King’s College London Hiring for Researcher: Interdisciplinary Education Job at London, England Full Time

Job Description

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

Interdisciplinary Education is a new and growing team at King’s which is responsible for the development and launch of new strategic initiatives that will transform students’ experience of King’s within the framework of the University’s Strategy. Among these is King’s First Year, a module that enables students to develop critical perspectives and skill-sets that can be applied in almost any field of human endeavour.

Interdisciplinary Education is a cross-King’s initiative which brings together academics from across our faculties with a central team within the Students and Education Directorate. SED is a collection of wide-ranging professional services in place to support King’s students and their education. As a directorate we manage the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond, to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience and effective administrative processes, working closely with King’s faculties to do so.

The Researcher: Interdisciplinary Education will lead our evaluation of inter-disciplinary modules and research on students’ and tutors’ experience of interdisciplinary education. Working closely with an Educational Developer, the Associate Director and a range of academic colleagues the researcher will design and deliver a creative range of evaluation strategies that support developing practices across a growing community of interdisciplinary educators. The postholder will work with students and staff, developing rapport and encouraging critical engagement with evaluative data that the postholder generates.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to work in an innovative HE context, and who wish to utilise their expertise in participatory formative evaluation and evaluation of impact. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in strategically focused and mixed methods research.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern within our necessary service operating hours.

Key responsibilities

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

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• Relevant work experience and/or education: We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in schools, further, higher or adult education.

• An undergraduate degree in any discipline

• A post-graduate qualification in teaching or education

• Experience of designing and deploying a range of research methodologies with an understanding of ethics and rigor

• A capacity to take account of diversity and promote equitable practices in both carrying our research and discussing findings

• Experience of presenting findings in an education sector with sensitivity and clarity

• Experience of communicating and collaborating as part of a diverse team of professionals towards a common objective

• Knowledge of how teachers develop professional expertise and how students learn

• An understanding of the role of research in informing inclusive educational practice

• A knowledge of a university’s obligations under the 2010 Equalities Act and the public sector equality duty

• A PhD or professional doctorate in Education or a related discipline

• Experience of working with academics or other practitioners to develop educational practices

• Knowledge of research in learning and teaching in higher education

Further Information

Please submit a personal statement when applying for this vacancy, clearly setting out how you meet the essential criteria, as this is how we shortlist applications.

Interviews will consist of competency-based questions linked closely to the essential and desirable criteria mentioned here.

Although we have made improvements over the last number of years, our team has under-representation of staff from global majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and from people with disabilities. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities.

Interviews of shortlisted candidates are scheduled to take place in the week beginning 31st October. There will also be a selection task for candidates to prepare in advance.