Lecturer in HE Business and Management - Band 2
Salary circa £28,900 - £35,500 per annum
37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Ref 14-211
A vacancy has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic HE lecturer to teach on the HE
Business/Management programmes, including Masters level, to take on programme responsibilities and be involved in curriculum development. We are looking for someone who is able to motivate and manage students in an HE and FE environment and bring relevance, application, enterprise and experience to teaching and learning, together with good organisational skills.
We would be pleased to hear from applicants with suitable skills, industry experience and relevant qualifications including a Business Management or related degree and a
Master’s degree in a relevant subject area, supported by a solid background of professional development. Experience of teaching HE and supporting dissertation work is also essential to the role. A formal teaching qualification is desirable, but this could be obtained in post.
Closing Date: 14 August 2015
A job description and application pack can be obtained from our website: www.colchester.ac.uk
. Applications, by CV if preferred, should be emailed to jobline@colchester.ac.uk
.
July 2015

Vacancy Information
Lecturer in HE Business and Management - Band 2
37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Hours
Salary £28,929 to £35,553 per annum
Ref 14-211
Duration
Location
To apply
Permanent
Colchester
Please complete and return an application form, or send in your CV with covering letter if preferred, by email to jobline@colchester.ac.uk
. Please complete and return an equal opportunities monitoring form.
Closing date 14 August 2015
Colchester Institute is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this
commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must therefore disclose spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found at the Disclosure and
Barring Service website. If you are offered the post we will need to obtain a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring check for you.
Candidates applying via email will not receive hard copy information by post and are therefore recommended to visit our website www.colchester.ac.uk
to obtain further details about the College
July 2015

Additional Information
The Faculty of Business and Services delivers a wide range of FE and HE courses and a vacancy has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic HE lecturer to teach on the HE
Business/Management programmes, including Masters level, take on programme responsibilities and be involved in curriculum development. The suitable candidate must have relevant qualifications and have industry experience. They should have an ability to motivate and manage students in an HE in FE environment. We are looking for applicants who are able to bring relevance, application, enterprise and experience to teaching and learning, together with good organisational skills. It is essential that the successful candidate is able to promote high standards and best practice in teaching and learning.
We would be pleased to hear from applicants with suitable skills and relevant qualifications, supported by a solid background of professional development. A formal teaching qualification is desirable, but this could be obtained in post.
The right applicant will be flexible, with a positive attitude, and have the ability to communicate effectively with learners, colleagues and management, both internally and externally. The Faculty currently offers full-time and part-time courses from Levels 1-7, including Foundation, Honours and Masters Degrees. The successful candidate will have a willingness to teach across a range of programmes.
The College places a strong emphasis on recruiting high quality staff and on supporting continuing professional development for all staff to ensure that they are effective in providing high standards of teaching and learning and in putting customers first.
July 2015

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Lecturer in HE Business and Management
Reports to: Head of Higher Education Computing and Management
Grade:
Overall Responsibilities
Lecturer Band 2: Points 30-37
To teach Business, Management and associated subjects and to undertake course responsibilities and curriculum development duties within an identified area.
Main Duties
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Comprehensive teaching responsibilities in higher education (designing schemes of work, assessing, preparation, delivery, marking, student interviewing/guidance and individual student tutoring).
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To take on course responsibilities, for example pathway leader, year tutor and to prepare and analyse data, set and monitor targets and maintain quality aspects of the programme.
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To counsel and guide students in respect of their academic progress and, as appropriate, their pastoral concerns and needs and making referrals to specialist services as appropriate; contributing to student reports and references as required.
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To call, attend and contribute to team meetings as appropriate. To contribute to the work of subject and programme teams, committees and boards, as appropriate.
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To undertake curriculum development and respond to changing market demands.
 To actively promote the college’s programmes, attend open events, applicants events, careers events and similar marketing and publicity activities.
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To maintain and extend links with external organisations as appropriate.
 To participate in the College’s performance and development review scheme.
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To develop and update personal professional expertise in the relevant subject areas.
 To promote Safeguarding and apply the College’s Health and Safety policy.
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To work to promote an d apply the College’s Equality and Diversity policy and practices.
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Undertake such other duties as may be required by or on behalf of the
Colchester Institute provided that they are consistent with the nature of the post.
This job description is a guide to the duties the postholder will be expected to undertake. It is not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of
Colchester Institute.
July 2015

PERSON SPECIFICATION
JOB TITLE: Lecturer in HE Business and Management (Band 2) Ref 14-211
Qualifications
/training
Knowledge/ experience
Essential
A Business Management or related degree
Master’s degree in a relevant subject area
Teaching qualification or a willingness to achieve in post
Recent experience in the business sector – or evidence of industrial updating
Experience of managing and motivating learners
Recent teaching experience within higher education
Ability to teach a range of subjects related to
Business and Management, to include research methods
Ability to support undergraduate and post graduate dissertation work
Curriculum development experience in higher education
Evidence of relevant Continual Professional
Development (CPD) and use of technology to enhance learning
Evidence of using links with industry to enhance student learning
An understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to creating a safe learning environment
An awareness of the importance of Equality and Diversity
Skills/abilities Good communication skills including written, oral and presentation skills
Good IT and administrative skills
Ability to use technology to enhance learning
Good team working skills
July 2015
Desirable
Professional qualifications/membership
PhD
Teaching Qualification
Course leadership experience
Teaching experience at post graduate level

Special requirements
Ability to work with both young and mature students
Ability to use links with industry to ensure the continuing relevance of the programme
A willingness to undertake flexible hours as required
A willingness to travel to other sites if required and to supervise students on overseas trips
July 2015