Lecturer in Forensic Science

Lecturer in Forensic Science

About us: The School of Applied Sciences in the College of Health, Science and Society, is seeking to recruit a Lecturer to support our very popular and expanding Forensic programmes and our growing research profile.

This is a full-time 1 year fixed-term role that will focus on teaching. The post holder will support students on our Undergraduate and Postgraduate forensic courses relating to Forensic Science. This includes BSc (Hons) and MSci Forensic Science and the MSc Forensic Science.

Working within a committed and enthusiastic team, the post-holder will contribute to course planning, teaching and assessment. The post-holder will support students on these programmes by supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.  Preference will be given to applicants who can evidence expertise in either forensic biology or forensic chemistry with some knowledge of crime scene science.

The School of Applied Sciences is a very proud recipient of an Athena SWAN Silver Award and our commitment to creating a culture for gender equality is reflected in a number of ongoing actions related to workload management, flexible working and career development within the School. The University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse, inclusive working and learning environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 

About you: Candidates will be expected to have professional practice experience and a Masters level qualification or a PhD relevant to the forensic sciences. We are seeking someone experienced in teaching Forensic Science. Preference will be given to candidates with experience of forensic biology, forensic chemistry or crime scene science. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience of devising and delivering teaching related to forensic science. The post holder may also be required to support teaching teams on other programmes within the School.

We are looking for candidates who align to the UWE values. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate their experience of leading and motivating groups of people, collegiate working and their organisational skills.  Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate how they will keep abreast of latest developments in this subject area and external best practice benchmarks.

The successful candidate will be supported in this role by an experienced senior lecturer as a mentor. The School provides staff development funds to support personal and subject related training for academic staff.

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus.

 In addition to progressive pay rates, UWE Bristol offers a wide range of staff benefits including:

• a generous holiday allowance of 35 days
• up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
• flexible working
• excellent defined benefit pension schemes
• access to employee assistance programme
• savings on purchases via Wider Wallet scheme
• option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
• family friendly policies
• onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.

Further information

This post is one year fixed-term (maternity cover) and fulltime.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Subject Lead Helen Green: Helen4.green@uwe.ac.uk or HoS Dr Lyn Newton: Lyn.newton@uwe.ac.uk

The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.

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