Job Purpose
To contribute to an excellent student learning experience in geospatial science by delivering, organizing and reviewing teaching, assessment and administration processes associated with undergraduate geography, geoscience and postgraduate geomatics programmes. To undertake scholarship to enhance learning and teaching in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Deliver a range of teaching, supervision, and assessment activities, including residential fieldwork, across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the geomatics, geography, and geoscience disciplines.
2. Carry out course administration within required timescales ensuring effective communication of information, in particular assessment requirements and criteria, and providing timely and constructive feedback on assessments.
3. Contribute to the on-going development and design of the curriculum in a manner that supports a research-led and scholarly approach to student learning and assessment in the discipline of geospatial science.
4. Make effective use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, course organisation, feedback, and assessment. This may involve blended and/or online provision.
5. Ensure an inclusive and evidence-based approach to facilitating learning in a range of face to face and potentially online delivery formats such as tutorials, lectures, problem- based learning, that promote student participation and learning outcome attainment.
6. Develop effective working relationships with students and, in partnership with relevant student services teams, respond appropriately to the diverse range of learning approaches and learner needs.
7. Participate in local, and potentially overseas, activities associated with student recruitment, orientation and induction and other School and University initiatives such as support for student transitions, employability and student mobility, as appropriate.
8. Engage in continuing professional development activities as appropriate.
9. To contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, World Changers Together. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of School.
10. To contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, World Changers Together.
