Cardiff Metropolitan University Hiring for Lecturer in Sport Physical Education & Coaching Job at Cardiff, Wales Full Time

Job reference

22REQ0002004

Date posted

01/04/2022

Application closing date

05/05/2022

Location

Cyncoed Campus

Salary

£40,927.00 – £46,042.00 per annum

Package

37 hours – 2 positions available (1x permanent & 1 x fixed term, 3 years)

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Academic

Attachments

Job Description Fixed Term Lecturer in Sport Physical Education and Health – English.pdf Job Description Permanent Lecturer in Sport Physical Education and Health – English.pdf Job Description Permanent Lecturer in Sport Physical Education and Health – Welsh.pdf Job Description Fixed Term Lecturer in Sport Physical Education and Health – Welsh.pdf

Job description

We’re delighted to have recently won two prestigious awards – the Times Higher Education UK and Ireland University of the Year 2021 and The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide Welsh University of the Year 2021.

If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.

The Opportunity

Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences (CSSHS) has a global reputation for the quality of its teaching, research and innovation in the areas of sport and health sciences. Based across the Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses staff work in partnership with students, industry, health boards, sport national governing bodies and others to deliver employability focused education and impactful research. Research undertaken in the School has a strong applied base and CSSHS is home to several centres of excellence including the Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing, the Food Industry Centre, the Youth Physical Development Centre, and the Sport Coaching Hub.

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile in the field of Sport Physical Education and Health or related area, and teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.

To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the delivery on the BSc Sport Physical Education and Health and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience. Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What we are looking for

• A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
• A sound understanding of pedagogy.
• A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
• Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
• Ability to design teaching and learning material.
• Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem-solving skills to improve performance.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
• Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
• Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Ellen Jones, Ms, at. [email protected] or Christa Haworth, Ms, at [email protected] or for further information about working with us at our University please visit our recruitment website.

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further Information

Please read our Candidate Pack or visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.