Lecturer - Computing

 The Opportunity:

Arden University is growing and as part of that growth we are expanding the Computing team. This is an exciting opportunity to join at a time when we are creating programmes to meet the needs of employers and the graduates of the future.

As a Lecturer you will join a team of academics distributed across our UK study centres but working collectively to create the best experience for our students. Students on our blended programmes benefit from flexible daytime and evening delivery and our distance learning distances interact with our academics through a variety of online platforms.

Main duties and responsibilities for all grades:

• Teaching and training activities (both face to face and online for our blended and distance learning students)
• Module leadership, ensuring levels of consistency and quality and developing our learning materials and schemes of work
• Assessment marking and development, developing authentic assessments, ensuring appropriate marking guidance is provided and maintaining levels of quality in terms of feedback and evaluation processes
• Lead on or assist with the development of new programmes and the review and refresh of our existing programmes, ensuring alignment with employer requirements and the employability needs of our students 

About You:

We are looking for candidates who have;

• A Master’s Degree or equivalent professional qualification in subject relevant to teaching or research area
• Demonstrable experience in delivering excellent and engaging teaching across a range of theory-based and practical modules and be comfortable with languages and platforms such as Java, MySQL, PHP, AWS/Azure, Python and SPSS across levels 4 to 7
• Ideally, practical experience in an industry context in areas such as Programming, Databases, Data Analysis, IT Security, Cloud Infrastructure, IT Project Management, Systems Analysis and Ethics in IT
• Confident and experienced in using a variety of teaching techniques in both face-to-face teaching at our study centres and online teaching platforms such as Zoom

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday
• Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
• Access to premium learning and development platforms
• Travel discounts and sports club memberships
• Plus, other competitive benefits! 

Arden’s values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

Hybrid working / Based from our Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester Study Centre 4 days a week

Based from home 1 day a week

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