School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: £40,927 to £50,296 plus £3762 London weighting
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 2 years
Closing Date: Sunday 13 February 2022
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3032

The Centre for Research and Enterprise in Language (CREL) within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, at the University of Greenwich, is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in English Language and Academic Manager for English Languages Courses to lead and co-ordinate our summer and autumn pre-sessional English (PSE) Language courses. The candidate would also be able to contribute to teaching on our English Language Teaching undergraduate and/or postgraduate programmes.

We offer a range of PSE courses for international students (2 weeks, 5 weeks, 9 weeks and 13 weeks) and all courses are accredited by the British Council. You would be responsible for designing the curriculum, managing the delivery and lecturers teaching on the programme, ensuring that all appropriate processes are followed. You would work in collaboration with a range of stakeholders to deliver a high quality experience for international students.

It is important to meet deadlines within demanding timescales, ensuring that the courses are delivered in line with University regulations as well as British Council and UKVI requirements. Experience of co-ordinating pre-sessional English courses is required. You would need to be TEFL-Q and hold a PhD in a relevant discipline.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and hardworking individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The role is varied and will suit an individual who enjoys a dynamic and busy environment who can work well under pressure.

We are also interested in hearing from candidates who are engaged with research and who could contribute to teaching and research activities as part of the Centre.

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on HR-Recruitment@gre.ac.uk

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

Academic Career Pathways

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values. The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich.