Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics (Education)

Centre for Computational Biology, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences.

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK (Dubai Flying Faculty).

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £42,149 to £50,296, with potential progression once in post to £56,587. Grade 8 

Fixed Term Contract up to 31 August 2025

Job Summary

The post-holder will contribute to the whole range of teaching, research and administration of the MSc Bioinformatics at the University of Birmingham in Dubai and Edgbaston. The University of Birmingham's MSc program in Bioinformatics was launched in 2021 and has been running successfully for one year with an increasing number of students. 

The post will be based in Edgbaston with significant time spent in Dubai. The post holder will be expected to lead existing MSc Bioinformatics modules on statistics and machine learning and contribute according to their subject knowledge to the other taught modules comprising the programme.

Teaching roles includes a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability.  The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, (b) supervising and examining students, and (c) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

Main Responsibilities

The post-holder will:

• Contribute to the MSc Bioinformatics and related programmes in Dubai and Edgbaston;
• Assist the Program Director in running and promoting the course in Dubai;
• Lead the curriculum development and/or renewal;
• Deliver the key modules of statistics and machine learning in Dubai and Edgbaston campus;
• Provide substantial contribution to teaching in multiple modules of the programme;
• Undertake and develop a full range of responsibilities in relation to research supervision, marking and examining;
• contribute to Institute and University administration or have a high level of responsibility for others.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required

As a minimum of the following key qualifications/skills/experience/memberships are required:

• PhD or equivalent experience in Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences or related fields
• Extensive teaching experience and scholarship within subject specialism, especially in statistics and machine learning

Teaching

• Ability to design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes.
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in developing appropriate approaches to learning and teaching, and advising colleagues

Research

• An active research profile which may be demonstrated by publication of papers in leading peer-reviewed journals.

Management Administration

• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the Apply button or visit https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/index.aspx Please quote the Job Ref 100078 in all enquiries.

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