Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship)

Role Description

Department

The Department of Economics is seeking to appoint a part time Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) on a fixed term basis. The specific responsibilities of this role are likely to include:

• Lectures, Practicals, student support, formative marking, and exam marking / moderation in ‘Game Theory’ modules.
• Seminars and summative marking of ‘Microeconomic Theory’ modules.

This part time role is 20 hours per week (54% of full time) and is available for a fixed term of 5 months .

Role

• To lecture, lead seminars, tutorials and other forms of graduate and postgraduate teaching.
• To develop and apply innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and material which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students.
• To carry out on-going curriculum review, including teaching content and materials and contribute to the development of teaching and learning strategies.
• To undertake effectively a range of administrative and managerial responsibilities.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• PhD in Economics (or related discipline) or equivalent experience.
• Extensive knowledge - in microeconomics to design/deliver teaching programmes and the provision of learning support, of a range of teaching techniques/methodologies, advanced IT knowledge.
• Highly developed communications skills, ability to innovate in teaching and learning, teach at any level within area of expertise and across a range of subjects at introductory level, demonstrate enthusiasm.
• Ability to present specialist material logically to students and to fellow specialists, obtain new knowledge by theoretical and/or practical methods, disseminate scholarly work.
• Experience in teaching and learning in HE (UG or PG level) or in an evidenced similar context and using different delivery techniques.
• Evidence of successful planning and teaching design and of lecturing, leading seminars and other forms of UG and PG teaching.

Interview date: Monday 28th July 2025

For informal enquiries: please contact econ-hr@york.ac.uk

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