Teaching Fellow in Bioinformatics

About the Role

We currently have an opening for one Teaching Fellow in Bioinformatics who will teach, advise and facilitate our education delivery to several popular MSc programmes in Bioinformatics, AI in the Biosciences, and Biotechnology. The new Teaching Fellow will join an established teaching team and receive outstanding technical support in their role.

The Teaching Fellow will have technical knowledge on programming and data science and familiarity with applications in biology (e.g. bioinformatics), ideally in genomics. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning through:

• Teaching and the evaluation and assessment of student achievement and development
• Designing and supervising MSc computer-based research projects
• Managing the surrounding student support through e.g., feedback
• Contributing to the evaluation and assessment of modules
• Providing pastoral support to students
• Contribution to computer-based teaching
• Leading on relevant administrative tasks relevant to the module or programme

About You

Candidates will ideally have a PhD degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or Biomedical Engineering or related field. We will accept applications from candidates with a relevant MSc degree and appropriate professional qualification and/or experience.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences is a large and expanding academic unit, which provides a supportive and friendly environment and encourages interdisciplinary teaching and research and provides extensive learning and networking opportunities.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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