Job Introduction
Job Background
BPP School of Technology is recruiting lecturers to support the teaching, marking, and content development of our programmes. 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.
This role will have a specific focus on our new MSc Technology Management for international students, launching in March 2025. This programme will be taught in person, at our London Portsoken Centre. We are interested in hearing from practitioners and experienced academics who can teach a range of subjects across our portfolio programmes, and with experience teaching in person, to an international audience. We are particularly looking for individuals with experience and technical expertise to support in the following areas:
- Management
- AI
- data governance & ethics
- FinTech
- Cloud
- All areas of cyber security
- IT infrastructure/ design/ consultation
- Software strategy and innovation
- IT Project management
Job Purpose
The role of the lecturer is to deliver, assess, and carry out curriculum development of innovative and 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 You could be asked to undertake variety of duties including; curriculum and content design, assessment development, marking, supervision, module leadership, student cohort management, as well as teaching. Teaching for the MSc in Technology Management will all be in-person, but you may also be required 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:
Qualifications
- A Level 7 (post-graduate) or equivalent qualification.
Development
- 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..
Experience
- Relevant professional experience in industry, and relevant academic experience working in HE.
- Experience working with international students.
- Teaching online.
- Experience using Adobe Connect.
Skills
- 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;
- Commerciality;
- Digital literacy;
- Self-motivation.
- Act on feedback.
Pre-employment Checks
- Applicants must provide evidence of their right to work in the UK as BPP is unable to provide visa sponsorship.
- BPP actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices
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