Teaching Fellow at Queen Mary University of London
Job Description
About the Role
We currently have an opening for a Teaching Fellow who will teach, advise and facilitate the experiential learning of students in formal and informal teaching and learning sessions, using appropriate educational best practices to maximise learning and promote a positive student experience.
About You
The Teaching Fellow will focus in particular on delivering practical chemistry, providing synchronous and asynchronous teaching, supporting student activities and coordinating with colleagues.
The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning through:
- Teaching and the evaluation and assessment of student achievement and development
- Managing the surrounding student support through e.g. feedback
- Contributing to the evaluation and assessment of modules
- Contribution to laboratory-based teaching
- Leading on relevant administrative and scholarship tasks relevant to the module or programme
Candidates must have a PhD (or be writing up) in Chemistry or related field and/or relevant professional qualification and/or equivalent professional experience.
About the School
This post is within the Department of Chemistry in School of Physical and Chemical Sciences in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The Department has an annual undergraduate intake of approximately 100 students studying degrees in the fields of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, and flexible working arrangements.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.