Associate Lecturer Aberystwyth, Wales
Job description
Job Description
The role
What you’ll do
Who you are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills required:
How to apply
Benefits
Employment Visa:
The role
The Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University is looking to appoint an Associate Lecturer who will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities on our law and criminology schemes. The area of specialisation is open, but we particularly welcome applicants with existing research interests in any of the following: policing; penology; security; criminal law; international criminology and / or terrorism.
This is an opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic, friendly and dedicated team building the future of a department which was established as Wales’s first Law school and which has grown to include Criminology.
The successful candidate will have experience of teaching criminology and/or the law relating to criminal justice at Undergraduate level. You will be able to work as part of a team and independently; have a background or interest in a relevant research area which would strengthen the Department's and the University's research portfolio.
Candidates applying for this role will be expected to contribute to the development and delivery of modules and programmes at undergraduate level; to the pastoral care of students; to such reasonable administrative duties as may be allocated to them and to the monitoring and maintenance of pertinent quality standards. A full person specification for this post can be found below.
Further information on the Department of Law and Criminology can be obtained from our website: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/als/.
To make an informal enquiry, please contact the Head of Department Professor Emyr Lewis at [email protected] or phone +44(0) 1970 672727.
Appointments are normally made within 4 - 8 weeks of the closing date.
What you’ll do
This job description is subject to review and amendment in the light of the changing needs of the University, to provide appropriate development opportunities and/or the addition of any other reasonable duties.
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Role
In collaboration with other Departmental colleagues and in consultation with external professional bodies where appropriate:
Teaching and Learning Duties
- To deliver teaching and to play a role in the development of Criminal Justice as a subject area;
- To prepare for and deliver undergraduate, postgraduate and (exceptionally) other taught provision.
- To contribute to the design, planning and delivery of UG provision, in collaboration with colleagues in the Department, the Faculty and other relevant stakeholders and within the parameters of the University’s protocols for teaching, learning and assessment;
- As a member of the teaching team, you will have a Personal Tutor group and will be required to hold formal meetings, some of which will include opportunities to discuss assessment and feedback with a view to ensuring, at all times, on-going learner development;
- To engage with Aberystwyth University’s formal structures for curriculum development in the planning and preparation of new provision and the delivery of excellent teaching and learning undertake all relevant duties which will include:
- Assessing assignments and completing feedback within a tight timescale and in accordance with Departmental and University guidelines with reference to AU’s Assessment and Feedback policy;
- Engage productively with AU IT systems;
- Liaising with External Examiners with respect to specific aspects of the provision and
- Ensure the curriculum reflects the needs of the employability agenda and strategy for the University.
Scholarship
- To undertake scholarly activity related to your areas of teaching and other areas of criminal justice as agreed with the Head of Department;
- To engage pro-actively and responsibly with the Departmental and AU research agenda and strategy;
- To understand and engage with the Research Impact agenda; and
- To contribute to the nurturing of a productive research environment within and beyond the Department.
Other Duties
- To make a positive and pro-active contribution to marketing and recruitment at UG & PG curriculum level;
- To engage with and contribute to open and visiting days and to participate in schools visits and other recruitment and outreach events;
- To undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post;
- To be committed to the University’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post;
- To be committed to your own professional development through the effective use of the University’s Effective Contribution Scheme;
- To complete the PGCTHE qualification or work towards Higher Education Academy accreditation at the appropriate level to complete the requirements of probation;
- To engage as required with relevant AU procedures for HR matters including Effective Contribution System (probation and appraisal); annual leave; sickness absence procedures; workload allocation process; research monitoring; and any other relevant procedure; and
- Contributing to the administrative work of the Department as reasonably requested by your Head of Department or nominee.
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
The responsibilities of this vacancy have been matched to the Academic Role Profile Teaching and Scholarship 1. Details of the role profile can be found at:
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/hr/info-staff/employment/agreement/academic-profiles/
Who you are – Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills required:
Essential
- A post-graduate degree or post-graduate professional qualification in Law, Criminology or other subject relevant to criminal justice.
- Experience of teaching relating to criminal justice as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course or postgraduate professional qualification course within the Higher Education sector
- Experience of collaborating and working as part of a team in an efficient and conscientious manner.
- Experience of working with individuals, ideally students, in a personal tutoring, welfare or other formal or informal mentoring capacity.
- Oral (spoken) and Written Welsh Level A1* or evidence to demonstrate an on-going commitment to learn Welsh to this level.
Desirable
- A PhD in a relevant discipline
- A teaching qualification (or working towards one)
- Experience of post-graduate teaching
- Flexibility to teach outside immediate specialist area and to teach across the range of provision in the Department.
- Experience of undertaking administrative responsibilities within an academic context
- Oral (spoken) and Written Welsh Level B2.*
- More information on Welsh Language Levels can be found at:
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/hr/policy-and-procedure/welsh-standards/
How to apply
To promote a flexible workforce, the University will consider applications from individuals seeking full time, part time, job share, or term time only working arrangements.
Applications for this role must be made through jobs.aber.ac.uk. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.
Benefits
- Flexible working policy
- 36.5 – hour week for full-time roles
- Generous leave entitlements – 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and university closed days
- Commitment to Professional Development
- Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension schemes
- Staff recognition and reward schemes
- Opportunity to learn the Welsh language for free
- Staff relocation bursary
- Maternity, Paternity, Parental and Adoption Leave
- Staff discount for gym facilities, hospitality, and retail on campus.
Please keep reading
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities and, those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. This includes but is not limited to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.
We are a Bilingual Institution which complies with the Welsh Language Standards and is committed to Equal Opportunities. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to the institution, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills in the workplace. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally.
Employment Visa:
We welcome international applicants who are eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.
Under the points-based system, this role meets the criteria to be sponsored by AU for an SWR application. Please be advised that AU will only support the Certificate of Sponsorship for any employment visas and will not support the payment of the employment visa for the offered candidate and/or dependants.
Any prospective candidates coming to work for AU under the SWR will require a minimum of 70 points, made up of the following:
- Appropriate knowledge is classed as the following:
- A national of a majority English speaking country
- Having an academic degree taught in English (if an overseas degree, must be verified by NARIC)
- Completing and passing an English language test at Level B1 or above.
For more information, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
