Lecturer in Student Futures, Academic and Professional Education

Faculty of Social Sciences 

Fixed term for 2 years

Salary on appointment will be £37,099, with an annual increment up to £44,263. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer to join the School of Education and Lifelong Learning to teach and support the development of students’ professional, Lifewide and entrepreneurship skills on its undergraduate courses.  

We seek to appoint an academic who will also work closely with the Schools’ Directors of Employability and Learning and Teaching, as well as Course Directors to develop and promote entrepreneurial and Lifewide education and related scholarship. In addition, the role will also involve liaising with the School’s Workforce Development Officer and Placement Coordinator to identify and support students’ work-based learning opportunities. You will have scholarship and teaching expertise in professional skills, employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship for Higher Education students.   

Our undergraduate courses currently feature in the top 5 (PE and Sport, Complete University Guide) and the top 35 (BA Education, Complete University Guide) of national league tables. They are supported by first-class education and sport facilities at UEA and by a strong team of research active academics in the fields of digital education, child development, health and wellbeing, physical education, sports coaching, learner identity and international education, as well as engaged in scholarly activity and professional sector consultancy.    

This full-time post is available from 1 August 2024 for a fixed-term period of 2 years. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and appointment will be subject to a criminal record check at Enhanced level from the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

Further information on our great benefits package, including 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days (pro rata for part-time), can be found on our benefits page. 

Closing date: 24 April 2024

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.

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