Senior Lecturer Learning and Teaching in HE

Are you ready to shape the future of Higher Education practice? Do you have the vision and expertise to lead institutional change and build scholarly communities that transform learning?

University College Birmingham invites applications for a pivotal academic leadership role in the newly established Centre for Learning Innovation and Pedagogic Advancement (CLIPA). This is a unique opportunity to join a growing centre at the start of its journey, driving a step change in teaching excellence, academic recognition, and pedagogic innovation.

As Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching in HE, you’ll be central to delivering UCB’s ambitions for outstanding student experience and academic development. You will lead our institutional Advance HE Fellowship Scheme, develop academic enhancement strategies, and champion scholarship, co-production and inclusive practice across disciplines. You will also contribute to mentoring, sector engagement, and national educational agendas.

You’ll be working closely with our well-established academic development team, Deputy Deans across the University, and newly appointed leaders in the Faculty of Health, Life Sciences and Education—amplifying your impact through highly collaborative structures already in place.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• A strong record in learning and teaching enhancement and educational leadership
• Expertise in Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoTL)
• Experience managing HEA-accredited schemes and academic mentoring
• A deep understanding of sector-wide pedagogic challenges and innovation

This is more than a post—it's a chance to help shape a new centre of influence at a time of positive transformation. With a recent rise in NSS outcomes and a strong institutional focus on belonging, quality, and graduate success, UCB is investing in its academic community—and this role is central to that vision.

University College Birmingham is a teaching-intensive, student-centred University with a bold vision for academic excellence and educational leadership. The launch of CLIPA marks a major institutional investment in advancing our pedagogic culture, supporting staff development, and preparing for the future of higher education.

This role offers a unique platform to shape CLIPA’s identity and deliver impactful, university-wide change that enhances staff capability, student success, and sector recognition.

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days’ paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions
    • Teachers’ Pension Scheme – 28.6%
  • Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
  • Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
  • Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
  • Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
  • A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.
  • Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
  • Free on-site gym membership

Interview date: 15 September 2025

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