Senior Lecturer in Pre-University Transnational Education (AEP)

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About King's Centre for International Education and Languages

King's Centre for International Education and Languages is a new, cross-cutting Centre designed to widen the educational reach of King's. It brings together three existing areas: King's Foundations, Summer Programmes, and King's Language Centre. This brings together international pathway provision, pre sessional programmes, pre-UG summer courses, UG summer modules, UG language modules, bespoke language programmes for the community and our partners and academic skills provision for all King's students.

Each of these areas are well established, respected and recognised within and beyond the King's community. The Centre is focused on enabling collaboration between the three departments to further advance our work in promoting educational excellence and supporting and enhancing the student experience. The Centre has significant expertise in International Education and makes a significant contribution to the rich and diverse make-up of the King's student body.

About King's Foundations

King's Foundations is a leading centre for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and pathway education across the HE sector, accredited by the British Council. As one of the largest providers of pathway education, we welcome over 2,500 students each year across our King's International Foundation Programmes and our range of Pre-sessional Programmes. King's Foundations is also responsible for the delivery of Academic Skills support across the university providing in person, online, and asynchronous programmes for students studying on all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at King's. In addition, we offer an increasing number of short courses in English language learning and teaching.

Our mission is to support a diverse group of learners to achieve their potential at King's, supporting students to become independent and inquisitive learners. King's Foundations is home to approximately 80 permanent staff, growing to around 150 during our busy summer months. We champion a forward-thinking approach to education and take a digitally-enabled approach across all aspects of education. Over the last 6 years, the department has seen significant planned growth in support of King's Vision 2029, with annual income of over £20m.

About the Role:

The Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education at King's College London, seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Pre-University Transnational Education, based in King's Foundations, with a focus on co-creating a bridging curriculum for young people planning a route into either Higher Education or employment in the African continent. Current plans involve learners in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa. The curriculum will be delivered and assessed at pre-University level (RQF Level 3). It is anticipated that in the pilot and early stages of the programme, the appointed candidate will lead and contribute to the teaching of the programme. Candidates should have expertise in online and blended pedagogies and, ideally, experience working in an African context. Ideally, candidates will have lived experience of African context and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders on the content around the design and development of this programme.

The vision for the Afe Babalola Centre is based on the power of transnational education to empower and enable Africa's talented young people to make meaningful contributions to their communities and the world. In the context of the Afe Babalola Centre, transnational education means education on transnational issues, disciplines, skills and competencies, co-created, and co-delivered through multilateral and multinational collaborations. An interest in increasing access at scale for underserved youth and the ability to contribute to the postgraduate training of educators in the region would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will lead on the design and delivery of a Level 3 bridging/foundation programme, as well as developing a framework of academic and pastoral support for learners. Whilst it is anticipated that this will be a largely online programme, there will be a need to build in in-person provision in the longer term, as part of the support that will be required in-country. They will also be responsible for oversight of the delivery of teaching initial student cohorts and will be able to pursue opportunities for conducting high quality education-focused scholarship in their field. The focus of scholarship should include practice and/or impact-focused approaches to pedagogy (e.g. co-creation with learners) and have an interdisciplinary dimension. They will receive mentoring and support to develop their skills and experience in this area.

The appointment is to the Academic Education Pathway (AEP), which is focused on the delivery of education, education-related scholarship, and leadership in education. Indicatively 80% of a staff member's activities will be accounted for by a combination of teaching, supervision, student support, educational leadership and innovation, and administration; the remaining 20% will be dedicated to scholarship. Staff on the AEP are not contractually obliged to carry out research and will not have significant responsibility for research.

King's Foundations is a leading centre for pathway education and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) across the HE sector, accredited by the British Council. As one of the largest providers of pathway education, we welcome over 2,500 students each year across our King's International Foundation Programmes and our range of Pre-sessional Programmes. King's Foundations is also responsible for the delivery of Academic Skills support across King's, providing in person, online, and asynchronous programmes for students studying on all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at King's. In addition, we offer an increasing number of short courses in English language learning and teaching. The department is home to around 100 permanent staff.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an fixed term contract for 3 years. Appointments to this role will be subject to a DBS check.

About You:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Post graduate qualification in education or teaching
2. Experience of pre-university education and Higher Education teaching, learning and assessment practice
3. Knowledge of and experience working within an African educational environment
4. Experience of design and delivery of blended or online learning provision
5. Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
6. Excellent administrative and organisational skills
7. The ability to design and deliver lectures, practicals, seminars, and tutorials
8. Examples of disseminating education innovations and scholarship (e.g., department level, public sector, publications, conferences, workshops)

Desirable criteria

1. Completion of appropriate training in equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion. Those without this will need to complete this in their first year in post.
2. Fellowship or Senior Fellowship of the HEA
3. A demonstrable commitment to internationalisation and an inclusive, diverse and collegiate approach to education and scholarship
4. A mindset and aptitude for working within an interdisciplinary framework and teaching across disciplines beyond their immediate field of expertise
5. Experience of programme development and design

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information:

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert.

If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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