University Teacher (International Communication)

University of Sheffield - School of Information, Journalism and Communication

Job description:

Overview

As University Teacher you will play a key role in contributing to, and maintaining, the School’s portfolio of research led, high-quality, teaching. You will be expected to provide lectures and seminars to campus-based students, and to produce and mark assessments on core and optional modules across our MA Global Journalism and MA International Public and Political Communication programmes such as:

• Introduction to Political Communication
• International Visual Public and Political Communication
• IT Data and Global Policy
• Critical Incidents in International Journalism
• Global Journalism, Media and Communication Ethics
• Research Portfolio, as well as supervising PGT dissertation students

Main duties and responsibilities

• Design, deliver, assess, and evaluate campus based MA Global Journalism and MA International Public and Political Communication programmes in particular, and other material as appropriate for our wider journalism teaching portfolio. This will include identifying learning objectives, selecting appropriate curricula and teaching methods.
• Prepare and implement student assessments, which will include designing assessment criteria, marking and ensuring adequate moderation.
• Undertake academic tutor/pastoral responsibilities for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Carry out module and course evaluation, including facilitating student feedback; reflecting on own teaching design and delivery; and implementing ideas for improving own performance.
• Conduct personal scholarship; identifying literature and updating own knowledge; assessing the validity of the literature and its contribution to the development of own field as well as developments in practice in your area of expertise.
• Contribute to the operations of the School, the Faculty and the wider University community  through administrative responsibilities and committee memberships as and when appropriate.
• Ensure digital accessibility of teaching materials by ensuring that content, activities and all their components are accessible to all, in order to remove barriers to learning.
• As a member of staff you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding the University’s Sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post

More details can be found on our benefits page: sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits (opens in a new window).

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.