Senior Lecturer in Education

London, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

Turning Passion into Purpose.

London South Bank University is excited to be recruiting an experienced Teacher Educator (Senior Lecturer) to support contribute to our Further and Higher Education teacher education programmes within our School of Law and Social Sciences.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, outward looking, multi-disciplinary teaching and learning community committed to a socially just, globally responsible approach to higher education. Located in the heart of London our school is close to practice, is research led and inter-connected to a well-established network of partners. This enables us to offer a first-class, vocationally orientated education for our students grounded in the contemporary issues and debates of our constituent disciplines and a strong sense of ethical responsibility to the communities we serve. We are looking for a well-qualified, values-led senior academic to help build success in our new Further and Higher Education portfolio.

About You:

We seek an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated academic with a track record of working in teacher education (HE and FE) to help develop our portfolio. This will involve the opportunity to lead our Academic Professional Apprenticeship (APA). The APA is aimed at early career academic professionals working in higher education including professional practice with less than 3 years’ experience and is a flagship programme for LSBU helping to shape a new generation of higher education teachers. The post-holder will also contribute to work on our Further Education programmes and our CPD portfolio.

The ideal candidate will be degree educated, hold and master’s degree and teaching qualification and preferably a PhD or professional doctorate (EdD).

A full list of key responsibilities and the required skills and experience for this role can be found on the attached Candidate Pack.

Benefits of Working With Us:

As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 35 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here .

How to Apply:

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached. Applications must be submitted via the "Apply Online" button below.

Key Dates:

• The closing date for applications is 23:59 Sunday 12 th January 2025
• Interview/assessment - week commencing 27 th January 2025
  
  

Exact dates for interviews will be confirmed closer to the time. Please kindly note that interviews may be slightly later than the date advertised.

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

Depending on the individual circumstances of the candidate this role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UKVI Skilled Worker route. More details on this can be found within the candidate pack.

If you have any questions related to your application, please email the recruitment team staffrecruitment@lsbu.ac.uk

Please kindly note that there will be a closure of service across the Christmas period between Friday 20 th December 2024 and Thursday 2 nd January 2025. Your query will be logged, and a member of the team will respond as soon as possible after that date.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.