£42,000 - £45,848 per annum + excellent benefits

Working hours: Weekdays and evenings 

Primarily remote work with occasional travel to one of our UK campuses each semester for team meetings 

Permanent, Full time

About us:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About the Department:

The Computing Department at Arden University is committed to providing students with the skills, knowledge, and practical experience necessary to develop in the fast-growing and ever-evolving tech industry. 

Through a blended and distance learning, we prepare students for diverse careers, ranging from software development and cybersecurity to data analysis and IT consultancy. Our programmes emphasise innovation, problem-solving, and real-world application, ensuring graduates are equipped to meet the challenges of the digital age and succeed in a global, technology-driven market.

About the role:

As a Lecturer on our distance learning team, you'll be part of a collaborative group of academics based across our UK campuses, working together to deliver an exceptional student experience. Aligned with our vision of being a digital-first university that prioritises flexibility in pace, location, and delivery, our distance learning students engage with faculty through various online platforms.

Main duties and responsibilities for all grades:

• Teaching and training activities for our distance learning students.
  
• Module leadership, ensuring levels of consistency and quality and developing our learning materials and schemes of work.
  
• Assessment marking and development, developing authentic assessments ensuring appropriate marking guidance is provided and maintaining levels of quality in terms of feedback and evaluation processes.
  
• Lead on or assist with the development of new programmes and the review and refresh of our existing programmes, ensuring alignment with employer requirements and the employability needs of our students.
  
• Working with colleagues to advise and support students.
  
• Innovate in terms of teaching practice, support, and assessment.

About You:

We are looking for candidates who:

• Have a Master’s Degree or equivalent professional qualification in subject relevant to teaching or research area
  
• Have demonstrable experience in delivering excellent and engaging teaching across a range of theory-based and practical modules and are comfortable with languages and platforms such as Java, MySQL, PHP, AWS/Azure, Python and SPSS across levels 4 to 7.
• Can demonstrate that they have gained practical experience in an industry context
  
• Are confident and experienced in using a variety of teaching techniques in online contexts

Our undergraduate modules cover a range of topics including Systems Analysis and Design, Web Authoring, Programming, Databases, Ethics, Web Application Development and Data Mining and we are looking for academics who can teach across the broad range of modules. We are also launching new postgraduate programmes and would welcome applicants with experience of teaching modules in the areas of Data Science and Cyber Security.

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top, and we even throw in Christmas closure
• A generous Aviva pension plan, our contributions start at 7%
• PMI or Healthcare Cashback (dependent on role grade)
• Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
• Plus, other competitive benefits!

Arden’s values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations. 

Closing Date: Friday 6th December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.