Lecturer for King’s Academy Assessment Advisers

Job description

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

King’s Academy is the centre for educational development dedicated to supporting all staff in enhancing the teaching and learning environment within the College. King’s Academy is currently expanding its range of activities and the role of Assessment Adviser will be an important part of this expansion.

King’s Academy is part of the School of Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). PACE both delivers teaching (King’s Academy King’s Foundations, Summer Programmes, King’s Language Centre) and works collaboratively with our nine Faculties enabling them to deliver professional and online education (KPED and King’s Online)

King’s Academy is currently expanding its team and range of activities and the role of Programme, module and assessment design lead will be key to this expansion.

There is a clear need for faculty-level driven change to engage with faculty members to support improvements in Assessment and Feedback practices, including developing relationships between staff and students, building a sense of shared purpose, and working to ensure consistency and clarity around Assessment and feedback.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with appropriate disciplinary experience for the post of Lecturer on the King’s Academic Education Pathway (AEP) with a focus on Assessment and Feedback.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to develop in an education development role, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in assessment and feedback development.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern within our necessary service operating hours.

Key responsibilities

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Please clearly address how you meet the in your application, and where possible how you meet the as well.

Please submit a personal statement when applying for this vacancy, clearly setting out how you meet the essential criteria, as this is how we shortlist applications.

Interviews will be held in person and will consist of competency-based questions linked closely to the essential and desirable criteria mentioned here.

Although we have made improvements over the last number of years, our team is still under-represented in terms of staff from global majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and from people with disabilities. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in person end March/early April We will send you further details of the location