Teaching-Intensive Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

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Closing date: 11:59 on 23 May 2025

Interviews will be held: 23 June 2025

The School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy is seeking a Physical Chemist with a keen interest in Chemistry Education for a period of 12 months. The post holder will help to deliver a Physical Chemistry curriculum that meets the high expectations of both home and international undergraduate students. The role will collaborate with other Teaching Intensive staff to devise and deliver a curriculum that challenges and enthuses our students.

The appointed candidate for this teaching focused post will be motivated to provide high quality and innovative teaching within the broad remit of Physical Chemistry, supporting the delivery of teaching across undergraduate programmes offered by the Department of Chemistry. Whilst there is some flexibility in the subjects taught, this post will contribute to designing and developing the teaching of the core taught Physical Chemistry syllabus and laboratory content. The successful candidate will be required to contribute to the development of innovative teaching initiatives and will assume appropriate administrative roles.

You will have:

• Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level;
• A track record or commitment to developing innovative teaching activities;
• The ability to use and develop IT resources to support student learning;
• Experience of, or a commitment to, supporting an engaging curriculum that enables student success;
• A PhD in any aspect of Physical Chemistry and demonstrable experience of delivering blended learning in HE.

We welcome applications from both external and internal candidates. As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role can be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Internal candidates should discuss this with their line manager prior to applying.

Contact details

Contact Name: Dr John Mckendrick
Contact Job Title: Head of Chemistry
Contact Email address: j.e.meckendrick@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Dr Candyce Clark
Alternative Contact Job Title: Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
Alternative Contact Email address: c.r.clark@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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