Our Mission

PeoplesFuture Ltd (a sister company of Coventry University) provides a sector leading, dedicated inclusive service to Coventry University Group students supporting their successful global education experience and graduate employment outcomes. Tailoring our service to each students’ individual needs and career aspirations, we are an integral part of the student journey that starts at enrolment and continues beyond graduation.

Our dedicated Lecturering team are subject specialists focused on delivering student education, which is active, social, applied, and inclusive within our vibrant and varied education environment.

The Role

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Coventry University is recruiting for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Psychology to join our academic team. This full-time permanent position requires a passion for teaching of this subject area coupled with a preferred research and scholarly background in one or more of the following areas: counselling, business and organisational psychology, forensic psychology, sports and exercise psychology and cognitive and behavioural psychology.

The School is a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of teachers, researchers and students. Based on a modern campus in the heart of the city centre, we offer a wide range of Social Science and Humanities degrees, including programmes in: Psychology; Creative Writing; English; Philosophy; History; International Relations; Politics; Sociology, Criminology and Forensic investigations. We are proud of our diverse and multi-cultural body of students and are committed to providing them with a range of intellectual and practice-based skills and opportunities. Our outlook is international in character; we encourage staff to collaborate internationally, and we are committed to giving our students the opportunity to work with global partners.  

Our mission is to ensure that we provide a challenging, stimulating and highly rewarding educational experience for our students and to produce graduates that are equipped to engage with the diverse and varied opportunities available for specialists in Psychology.

Duties include:

• To teach on modules and courses at HE levels 4-7 in Psychology, including curation, adaptation and creation of module teaching materials.

• The design, creation, moderation and quality assurance of appropriate module assessment.

• The preparation and dissemination of both generic and specific formative and summative student feedback.

• To contribute to quality monitoring, enhancement, and the continuous improvement of the curriculum, teaching and quality of provision.

• To demonstrate high standards of engagement and best practice with our social learning platform including student communications, assurance of timely and accurate information and high standard teaching materials.

• To ensure that students have an effective learning experience by providing high quality academic guidance and advice and by enhancing their retention/progression and employability.

Qualifications Required

• Master’s degree in an appropriate subject or Honours Degree with appropriate professional qualification and/or membership
• A teaching qualification or acceptance of the requirement to acquire one if not already held
• PhD or active membership of an appropriate professional body would be advantageous

Our Successful Candidate

We are particularly interested in candidates who will help lead the evolution and development of the School’s Psychology provision at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Someone with the vision to address the demands of teaching in the twenty-first century and who recognises the need for new ways of engaging with the subject and how this new pedagogy can be explored and developed creatively through new technologies. Knowledge of higher education processes is important and experience of teaching through workshops, seminars, lectures, and assessment is essential to the role. 

You will have demonstrable experience of successful teaching at higher education levels 4-7 in Psychology with high standards of teaching, learning and student engagement consistent with our reputation and track record as a high-quality provider of teaching and learning.

Enthusiastic and self-motivated, you will have experience supporting, enhancing and engaging in an ‘active learning’ pedagogy with evidence in proactively supporting student success.

As a global education provider, experience and awareness of learners cultural differences and expectations with the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds is essential.

Innovation and collaboration are key to our success, therefore the ability to work both independently and part of a wider team with the willingness to engage in flexible ways of working are key skills required for this role.

The Benefits

Along with a competitive salary we offer an industry leading Rewards and Benefits package which includes:

• Excellent Employers Pension Contribution
• 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days
• Life Assurance 4x Salary
• BUPA Cash Plan
• 50% off Tuition Fees for staff dependants
• CU Reward Scheme – Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers
• Cycle To Work scheme

Our Culture

As a global Education Group, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded within the fabric of our organisation and are a key focus of our core values. We harness the power and potential of the diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences of our students, colleagues, and partners to create opportunities for all.

Full Job Description & Person Specification

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