Senior Lecturer (Innovation Academy- Enhanced Teaching)

About The Role

The Innovation Academy offers educational, research and professional learning opportunities that support innovation-led transformation across public, private and third-sector organisations.

This role will be pivotal to maintaining and expanding the reach, impact, and sustainability of the Innovation Intensive Learning Academy, Agor Innovation and its associated programmes.

This role will be critical in ensuring that the All-Wales Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care Management ILA in the Innovation Academy is successfully sustained. Working with the Director of Innovation ILA and wider Innovation Academy Team, the entails direct delivery of existing learning and teaching programmes, both external and internal, in addition to development of future offerings.

The successful candidate will play an instrumental role in the development and delivery of client-facing learning and teaching activities in addition to being responsible for developing new educational offerings. In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to the Innovation ILA’s wider programme of activities to promote and sustain the Innovation Academy’s educational and professional learning portfolio and research.

The successful candidate will have strong project management skills, emotional intelligence, exemplary communication skills, strong attention to detail, political awareness and the ability to work with and influence a wide range of stakeholders.

The role operates in an environment where diplomacy, confidentiality and discretion are paramount, requiring sound judgement about the appropriate course of action. The workload is varied, challenging and stimulating, requiring personal organisation, flexibility and an ability to work to deadlines.

The School of Management is looking for an individual who is comfortable taking initiative and managing a range of stakeholders in a variety of sectors.

Academic Career Pathway

The pathway for this post is Education. The Academic Career Pathways (ACP) scheme is designed to ensure that academic strengths whether in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership or innovation and engagement, are all appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded. For further information, please see our ACP webpage.

Welsh Language Skills

The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.

The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.

Additional Information

Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.

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