Teaching Fellow

University of Birmingham - School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

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

Contract Type:Fixed Term contract up to August 2030

Background

The Training Fellow will be responsible for the management, co-coordination and delivery of Centre-UB’s training programme. This will involve working closely with the Training Director (Prof Vicky Goodyear), the CDT+ Director, Centre Manager and Leadership and Training Boards, who will provide strategic oversight and guidance.

Role Summary

• Develop, deliver and evaluate training provided to PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, and an external partner network from the public and private sector
• Contribute to the leadership of Centre-UB, through evaluation and reporting, marketing and communications, representing Centre-UB within UoB and externally, impact and income generation, training events, public engagement and through fostering collaboration with Government Skills and BR-UK
• Contribute to generating funding by designing CPD programmes for clients external to the University and who are partners of Centre-UB.

Main Duties

• Plan, prepare and deliver training sessions to a range of postgraduate audiences (including, doctoral and post-doctoral students, and external professionals and practitioners) related to behavioural science and/or wider research competencies, in line with the objective of the Centre-UB training strategy
• Lead the planning of content and pedagogy for training related events (including, challenge days and roadshows)
• Contribute to the development, design and delivery of training content (webinars, masterclasses, CPD) with other colleagues across the university and from Centre-UB’s external partner network
• Plan and prepare own teaching (e.g., network sessions), including guidance notes, flyers/handouts and pre-course materials in accordance with the training objectives of Centre-UB
• Evaluate doctoral and post-doctoral training needs, and provide feedback on training provision
• Evaluate Centre-UB’s training strategy and provision on an on-going basis, and provide specialist advice and guidance on methods to improve Centre-UB ’s training effectiveness

Person Specification

• Higher degree relevant to research or teaching area or equivalent qualifications
• 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 of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

Informal enquiries to Victoria Goodyear, email: v.a.goodyear@bham.ac.uk

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