Senior Lecturers | Oman

Chase Resourcing are delighted to announce we are recruiting Senior Lecturers for our client in Oman.

Senior lecturers are expected to be involved in the day to day teaching and will usually have module management responsibilities and support Module Coordinators in development of teaching and learning and assessment within modules. Senior lecturers should take a leading role in supporting students inside and outside the classroom, such as, personal tutorials and development.

Senior lecturers will be expected to take part in some research activities and will be involved in managing lecturers and contributing to team-taught programmes.

Purpose of Senior Lecturers:

To provide support to teaching across the discipline of Aero/Systems/Civil/Marine Engineering as appropriate, and other related specialist fields

To actively support staff and students

To undertake scholarly activities commensurate with the role and to contribute to excellence in teaching at all levels and provide academic support to teaching and curriculum development within the College

To strengthen the research environment in the College and provide an input to activities in other subject group areas such as entrepreneurship, human resources and labour market studies.

Key Responsibilities of Senior Lecturers:

Teaching

To support curriculum/course development as a member of staff within the Aero/Systems/Civil/Marine Department as appropriate.

To deliver inspirational teaching and where appropriate adopt research-informed teaching.

To support design and content of specific areas of teaching and learning.

To undertake academic duties to deliver high quality teaching, student learning support and assessment duties.

To support and comply with the College quality assurance standards and procedures.

Additional duties

To support the leadership and management of the department and developing new curriculum.

To undertake such specific roles/committee work as may be reasonably required.

To participate in relevant professional/advisory activities.

To carry out research and produce publications, or other research outputs, in line with personal objectives agreed in the Staff review process.

To supervise or assist with supervision of undergraduate or taught graduate (Masters) students.

To engage in continuous professional development.

To undertake external activities, which reflect and enhance the reputation of the College.

To comply with the College Health and Safety Policy.

To undertake any other duties as required by the Head of Department.

Attributes of Senior Lecturers                                                                                

Specific Knowledge & Experience

Demonstrable teaching experience at the required level.

Membership of a professional body in subject area.

Track record of effective support of a undergraduate programmes.

Experience of quality control and assurance mechanisms in the HE sector.

Track record of innovation and excellence in teaching and learning.

Ability to provide effective academic support to staff working within the ‘development’ programme area.

Participating in committees and projects as requested by HoD.

Skills & Abilities

Ability to offer support in planning and organising of workloads.

Experience in the use of VLE and MLE teaching and learning management systems.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multi discipline, multi-cultural environment.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to concisely present information verbally and in writing.

Project management skills.

Qualifications, Education & Training

First degree or equivalent in subject area

Master’s Degree and/or vocational experience of a similar level of subject authority.

PhD/Professional Doctorate/equivalent

HEA fellowship/equivalent

Other Requirements

Ability to engage with others in teaching and research

Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team and work to tight deadlines.

Commitment to whole Departmental ethos

Commitment to whole MTC ethos

If interested in the position of Lecturers please email your resume to Nick.Hussey@Chase.ie or call Nick on 00353 (0)66 9762007