Teesworks
Location
Middlesbrough | United Kingdom
Job description
Every member of our University is part of the inspiring, supportive, and caring community known as Team Teesside. To learn more about Team Teesside click here .
What we offer you:
– A holiday entitlement of 259 hours (35 days), plus bank holidays
– Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure
– Special leave to support a range of circumstances
– 60 percent On Campus and 40 percent Working from home
– A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition
– A range of family friendly benefits
– An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources
– More information about our benefits and an employee benefits brochure can be found here.
At Teesside University, we are ambitious in our goals, vision and aspirations. We challenge expectations and push the boundaries of what is possible. From transforming our campus through a £300m investment and capital development programme, to creating outstanding, innovative academic programmes, our work is always relevant and purpose driven.
We believe that innovation powers our steps and are motivated to make a difference through positive social impact. We work in partnership with individuals and businesses to devise creative solutions not limited by imagination. We work at pace, and are always future facing, with our teaching, learning and research focused on addressing the challenges of tomorrow, today. We do not stand still.
The School of Health and Life Sciences is now seeking to appoint to the posts of Senior Lecturer and Lecturer Teaching Scholarship and Professional Practice (TSPP) in Optometry to contribute to teaching, research, knowledge exchange, enterprise and knowledge exchange in the Department of Allied Health Professions in the School of Health & Life Sciences.
The standard TSPP academic role at the University includes a combination of teaching, scholarly activity, professional practice, knowledge exchange, business engagement and associated administrative activities. While all functions will combine these areas of work, the relative weight of each will vary between and over time for each role holder.
The postholder must be a Practising Optometrist/ Dispensing Optician/ Contact Lens Optician on the General Optical Council professional register and have experience of teaching and assessing skills in practice. You must hold both a first degree and Masters in relevant discipline / equivalent professional qualification or significant practical work experience in a related discipline.
You will utilise your knowledge to lead and develop teaching, knowledge exchange, enterprise, and business engagement. You will lead and develop external partnership working with new and existing partners, Applicants must hold or willing to achieve a relevant Teaching Qualification normally within two years of employment i.e PGCHE/Higher Education Academy (Associate Fellow/Senior Fellow) accreditation alongside a Membership of a relevant professional body / Registered professional in the discipline / equivalent level of professional practice.
Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will NOT qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Apply now if you would like to join us.
If you are shortlisted, your interview will take place via Microsoft Teams.
Please note that the University may ask you to participate in a number of selection activities as part of the recruitment process for this vacancy.
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