Job Introduction
Job Background
The BPP School of Technology is recruiting freelance lecturers to support the teaching, marking of programmes across the school. We are looking for highly motivated practitioners with a keen sense of the corporate context, who are excited by the prospect of using their professional expertise to develop careers through higher education.
For this role, we are interested in hearing from practitioners and/or experienced academics who can teach a range of subjects across our BSc and MSc programmes. We are particularly looking for individuals with experience and expertise to support in the following areas:
End to end IT Infrastructure
Cloud Computing
Business Optimisation and Process Improvement
IT consulting
Enterprise Architecture
Job Purpose
The role of the lecturer is to deliver high-quality teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, that reflect the current skills and capability requirements of corporate employers. Lecturers must have significant professional and academic experience in their discipline, as well as the enthusiasm to pass their passion for their specialist area on to students, learners, clients and peers.
Responsibilities
Freelance lecturers could be asked to undertake variety of duties including; curriculum and content design, assessment development, marking, supervision, student cohort management, as well as teaching. Teaching for the MSc in Technology Management will all be in-person, but you may also be asked to support our apprenticeship provision, all currently delivered online via the Adobe Connect platform. Our teaching hours are predominantly Monday – Friday (9.00am – 5.00pm).
Role Requirements
Essential:
- A Level 7 (post-graduate) or equivalent qualification (if teaching on the Masters programmes)
- For those not currently holding either a teaching qualification or a Fellowship of the HEA membership, a commitment to achieving these through BPP's PGCLT or HEA scheme is essential.
- A commitment to engage with our Learning and Teaching CPD resources.
- Relevant professional experience in industry, and relevant academic experience working in HE.
- Experience working with international students.
- Excellent command of the English language;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Excellent presentation skills;
- The ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload;
- The ability to work well in a team and be collaborative;
BPP are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!