Lecturer

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

EV salary sacrifice

Gym discount

Postgraduate tuition discount

Language courses

Professional development opportunities

Museum entry discounts

Employee assistance services

Job summary

University of Bath in Bath invites applications for a maternity cover teaching role in Psychology. The post involves developing teaching material and delivering lectures, seminars and tutorials on the MSc Health Psychology and Conversion Master’s programmes.

You will supervise, assess and mark coursework and dissertations, and provide guidance to students as an Academic Advisor/Personal Tutor. The role emphasizes inclusive teaching and student engagement.

Qualifications

• Be committed to and have experience of delivering high quality teaching.
• Evidence of inclusive teaching practice and student engagement.
• Experience supporting students as an Academic Advisor/Personal Tutor or similar.
• Be confident to teach Qualitative Methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop teaching material and deliver lectures, seminars, and tutorials.
• Supervise, assess and mark coursework and dissertations; provide student advice and support.

Skills

Teaching

Inclusive teaching

Student engagement

Academic advising

Qualitative methods

Job description

Salary Starting from £47,389, rising to £56,535

Join our highly supportive team in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, where you will be helping to teach aspirational undergraduate and postgraduate students in Psychology, specifically teaching on the MSc Health Psychology programme and the Conversion Master's.

About the role

This role will include developing the teaching material, delivery of lectures, seminars and tutorials.

Alongside the supervision, assessment and marking of coursework and research dissertations, you will provide advice and support to students

• be committed to and have experience of delivering high quality teaching
• show evidence of inclusive teaching practice and student engagement
• have experience supporting students as an Academic Advisor/Personal Tutor or similar
• Be confident to teach Qualitative Methods.

Additional information

This a maternity cover role, offered on a fixed term, part time basis (0.8FTE), ending in October 2027.

For any queries, please contact Deputy Head of Department (Education and Student Experience) Prof Richard Joiner ([e-mail] ).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Right to Work in the UK:We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on ourapplication support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.