Location: | Edinburgh |
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Salary: | £37,999 paid pro rata based on the FTE |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 2nd October 2024 |
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Closes: | 15th October 2024 |
Job Ref: | WELS_K123 |
Starting: December 2024
Change your career, change lives
The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.
The role
We are looking to recruit Associate Lecturers in Social Work in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at the Open University.
The positions are part-time being a minimum of 0.2 FTE to a maximum of 0.5 FTE and would involve teaching one, or possibly more, modules. In particular, there are immediate teaching needs for Module Tutors on K123 Foundations in Social Care and Social Work and K216 Applied Social Practice (both undergraduate modules), as well as Practice Tutors across both the BA Hons Social Work (Scotland) and the Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work.
The position is home-based and has no fixed core hours. It is permanent, with a probation period of two years. The annual salary and workload are fixed, but there are significant workload peaks and troughs, mainly linked to providing marking and assessment feedback. This is likely to include exam and end of module marking tasks. Other tasks will be required such as focused student support (individual and forum), such as peer mentoring and working with the module team on assessment activities and quality improvement. Some evening and weekend work will be required. The appropriate level of FTE will be discussed at interview, and there is the possibility of increasing the FTE later. The starting full-time salary is £37,999 paid pro rata based on your FTE. Although most of the teaching occurs between October and June, the position is paid over the full calendar year.
What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. To ensure they remain up to date with developments in their academic field, Associate Lecturers are allocated 6 days (pro-rata) per annum for AL-led (ie. self-directed) Academic Currency and 1 day, plus 5 days pro rata, per annum for Agreed Academic Currency and Professional Development.
Benefits include a supportive and friendly working environment, 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata) with variable (pro rata) Bank holidays and an attractive pensions proposition.
Tuition Delivery
Applicants for the Module Tutor role need to be prepared to undertake face to face and online teaching via Adobe Connect.
Applicants for the Practice Tutor role need to be willing to attend placement meetings face to face which may involve significant travel as we have students placed across the whole of Scotland.
How to apply
Please click 'Apply’ button above to be redirected to our application page for full details on each of the module advertised.
Closing date for application: 15th October 2024 – 12:00 noon
Early closing date notification
We may close this job advert earlier than the published closing date where a satisfactory number of applications are received. We would therefore encourage early applications.
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