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Job Offer: Senior Lecturer in Business:Job description:Job location: London The Senior Lecturer is a crucial postholder in our academic management structure with the specific responsibility of ensuring that a designated group of students take maximum advantage of the opportunities on offer at Regent College London and fulfil their potential. The function encompasses the full job description of the Lecturer function, plus the academic and student support management responsibilities detailed below. The post holder will be provide a combination of teaching, student support and academic management to their respective School ensuring students engage and achieve success within their taught programmes. Specific tasks and responsibilities Academic Management The Senior Lecturer takes on the line management responsibilities of an assigned number of Academic Colleagues in the support of students. Within the execution of the function the post holder will » Adopt a work allocation model for their team. » Set out mechanisms to effectively report the progress of staff and students' activities to them. » Ensure that the academic process is assured and implemented in line with the policies of RCL and awarding bodies. » Perform the required line management function for the assigned team. » Support with the staff development processes for assigned staff. » Participate in the recruitment and induction process of staff and students as required. » Mentor colleagues with less practice and advise on personal development. Student Support The post holder will » Be the first senior point of academic contact for a group of assigned students. » Work with the CSO, Student Finance agent and ARWA agent teams to support students and that support plans are available for students. » Ensure that student voice is being heard and that academic needs of students are managed. » Ensure any issues of student engagement or performance are addressed, signposting students to specialist College services as necessary. » Field any pastoral requirements students may have, signposting them to significant specialist College services as necessary. » Monitor the progress of individual students' Learning Support Plans, liaising with specialist services as necessary Teaching The post holder will » Have a reduced teaching load given the student support responsibility » Design teaching material and deliver either across a range of modules or within a subject area. » Produce duly approved and signed off detailed Scheme of work, aimed at academic review and monitored by the PL » Be responsible for student submission in that module and must make sure 90% of students submit on time and make sure this is managed in an efficient manner. » Be responsible for achievement of each student and the KPI set up in line with RCL » Prepare a module evaluation report, and contribute as appropriate to the Annual Monitoring Reports and Programme Evaluations. Assessment and Marking The post holder will » Provide students with timely and constructive formative feedback » Produce and mark summative assessments according to the approved assessment brief and provide timely and constructive feedback to students within the deadlines published by the Assessment Team. » Identify cases of possible academic misconduct and escalate these according to the significant procedure, providing support where necessary. » Review all significant module assessments ensuring they are in line with the awarding body (ies) expectations. » For each new academic year - review assessments are updated as needed. (e.g., Resits, Answer Keys, Marking Rubrics are updated) » Prepare/monitor all External Examiner / Assessment Board Reports. » Contribute to the Annual Monitoring Report This position requires candidates to undergo a DBS check as part of the application process Skills:
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