Senior Teaching Fellow in Industrial Metrology/Quality

Our Mission

PeoplesFuture Ltd (a sister company of Coventry University) provides a sector leading, dedicated inclusive service to Coventry University Group students supporting their successful global education experience and graduate employment outcomes. Tailoring our service to students’ individual needs and career aspirations, we are an integral part of the student journey that starts at enrolment and continues beyond graduation.

Our dedicated Teaching Fellow team are subject specialists focused on delivering student education, which is active, social, applied, and inclusive within our vibrant and varied education environment.

The School of Mechanical Engineering is recognised for high quality, real-world teaching, state of the art activity-led facilities and an approach guided by and focused on industry.  Ranked in top 10 of the Guardian University Guide 2023 for our courses in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace and Manufacturing. As a new member of staff, you will join a global institution at the forefront of teaching and innovation achieving several awards including the Gold Teaching Excellence Framework in 2023 and Queen’s Award for Enterprise and Innovation.

The Role

As Senior Teaching Fellow in Metrology and Quality Engineering you will undertake teaching and course co-ordination while supporting the development and delivery of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programs and other core activities ensuring students have an effective learning experience. Senior Teaching Fellows lead on aspects of the student learning experience including leadership of staff teams.

This role will appeal to candidates wishing to move into teaching and expand their focus on pedagogic practice and curriculum design and therefore candidates with an academic or industrial background my consider applying for this post.

Based within the College of Engineering, Environment & Science you will work with and lead other academic colleagues to enrich the student learning and teaching experience to ensure, as appropriate, relevant aspects of research, enterprise and professional context are embedded in modules and courses. This post is teaching centred where you will focus on modules at different academic levels, including undergraduate (mainly industrial part time) and post-graduate levels.

Qualifications Required

• Master’s degree in an appropriate subject OR (if from a professional practice background) good Honours Degree and an appropriate professional qualification and/or membership
• A teaching qualification or extensive experience of delivering professional and/or university education
• Professional Body membership is advantageous as is experience of working in an educational practice or a consultancy role or having a higher-level qualification such as a PhD
• or extensive experience of delivering professional and/or university education

Our Successful Candidate

The post is teaching centred and will use your experience in lecturing Higher Education level 4-7 and if from an industrial background will use your experience of high-quality presentation skills, coaching, mentoring or training other professionals.

You will have expertise and attributes in one or more of the following areas:

1. Experience of applied measurement practices and technologies in an industrial setting.
2. Some experience of teaching in Higher/ Further Education or training within industry.
3. An understanding of productivity improvement factors, especially around applied metrology and quality engineering
4. A proactive approach to developing industrial relationships and networking
5. Demonstration of best practice in Continuous Professional Development

You will be an experienced team leader with good level of digital fluency, you will have experience using creating teaching and assessment materials for face to face and online teaching using a Virtual Learning Environment (Aula is used within Coventry University).

As a global education provider, you will exhibit high levels of cultural awareness with experience of learner’s cultural differences and expectations with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds is essential.

Closing Date: 9^th May 2024