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Teaching Fellow MHaPS

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£38,826 - £45,649 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
13 Feb 2022

Job Details

Job description

 his post provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the blended delivery of programmes across the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, including the MSc in Applied Statistical Modelling & Health Informatics, MSc in Developmental Psychology & Psychiatry, MSc in Global Mental Health, MSc in Health Psychology, BSc in Psychology and a number of our clinical training programmes for mental health professionals.  

 

The postholder will play a critical role in supporting existing staff in the School with the continued development of their programmes for blended (online and on campus) delivery. Helping us to ensure that a high standard of accessible education and student outcomes are maintained in the context of our pledge to deliver flexible, blended, accessible and high quality curricula during the coming academic year.

 

The role will involve both online and on-campus education duties, supporting the delivery, design and evaluation of the undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes. The successful applicant may deliver teaching in different formats, include lecturing, workshop, tutorial and practical teaching as required. There may an opportunity to co-organise modules and develop teaching curriculum. In addition, the postholder may provide support for student research projects, undertake education-related administrative responsibilities and contribute to the assessment as well as the pastoral care of our students.

 

This is a full-time fixed-term post for 12 months.  

 

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent

 

 

 

Key responsibilities

 [1] Development and delivery of education: 

  • Contribute to online and on-campus education (teaching, tutoring and supervision)  
  • Enable the delivery of blended teaching and learning through development and integration of novel teaching resources and activities 
  • Prepare accessible teaching resources and generate own teaching materials, as  
  • required 
  • Co-lead modules and/or develop teaching curricula for on campus, online and blended programmes 
  • To mark assessments and provide feedback in a timely manner 
  • Engage with the student body to ensure a high standard of student satisfaction 
  • Provide support for student research projects 
  • Provide mentoring and pastoral care to students, in terms of advice on learning objectives and acquisition of skills 
  • Undertake various administrative responsibilities as required. This will include areas such as assessment of progress, student attendance, teaching quality, student experience and participating in Faculty and School meetings. 

[2] Knowledge exchange: 

  • Dissemination of teaching innovations and initiatives to the School  
  • Engage in, and contribute to, pedagogical research 

 

[3] Academic citizenship and management: 

  • Adhere to Faculty and College guidelines and regulations, implementing new requirements as they arise, and incorporating best practice from the wider Higher Education sector 
  • Enable a diverse and inclusive work and education environment in line with the Faculty's policies 
  • Work within the health and safety laws and other college frameworks 
  • Perform academic and administrative duties to a high standard 
  • Participate in professional development activities where appropriate

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria  

1.      PhD in Psychology or a related subject 

2.      Ability to demonstrate and communicate core subject knowledge and expertise 

3.      Experience in developing and delivering excellent teaching in Psychology or related subjects in higher education 

4.      Excellent oral and written communication skills 

5.      High level of computer software literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) 

6.      Strong interpersonal skills relevant to teaching and pastoral support of students 

7.      Ability to interact with staff and students 

8.      Demonstrable understanding, and commitment to, working within the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion 

 

Desirable criteria

1.      Experience with online teaching platforms such as Moodle 

2.      Experience of developing online learning resources 

3.      Experience in pedagogical research 

4.      Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or equivalent teaching qualification

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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