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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Secondary Education
| Posting date: | 12 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £37,099.00 to £42,978.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Plymouth Marjon University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R00989 |
Summary
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Secondary Education
Lecturer, Grade 7: starting at £37,099.00
Senior Lecturer, Grade 8: starting at £42,978.00
Initial teacher training (ITT) at Plymouth Marjon University has a considerable history, stretching back over 180 years. Plymouth Marjon University is achieving an unprecedented level of success, we hold TEF Gold for Teaching excellence and are rated 4th in the Guardian Best University ratings for Education courses (2025). In the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) 89% of our research was internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour, including a submission to the Education Unit of Assessment. We have recently launched a new university strategy Marjon 2030: The Case for Inconvenient Excellence which outlines our mission to end social inequity through life changing teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange. In the School of Education our ambition is to continually enhance our position as a leading provider of innovative education, impactful research and be a central supply chain for our local and regional schools.
We would welcome applications from candidates who wish to work on our ITT programmes and make a substantive contribution to Secondary PGCE programmes with the following experience and credentials:
Essential
• Holds UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Masters qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Has recent school teaching experience in secondary maths, science or English and/or in secondary ITT provision in these subjects. We will consider applications from other secondary curriculum subject specialisms.
• Has a track record of keeping up-to-date with evidence informed practice to support positive learner outcomes.
• Has experience supporting trainee teachers, for example through delivery, mentoring or other forms of working with trainee teachers.
Desirable
• Has experience of contributing to the delivery of ITT secondary QTS provision.
• Has experience of ITT curriculum and programme design.
• Has a doctorate or is enrolled currently in a doctoral degree programme.
At Plymouth Marjon University, we provide our learners with the best learning and teaching opportunities to help them develop both professionally and personally.
Main responsibilities
• Preparing trainee teachers: drawing on your knowledge and teaching expertise to ensure trainees are evidence informed and ‘school-ready’.
• Teaching: designing and delivering innovative teaching sessions, fostering an inclusive environment for all and marking assignments.
• Quality Assurance of placement experiences: visiting trainees on placement, supporting school mentors and tracking trainee progress.
• Recruitment: interviewing and selecting appropriate trainees for the PGCE course and supporting recruitment events.
• Pastoral support continuing our unprecedented success in student satisfaction by providing pastoral and academic support to our trainees.
What we can offer
Plymouth Marjon University is a small University with our students at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be based in the School of Education on our green campus in the north of Plymouth with:
• Opportunities for flexible working
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays and Christmas closures)
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) enrolment
To view the full range of benefits we offer, please click here.
This appointment is subject to enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jodie Greaves (Head of Initial Teacher Training) jgreaves@marjon.ac.uk
Closing date: Sunday 09 March 2025 (at 11:59pm)
Interview date: Friday 21 March 2025
Apply online: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Lecturer, Grade 7: starting at £37,099.00
Senior Lecturer, Grade 8: starting at £42,978.00
Initial teacher training (ITT) at Plymouth Marjon University has a considerable history, stretching back over 180 years. Plymouth Marjon University is achieving an unprecedented level of success, we hold TEF Gold for Teaching excellence and are rated 4th in the Guardian Best University ratings for Education courses (2025). In the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) 89% of our research was internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour, including a submission to the Education Unit of Assessment. We have recently launched a new university strategy Marjon 2030: The Case for Inconvenient Excellence which outlines our mission to end social inequity through life changing teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange. In the School of Education our ambition is to continually enhance our position as a leading provider of innovative education, impactful research and be a central supply chain for our local and regional schools.
We would welcome applications from candidates who wish to work on our ITT programmes and make a substantive contribution to Secondary PGCE programmes with the following experience and credentials:
Essential
• Holds UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Masters qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Has recent school teaching experience in secondary maths, science or English and/or in secondary ITT provision in these subjects. We will consider applications from other secondary curriculum subject specialisms.
• Has a track record of keeping up-to-date with evidence informed practice to support positive learner outcomes.
• Has experience supporting trainee teachers, for example through delivery, mentoring or other forms of working with trainee teachers.
Desirable
• Has experience of contributing to the delivery of ITT secondary QTS provision.
• Has experience of ITT curriculum and programme design.
• Has a doctorate or is enrolled currently in a doctoral degree programme.
At Plymouth Marjon University, we provide our learners with the best learning and teaching opportunities to help them develop both professionally and personally.
Main responsibilities
• Preparing trainee teachers: drawing on your knowledge and teaching expertise to ensure trainees are evidence informed and ‘school-ready’.
• Teaching: designing and delivering innovative teaching sessions, fostering an inclusive environment for all and marking assignments.
• Quality Assurance of placement experiences: visiting trainees on placement, supporting school mentors and tracking trainee progress.
• Recruitment: interviewing and selecting appropriate trainees for the PGCE course and supporting recruitment events.
• Pastoral support continuing our unprecedented success in student satisfaction by providing pastoral and academic support to our trainees.
What we can offer
Plymouth Marjon University is a small University with our students at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be based in the School of Education on our green campus in the north of Plymouth with:
• Opportunities for flexible working
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays and Christmas closures)
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) enrolment
To view the full range of benefits we offer, please click here.
This appointment is subject to enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jodie Greaves (Head of Initial Teacher Training) jgreaves@marjon.ac.uk
Closing date: Sunday 09 March 2025 (at 11:59pm)
Interview date: Friday 21 March 2025
Apply online: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
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