Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Education), School of Pharmacy (CQC)

The School of Pharmacy is seeking to appoint two academics at either Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level to China Medical University.

China Medical University - Queen’s University of Belfast Joint College (CQC) was established in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through a long-standing friendship between Queen’s School of Pharmacy and the China Medical University (CMU), one of the foremost medical universities in China. CQC is a College that has the full approval from the China Ministry of Education (MoE) and was created in accordance with the MoE ‘Cooperation in Running Schools’ (CIRS) Regulations. The first students graduated from CQC in July 2018, with many opportunities thereafter for CQC graduates to enter onto postgraduate courses at Queen’s Schools in Belfast.

The postholder will take significant responsibility for the teaching and learning of pharmaceutical biotechnology or pharmaceutical sciences at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and contribute to CQC administration/outreach activity, as required.

The postholder will be required to be based and work at CQC for an extended period (up to 26 weeks per year). The remaining time to be spent at Queen’s University Belfast.

About the person:

Appointment to these posts may be made at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. Please indicate in your application which grade you wish to apply for.

At Lecturer level the successful candidate must have the following education/qualification and experience requirements:

• Honours degree in relevant subject (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy,Biomedical Science, Bio-engineering, Biochemistry or related fields).
• Will have or be about to obtain a PhD in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical Science or closelyrelated field.
• Teaching experience, commensurate with stage of career.
• Have a proficient level of English.
• Ability to design course materials relevant to the teaching in own specialism and to plan and organise theeffective delivery and assessment of taught courses.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to innovate, assess and organise resources.
• Good communication skills with the ability to impart complex information concisely and clearly.
• Effective interpersonal skills to liaise with students and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of motivation whilst also working in a team.
• Ability to encourage commitment to learn in others.
• High level of analytical capability.
• Requirement to be based in China a significant period of the year, to meet the requirements of the role.

Please check the relevant job description (Lecturer or Senior Lecturer) for the full list of criteria for the posts.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information link on our website.

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