Teaching Fellow

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until May 2027

The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is one of the UK’s leading centres for Psychology research and education. Home to over 120 academic staff, the School has internationally recognised strengths in mental health, lifespan development, and brain health, and delivers highly rated, BPS-accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

We are seeking to appoint a creative, thoughtful, and collaborative Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) to join the School of Psychology.  This is an excellent opportunity for an early career academic who is passionate about high quality delivery of Psychology education, and who wants to develop their academic career within a supportive, inclusive, and intellectually vibrant environment.

Brief Job Description

You will contribute to teaching and assessment across our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes in an education-focused role. Working closely with colleagues, you will support the delivery of high-quality Psychology education across a range of modules.

We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in any area of Psychology and enthusiasm for contributing to teaching and assessment in areas aligned with their expertise and the needs of our programmes. Experience of teaching or assessing qualitative research methods and research reports, or the ability to contribute to this area of the curriculum, would be especially welcome.

You will undertake a range of education-related activities, including teaching, assessment, and marking, and will play an important role in student academic and pastoral support. You will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students and is informed by discipline-based research and pedagogical practice. Management and administration are likely to involve contributions within the School by, for example, taking part in panels and/or working groups. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.

Informal enquiries to Fay Julal Cnossen, email: f.s.julal@bham.ac.uk 

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We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working. 

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