Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education

Location: Kedleston Road

We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. 

Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

About the role

We are looking for a Part-Time (18.5 hours) Senior Lecturer in Primary or Secondary Initial Teacher Training and Education to support our growing School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provision. Upon appointment the post-holder's title will be Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Training and Education (ITT/E). As a member of the ITT/E team within the Institute of Education, you will be responsible for teaching, curriculum development, research and consultancy within this field of expertise. Effective team working on and off campus is fundamental to this role, as is building and maintaining relationships with our SCITT partners across England. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability and willingness to teach a variety of theoretical, professional and subject specific modules. With strong, demonstrable digital capabilities, you will use innovative and inclusive learning strategies which serve to motivate and support students to achieve outstanding academic and professional outcomes. Teaching on this programme is a combination of face to face and remote therefore highly effective digital pedagogical skills are required.

A successful candidate will need to value the student experience, teaching quality and standards. We want to appoint a future facing, innovative candidate who is fully conversant with current debates within education to inspire the teachers of the future. Having just been awarded 'Outstanding' from Ofsted for our teaching programmes, we are looking for a Senior Lecturer to continue our teaching excellence and deliver to the high expectations of our learners.

For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Dr Alison Hardman (Head of Discipline: Secondary ITT/E, Post 14 FE and Skills) via a.j.hardman@derby.ac.uk 

For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post.

To enable us to process your DBS check please ensure you are able to supply the documentation listed on the DBS website at interview stage.

The University of Derby is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our staff, students and children. At the University of Derby, safeguarding is everybody's concern.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers under the Skilled Worker route for this role; however, applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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Advert Closes: Thursday 11 July 2024

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