Lecturer in Applied Bioscience

University of Kent - Biosciences

Location: Canterbury

Salary: £38,205 to £48,350 per annum. Grade 7 Academic

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 28th July 2025

Closes: 25th August 2025

Job Ref: SNS-025-25-R

Are you an experienced teacher of Applied Bioscience at undergraduate level with a track record of developing teaching materials?

Can you demonstrate excellent all-round knowledge of Biology and Bioscience and the skills to effectively deliver teaching and materials in this field using a range of media and approaches?

We are looking to appoint a Lecturer to the academic team within the School of Natural Sciences at our Canterbury campus, on a full-time, fixed term basis for two years.

As Lecturer in Applied Biosciences, you can expect to be involved in:

• Teaching, convening and examining undergraduate and postgraduate modules.
• Delivering high quality teaching in a variety of settings from small group sessions to large lectures
• Adopting a student-centred approach to teaching and learning, developing own teaching materials, technologies, methods and approaches to meet the learning objectives of the programme, responding appropriately to the diverse range of learning approaches and learner needs.
• Making effective use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, course organisation, student progress, feedback and assessment.

What will you bring to the role?

• A PhD in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent industry experience
• Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to teach within established undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
• Experience within an academic or industrial research environment associated with clinical trials or clinical practice
• Experience of effective teaching and assessment in the subject area in a higher education setting

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

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Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number SNS-025-25.

Further details: Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

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Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Monday 25 August 2025