Teaching Fellow

Applicants are required to submit a current CV, cover letter or email, and a Recruitment Check Form which can be found on our website.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our ever-growing academic team, enhancing our academic presence whilst ensuring an outstanding student experience. As a Teaching Fellow, you will undertake a key academic position within the School of the Built Environment at UCEM, teaching across modules offered on the Building Surveying, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying and Real Estate programmes, all within a wholly online environment. This is a pivotal and very exciting time for UCEM as we continue to embark on our journey to become the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education, and this brand-new role is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to our research and sustainability ambitions.

Your accountabilities and responsibilities include:

• Act as an academic adviser to students, including review, feedback, and academic support
• As part of the wider team, support teaching and learning strategies and engage in development activity
• Supervise student projects and associated marking tasks
• Make an active contribution to and support the improvement of the student experience.
• Create and update curriculum materials

Our main requirements:

• Degree level qualification in a Built Environment discipline or cognate subject
• Doctoral level qualification (awarded, or expected to be awarded within 6 months of appointment)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education or equivalent (newly appointed lecturers who do not hold this will be required to achieve this within 12 months of appointment)
• Teaching of construction/quantity surveying/valuation at Higher Education level
• Experience of research project supervision

UCEM is a place where you can bring your industry and teaching expertise to an online education environment, and really make a difference. We expect you to have good IT and digital skills and be passionate about teaching online; the remaining requirements are set out fully within the job specification.

At UCEM we expect employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support. Student satisfaction and success are our main drivers, and our people consistently report high levels of employee engagement; your contribution will be valued should you join us.

University College of Estate Management (UCEM) is a long-standing and leading provider of supported online education with a long-term ambition to be the world’s most sustainable university. Wellbeing and work-life balance are a priority for us, with flexible working arrangements and a generous holiday allowance amongst some of our key employee benefits.

For the full job specification and contact details: https://www.ucem.ac.uk/current-vacancies/

TO APPLY: Please send your CV, covering letter/email, and Recruitment Check Form to recruitment@ucem.ac.uk (via the ‘Apply’ button above)

by no later than Monday 24 March 2025 at 5.00 p.m.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

Here at UCEM we champion equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. We celebrate diversity and the strengths it brings to our staff body, our student community and our Board of Trustees, recognising that people are key to our success. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

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