Requisition ID: 25961
Location:
Newcastle, GB
Contract Type: Open Ended
Working Pattern: Full Time
Posted Date: 11 Aug 2023
Salary:
Lecturer Grade F: £39,347 to £44,263 per annum
Lecturer Grade G: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 11 September 2023
The Role
This full-time role sits within the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences (BNS), part of our Faculty of Medical Sciences who deliver world leading innovation and excellence in teaching and research.
The school is seeking to appoint a passionate and committed Lecturer, on a permanent basis, to deliver teaching and student support for Nutrition programmes in the Faculty. The successful candidate will also be expected to make a significant contribution to research within the Faculty by aligning with one of the three Faculty Research Institutes (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/) and working with colleagues within the Human Nutriton and Exercise Research Centre. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a developing independent research profile. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience in food science or microbiology.
You will join an enthusiastic and vibrant group of academics and researchers at an exciting time of expansion of nutrition and dietetic undergraduate teaching and nutrition research at Newcastle University. Our programmes include BSc Human Nutrition, BSc Nutrition with Food Marketing, MDiet (Hons) Dietetics, and, in 2024, the launch of our new BSc/ MSci Nutrition and Exercise Science.
Further information about the School is available at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/bns/ and you can view details of our facilities at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/bns/about/city-campus-facilities
Informal enquiries may be made to Ms Susan Lennie, e-mail susan.lennie@ncl.ac.uk or Professor Emma Stevenson, e-mail emma.stevenson@ncl.ac.uk.
The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic staff may be expected to perform.
Key Accountabilities
• Design and deliver high quality teaching and learning material, resources and activities as part of a team. This should be carried out within external, professional or accreditation requirements
• Set, mark and assess course work and examinations, providing timely and effective feedback to students
• Ensure that current research, scholarship and evaluation is informing teaching and assessment practice
• Supervise undergraduate and/or postgraduate research projects in nutrition and dietetics and related disciplines
• Provide timely mentoring, academic guidance and pastoral support to students to enhance their learning experience
• Undertake administrative duties related to the degree programmes and modules as appropriate to role
• Engage in research activities, teaching innovation and/or other professional activities for the benefit of the University and the discipline
The Person (Essential)
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Knowledge, ability and expertise to teach nutrition and food science related topics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and contribute to supervision up to and including Doctoral level
• Awareness of current issues and trends in nutrition/ food science and technology/ food microbiology
• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills, showing ability to effectively communicate complex information, in writing and verbally with students, academic and external audiences
• Experience of developing teaching materials in the area of nutrition/ food science and technology/ food microbiology
• Ability to contribute to administrative processes for the successful management of the degree programmes
• Experience of working independently, and cohesively within a team, and contributing enthusiastically to the team goals
• Experience of providing pastoral support to students
• Ability and willingness to work across disciplinary boundaries, and to work collaboratively with colleagues from other Schools and with strategic partners nationally and internationally
• A good quality publication record for the discipline, with peer reviewed publications at international level
Desirable
• Experience of supervising student research projects in the area
• Experience of coordinating and leading modules or courses in higher education
• Proven ability of securing appropriate funding from relevant sources and consistent with discipline norms to support activities
Attributes and Behaviour
• Ability to motivate and engage students and colleagues
• Willingness to work flexibly and according to the demands of the programme
• Sensitivity to the views of others
• Enthusiasm for the task in hand
Qualifications
• First Degree in relevant discipline
• PhD in relevant discipline
Desirable
• Registration with the Association for Nutrition or Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) membership
• Recognised Postgraduate teaching qualification/ Advance HE Fellowship accreditation or equivalent
• Basic Food Hygiene certificate
Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.
We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.
At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.
In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Requisition ID: 25961