Lecturer Practitioner in Sport and Exercise Therapy

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world-leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
You will be joining the successful Sport and Exercise Sciences team: home to one of the top ranked Sport and Exercise Sciences programmes in the UK (Guardian University League Tables 2020-23) and the Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, located in the Faculty of Science and Engineering on our Cambridge campus. We are forward-looking and enthusiastic, with a vision that combines a strong civic commitment to our region with excellence in learning and teaching. We are seeking an experienced and motivated academic practitioner (Sport Therapist) to contribute to teaching and administration on our Sport & Exercise Therapy course.

The prospective candidate will deliver across the teaching and learning portfolio in Sport and Exercise Therapy. As an academic practitioner, you will maintain your professional practice and currency alongside your role at ARU. You will have current professional qualifications and experience in teaching and learning in higher education. You’ll have a track-record of applied practice and networking in the field along with a commitment to CPD. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the broad range of the School’s teaching portfolio, in particular our campus-based BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy course, professionally accredited by the Society of Sports Therapists. You will also demonstrate the ability and desire to contribute to the School’s knowledge exchange & consulting activities.

Informal enquiries to Dr Helen Keyes, Head of School – helen.keyes@aru.ac.uk.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK and will conduct Right to Work checks in line with UKVI’s Right to Work policy and our own institutional policy. Furthermore, we must note:

• Applicants applying from outside the UK: At this time, ARU is unable to sponsor applicants applying from overseas for a Worker Route visa.
• Applicants already in the UK: ARU is unable to offer Worker Route visa sponsorship to applicants whose salary does not meet our minimum sponsorship threshold, which aligns with roles at Grade 6 and above.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

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