Lecturer (Computing )- FdSc Computing & Digital Futures

Salary: £41,220 - £47,728 per annum

London weighting: £4,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader

Department: Foundation Degrees - Academic Persistence

We are ideally looking for academics who may wish to work the standard model of Monday-Friday in the day-time, and those who may be interested in a more flexible teaching timetable which may include evenings: Tuesday-Thursday and Friday evening and Saturday day-time classes.

This role will require a presence of at least 3-4 days a week on our Holborn or Stratford, London campus, with 1 day working from home to suit the student timetable. You may be required to be on campus 5 days a week in some cases, based on teaching and meeting requirements. Our hybrid working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit which could change at any point during your employment, so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About the Opportunity

We are currently looking for a Lecturer to join the newly established Department of Foundation Degrees in the Centre for Academic Persistence to support with the delivery of our Computing Foundation Degree. Teaching may be a maximum of 16-20 hours per week, academic support including office hours and tutorials and facilitating the cover rota in campus. You will also be supporting module development in the first 2 years of your role and there may be opportunities to be a Module Leader.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging and dynamic lectures both face-to-face and online for our blended and distance learning students.
• Take on module leadership, ensuring consistent quality and development of learning materials and schemes of work.
• Oversee assessment marking, create authentic assessments, and provide high-quality feedback.
• Lead or support the creation of new programmes and refresh existing ones to align with industry trends and employer requirements.
• Collaborate with colleagues to provide academic advice and support to students.
• Drive innovation in teaching methods, student support, and assessment.
• Assist with student orientation weeks (online) and face-to-face in campus.
• Support students with their assessments including 1-1s, group tutorials and scaffolded assessment feedback sessions.
• Assist students through providing reminders and tracking those who are at risk of non-submission via phone calls, online 1-1 tutorials and face-to-face assessment tutorials.
• Work closely to develop our assessment and resit clinics.
• Develop/create interactive videos, podcasts and activities that could be shared on our VLE and in-class activities.

About You

We are looking for individuals who understand challenges to student engagement in a university setting and have experience of teaching Computing, Digital Skills and Applied AI and academic skills in this subject-area. You must be positive and empathetic to dealing with student issues, ensuring we further engage students with their studies and ensuring positive student outcomes.

Required Experience

Our modules focus on the following Computing areas of which you should have experience of these:

• Level 4 - Digital Skills for the Modern Workplace, Problem Solving and Programming, Web and Database Technologies
• Level 5 - Business Intelligence, Digital Business Transformation, User Centred Design and Applied Work-Based Learning for Computing and Design

Essential Skills / Experience

• You must have a master's degree or equivalent professional qualification in a subject relevant to the teaching area.
• You must have a recognised HE Teaching Qualification and/or Advance HE Fellowship at FHEA/SFHEA level or demonstrate commitment to gain this recognition within 12 months of appointment.
• Able to evidence CPD to show your commitment to enhancing your knowledge and teaching capability, including your practical teaching methods and techniques.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• SimplyHealth plan option
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends.
• Plus, other excellent benefits.
• Our 'Golden Ticket' which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.

Closing Date

Thursday 14th May (Midnight)

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship Statement

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.