Professional Teaching Fellow - School of Chemical Sciences
Auckland, Auckland
Category Teaching Jobs
Job Description Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity The School of Chemical Sciences seeks to appoint a new continuing academic as a Professional Teaching Fellow, who will be initially responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of our undergraduate laboratory programme to provide a coherent, high quality and research (and scholarship of teaching and learning)-informed experience for our students that builds chemistry confidence, supports the lecture programme, and develops critical graduate profile skills including awareness of managing risk in a strong health, safety and sustainability environment. This work will be done in close collaboration with the directors of our undergraduate courses, and relevant technical staff. The appointee will also contributing to lecturing across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses (primarily in general chemistry and analytical chemistry) as required by the Head of School.
This is a teaching-focussed role (non-research), and the successful applicant will play a key role in ensuring student support and curriculum delivery in in Chemistry, to ensure student success and retention and as well as leadership in supporting high quality teaching throughout the school, contributing to and informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning. This is a fulltime (40 hours per week), permanent position, based mainly on our City, but may also involve our other campuses. Note: the appointees will be asked to contribute to our offshore teaching commitments, which can include travel to other countries, as part of the role.
Remuneration range is $100,696 - $111,297 per annum, dependent on skills and experience For more detailed information, please refer to the Position Description He krero mu | About you Our ideal candidate will be selected using the following selection criteria. Can you show that, relative to your career stage and opportunities : You are, or have potential to become, a teacher who reflects the latest advances in science and chemical education with a clear commitment to teaching excellence, with experience in teaching general and analytical chemistry. You have demonstrated a clear interest in the design and delivery of high-quality laboratory and practical experiences in a tertiary setting, that are research (and scholarship of teaching and learning)-informed, build chemistry confidence, supports the lecture programme, and develops critical graduate profile skills including awareness of managing risk in a strong health, safety and sustainability environment.
You are, or have potential to be, a leader in developing teaching excellence with impact on teaching practices within the University and for the field. You have demonstrated your ability to ensure that students from diverse chemistry backgrounds are able to thrive and progress in chemistry and that you are effective in sharing your own passion for the subject with them. You are interested and are, or have the potential to be, active i.
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