.

Grade: 7

Part Time (11–25 hours per week)

Fixed Term contract up to July 2027

Closing date: 26th July 2026

Background

To teach and advise postgraduate and/or CPD students within character education and within an established teaching programme, managed and supervised by member of staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the teaching programme.

Role Summary

• Teaching within own subject area within an established teaching programme (under the supervision from an academic member of staff).
• Contribute to generating funding and may: a) contribute to enhancement of the student experience or employability; b) contribute to designing CPD programmes for clients external to the University and similar; c) contribute to delivering CPD programmes, consulting on own specialism and the like, often under the supervision of a project leader.
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, assets or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar.

Main Duties

• Teach courses at a range of levels within specified subject area and within own area of subject specialism to postgraduates and/or CPD students, predominantly through allocated online lectures and seminars, so that the School’s and Centre’s teaching objectives are met.
• Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues.
• Plan and prepare own teaching, including guidance notes and handouts in accordance with the established objectives of the teaching programme.
• Devise and supervise projects, student dissertations and practical work.
• Develop an approach to planning and reviewing own teaching.
• Undertake full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining.
• Frequently update own subject expertise on character education and related areas.
• Undertake personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching and learning processes.
• Contribute to knowledge transfer on own specialism that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Undertake management/administration arising from teaching.
• Contribute to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
• Fosters a fair and equitable workplace for all staff.
• Identify and respond to equality and diversity issues in line with relevant university policies and procedures.
• Other relevant criteria from our equality and diversity duties document.

Person Specification

• Higher degree relevant to research or teaching area or equivalent qualifications, with expertise in character education.
• Experience working with schools and teachers, including delivering CPD activities and developing positive networks and connections – including in relation to character education or a closely related field.
• High level analytical capability.
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully.
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics and duties under the Equality Act 2010. Including fostering good relations and advancing the universities Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).
• Other relevant criteria from our equality and diversity knowledge, skills and experience document.

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