Teaching Fellow or Senior Teaching Fellow in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity

Location: South Kensington Campus

About the role:

The Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London seeks an enthusiastic individual with appropriate academic and educational experience to support a variety of teaching activities on our undergraduate teaching programmes. Join us, and contribute to the University’s Educational Mission.

We’re looking for candidates who can contribute to one or more of the following academic areas:

1. Ecology, environmental biology, evolution and biodiversity.
2. Microbial ecology, microbiome.
3. Ecology field work.
4. The design and running of team-based laboratory research projects for final year students.

What you would be doing:

Holding a departmental position in teaching (e.g. module/course/year organiser), you will develop and deliver teaching, including lectures, workshops and academic tutorials. You’ll design, organise and run laboratory classes, and will supervise undergraduate student projects, setting and assessing work using appropriate methods and criteria.

You will contribute to educational research, evaluation and critical enquiry activities, including the process of securing internal or external funding for teaching initiatives or scholarship, and engaging in scholarly activities related to the subject area you work in and higher education practice.

You will have potential for, and willingness to work towards, appropriate professional recognition and accreditation e.g. Fellow or Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and will be a reflective, responsive practitioner committed to personal and professional development.

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities.

What we are looking for:

• A degree (or equivalent) and a PhD (or equivalent) in a Life Sciences or related discipline;
• To have, (Senior Teaching Fellow level) or be working towards (Teaching Fellow level), an appropriate teaching qualification in Higher Education, and/or have an equivalent level of experience in a formal teaching environment;
• Experience in teaching and assessing ecology, evolutionary biology and biodiversity in a University environment, along with the associated administrative and management support work;
• Understanding of relevant educational theory and good practice relating to student learning, teaching, assessment and course design in a relevant discipline in Higher Education;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills, with the ability to work under pressure;
• Familiarity with a variety of student-centred strategies to promote and assess teaching, and to provide constructive feedback;
• Interest and understanding in teaching and learning innovation

Further Information

• Teaching Fellow salary range: £54,063 – £61,208 per annum
• Senior Teaching Fellow salary range: £63,797- £75,365 per annum

The Department's research and teaching activities are funded by a wide variety of research councils, charities, and industries bodies, with the value of current external research grants totalling more than £100 million.

Further information about the Department of Life Sciences can be accessed via our website, and our DoLS Newsletters provide a useful insight into the activities and life in our department.

This is a full-time, open-ended post, based at our South Kensington Campus.

As this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at the appropriate level, will be required for the successful candidate.

If you require any further details about the role, please contact:

Professor Huw Williams, Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Life Sciences – h.d.williams@imperial.ac.uk

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