Location: Highfield Campus
Salary: £43,155 to £54,421
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date: Tuesday 23 May 2023
Reference and to apply: 2268023LD
The Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) provides support for Academic staff at the University of Southampton. The Centre is located with Southampton’s Faculty of Social Sciences but serves the whole University. CHEP was created to provide comprehensive world-leading professional development for all staff and doctoral researchers at all stages of their career development across the life course. We are one of only a few institutions in which the support for all academic activity (Education, Research and Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise (KEE)) is provided from the same central team and we have expanded the team that supports Research and KEE. We play a pivotal role in supporting the realization of the University of Southampton’s Strategy and our set up means we are ideally suited to support the Triple Helix approach of our strategy. This role will particularly focus on delivering the people and skills development aspects of our Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise and People strategic plans and our Knowledge Exchange Concordat action plan.
Applications are invited for an academic development post within the team to focus on developing the understanding, skills and capabilities of staff to undertake KEE activities, with a particular emphasis on enterprise activities (e.g. Supporting consultancy, commercialisation of research and developing business relationships). The post-holder will work alongside another academic developer whose focus is mainly on the broader knowledge exchange understanding and activities which are done primarily for social impact and may not necessarily be revenue generating. Both postholders will work collaboratively together and with other departments in the University (especially Research & Innovation Services) and help support our continued strong performance in KEF and Impact assessment exercises.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced knowledge exchange/enterprise practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team and use their knowledge and expertise to help expand and enhance our institution-wide support for staff undertaking KEE activities. You will contribute to the design, development, delivery and evaluation of professional development and strategic major project activities offered by CHEP. You will focus on professional development to support knowledge exchange and enterprise activities of staff at all stages of their career, however there will be opportunities to contribute to the wider Academic Practice remit of the Centre.
All academic development posts within our Centre are academic appointments within the education focused aspect of our ERE pathway (because they support the learning of staff in all aspects of their academic practice) and as such they come with the common title of academic developers within our team (‘Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice’). However, please note you will support academic staff with their KEE activities primarily and will not focus on supporting staff with their education activities. We welcome applications from non-PhD candidates with equivalent professional qualifications and/or experience to apply for the KEE focused role. If you are in any doubt whether or not this role is for you, please do get in touch.
The appointment is permanent and is available from May 2023.
This opportunity is available at level 5 and as a full-time or part-time role. We are interested in applications from individuals from 0.6 FTE and above. Please indicate in your application if you are interested in the role as a part-time appointment. For applicants interested in a Part Time role, please note: this role is unlikely to support a Certificate of Sponsorship with a part time salary amount (a Certificate of Sponsorship is required to obtain a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK)
Informal enquiries can be made at any time to either the Director (Prof Shelley Parr), or a member of the existing team. Please contact CHEP@soton.ac.uk or S.J.Parr@soton.ac.uk
To find out more about the Centre for Higher Education Practice visit our website or get in touch and arrange an informal chat with the Director or one of the existing team members CHEP@soton.ac.uk
On appointment, the job title will be Senior Teaching Fellow.
Centre for Higher Education Practice
Location: Highfield Campus
Salary: £34,314 to £41,931 per annum
Full Time Fixed Term until 31/07/2024
Closing Date: Friday 02 June 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
The Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) provides support for Academic staff at the University of Southampton. The Centre is located with Southampton’s Faculty of Social Sciences but serves the whole University. CHEP was created to provide comprehensive world-leading professional development for all staff and doctoral researchers at all stages of their career development across the life course. We are one of only a few institutions in which the support for all academic activity (Education, Research and Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise (KEE)) is provided from the same central team and we have expanded the team that supports Research and KEE. We play a pivotal role in supporting the realization of the University of Southampton’s Strategy and our set up means we are ideally suited to support the Triple Helix approach of our strategy. This role will particularly focus on achieving the action plans in support of our Research and People strategic plans.
Applications are invited for an academic development post within the team to focus on supporting, co-ordinating, evaluating and reporting on multiple activities developed and funded through UKRI research culture funding. These include a range of activities such as writing retreats, externally provided staff development and coaching to research projects looking at academic workloads. The individual will work alongside a team of academic developers within CHEP with a range of expertise and skills spanning education, research, KEE and evaluation.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced academic developer, evaluator or enhancement project lead to join our friendly and supportive team and use their knowledge and expertise to help expand and enhance our institution-wide implementation and evaluation of research culture enhancing activities. The post-holder will contribute to the design, development, delivery and mixed methods evaluation of professional development and strategic major project activities offered by CHEP to support the realisation of the University of Southampton’s Strategy (in particular, the People & Research strategies). The role focuses on activities to support research culture and research activities of staff at all stages of their career, however there may be opportunities to contribute to the wider Academic Practice remit of the Centre.
All academic development posts within our Centre are academic appointments within the education focused aspect of our ERE pathway (because they support the learning of staff in all aspects of their academic practice) and as such they come with the common title of academic developers within our team (‘Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice’). However, please note this role will support enhancement activities primarily aimed at research staff and are not focused on supporting staff with their education activities. We welcome applications from non-PhD candidates with equivalent professional qualifications and/or experience to apply for the role. If you are in any doubt whether or not this role is for you, please do get in touch.
The appointment is fixed term (ending July 31st 2024).
On appointment your title will be Teaching Fellow
This opportunity is available at level 4 and as a full-time or part-time role. We are interested in applications from individuals from 0.5 FTE and above. Please indicate in your application if you are interested in the role as a part-time appointment.
CHEP provides support for academic staff at the University of Southampton. The Centre is located with Southampton’s Faculty of Social Sciences but serves the whole University. CHEP was created to provide comprehensive world-leading professional development for all staff and doctoral researchers at all stages of their career development across the life course.
Informal enquiries can be made at any time to either the Director (Prof Shelley Parr), or a member of the existing team. Please contact CHEP@soton.ac.uk or S.J.Parr@soton.ac.uk
You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. If you need any assistance, please email recruitment@soton.ac.uk.