Lecturer in Social Work

Job Category: Academic and Research
Apply Before: 02/03/2025, 23:59

The full-time starting salary is normally £42,860.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £46,586.00 per annum.

3 Years Fixed Term Contract

Birmingham City University is a dynamic and diverse academic community, with a strong track record of delivering excellent education. 

Our city south campus in Edgbaston, Birmingham places us firmly at the heart of the city and close to the many institutions and social constituencies with whom we work closely. We embrace a practice-led, knowledge-based approach to our teaching, which is research-informed.

The Social Work subject area within the College of Education and Social Work is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Social Work for a 3-year fixed term contract to deliver on our courses.

This role will involve teaching (which includes assessment and marking of coursework) on a range of courses in the subject area, as well as providing pastoral and academic support to our students

The team are particularly interested in hearing from people who have practiced in an Adult Social Work setting.

Birmingham City University has set out its vision for transforming the prospects of individuals, organisations and society through excellence in practice-based education, research and knowledge exchange and our Social Work courses are key contributors to this. 

At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to understand and enact the University’s commitment to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do. This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many different backgrounds and life experiences that reflect the students and the citizens we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions, in particular from under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status.

The College are particularly interested in hearing from applicants from diverse backgrounds and those with disabilities within our society, as we seek to ensure our course team includes representatives of our diverse student group. 

The selection process will include a presentation; a meeting with a group of staff from the College and experts by experience, and an interview with a panel.

If you wish to know more about this role, and for an informal discussion please contact David Childs Head of College of Education and Social Work on email: david.childs@bcu.ac.uk, email or MS Teams discussion can be arranged.

Closing date for this post: Sunday 2^nd March 2025

Interview: 20^th/21^st March 2025

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Job Description - Lecturer

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About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.