Associate Professor in Education Assessment

Associate Professor in Education Assessment (Education) - Birmingham Medical School - 81610 – Grade 9
United Kingdom

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Position Details
Birmingham Medical School, School of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £56,921 to £65,814 with potential progression once in post to £85,544 Grade: 9

Background

We are seeking to appoint a new senior member of staff to join the College of Medicine & Health at an exciting time when our MBChB curriculum and programme structure are under review. The new appointee will join a well-established team of academics to contribute to the development of the programme, with a particular focus on leading the development and implementation of innovative learning materials and formative assessments to support the revised programme.

The role is designed for an experienced educator with an established track record in curriculum and assessment design and innovation and the ability to lead task and finish groups to completion to deliver these essential elements of the programme. Additionally, they will contribute to teaching and assessment across the programme and take a leadership role, as part of the management team for the programme. They will facilitate sharing of best practice and expertise within the programme and will play an important role in implementing the changes we are making to the MBChB, as well as contributing to the developing healthcare education research group within the College.

Role Summary

You will contribute at a senior level on a sustained basis to the whole range of teaching leadership and administration across MBChB. We are particularly looking for someone with a focus on developing and enhancing formative assessment across the programme and working as part of the team to ensure students who need additional support are identified early in their time with us.

Teaching is likely to include: (a) development and leadership of aspects of the MBChB programme or equivalent; and (b) enhancement of the student experience that are of manifest benefit to the College and the University. It is expected that you will demonstrate a significant contribution to the advancement of teaching (policy, practice, standards) of the subject, provide leadership in teaching and learning that is innovative to the subject area or institution, with a significant contribution to the debate nationally about teaching.

You will be supporting the curriculum renewal for the MBChB (launching 2026). The developing curriculum is innovative and forward thinking, enabling medical students to meet regulatory requirements such as the GMC’s new 2024 Outcomes for Graduates and national Medical Licensing Assessment. The programme is centred around twelve longitudinal themes to support the students' transition to working as a doctor in the NHS with confidence. These include digital health, interprofessional education, clinical reasoning, patient-centred care and professionalism. The post holder will lead on the design, development and implementation of innovative teaching & learning materials and formative assessment, will support the delivery of the new curriculum, and will work as part of the programme management team to ensure that formative and summative assessment is authentic and appropriate.

Main Duties
Education

You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

• Making a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research;
• Leading on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning, including designing innovative approaches and supporting colleagues to use them in the subject area or institution;
• Leading on curriculum design at module and programme level to ensure it is contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging; actively engaging students in curriculum design;
• Making an impactful, high-quality contribution to debates about education policy, methods and practices through internal and external publications, subject societies and conference activity;
• Developing an external profile evidenced through engaging in external quality assurance activities related to teaching, e.g. external examining and engaging with/supporting education in other institutions;
• Where appropriate, playing an important and sustained role in the recruitment and admission of students;
• Co-supervising doctoral students to completion;
• Leading the development of teaching, learning and assessment policies and strategies; acting as an education mentor to colleagues in the School/Department/College or more widely;
• Leading the development of new and appropriate approaches to learning and teaching;
• Leading sustained high-value impact in knowledge transfer and enterprise (including business engagement, public engagement) that enhances the student experience and/or employability, and is of manifest benefit to learning and teaching in the College and the University;
• Undertaking own teaching, which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing programme proposals, supervision, marking and examining. You will ensure that your teaching practice is informed by discipline-based research, through participating in the research culture of the School.

Management/administration

Lead activities in the Department/School and represent the School on College/University committees or working groups. Where appropriate to the discipline, this is likely to include some but not all of the responsibilities listed below.

• Making an important contribution to the development and running of the Department or School, for example, leading activity on teaching assessment;
• Leading a successful international engagement at School or College level;
• Developing and managing staff and resources in support of major teaching activities;
• Making important contributions to the development of the Department’s (and the University) learning and teaching strategy;
• Contributing significantly to the development and delivery of knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement and public engagement activities with sustained high-value impact of manifest benefit to the College and the University in a teaching/education context;
• Developing and implementing a culture (including policies and procedures) that promotes Equality and values diversity and inclusion;
• Leading, serving on and assisting the work of committees and task and finish groups beyond School/Department, e.g., Senate, Council, University Education or Research Committee etc.;
• Leading external committees, e.g., those associated with public/professional bodies or delivery of activities for an external body at an appropriate level, e.g., chairing subcommittees associated with large elements of work;
• Leading/project managing a team to devise and implement a new and/or revised process (e.g. new programme or a recruitment drive); making a sustained contribution to widening participation, schools outreach and/or public understanding of the discipline; contributing to administrative activities within the University (e.g. appeals panels, working groups).

Citizenship

• Identifying wellbeing issues within the School/College University and developing appropriate solutions to address these;
• Taking collective ownership of challenges faced by the School or College and working with colleagues to develop solutions; mentoring and coaching of colleagues, particularly those in the early stages of their career.

Person Specification

• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated excellence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and Administration.
• It would be desirable for the post holder to have a postgraduate qualification in Education e.g. PGCert or higher qualification.
• Normally, a higher Degree relevant to the discipline area (usually PhD) or equivalent qualifications.
• Fellowship (or higher) of Advance HE.

Learning and Teaching Requirements

An excellent teaching profile and performance in terms of both impact and quality. Teaching quality demonstrated to be informed by an appropriate level of scholarship.

Evidence of success under the following headings.

• High national reputation for the development of teaching and learning excellence within the discipline.
• Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners’ natural curiosity.
• Significant and sustained contribution to one or more of the following: strategic development of new programmes, approaches to learning, the development of learning resources.
• High quality and sustained contributions to fostering excellence in teaching activities more widely, i.e. in the Department/School or College and/or externally.
• Mentoring and expert advice which develops the skills of colleagues in teaching and in fostering learning.
• Sustained high value impact knowledge transfer and enterprise that is of manifest benefit to the College and University.

Management and Administration-Related Requirements

Demonstrated significant achievement in management and administration-related activities, which may include leadership of activities/initiatives. Evidence of success under the following headings.

• Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial role(s) (e.g. exams officer).
• Significant and sustained high quality innovative contributions to the management/administration of the Department/School/ College or University.
• Successful and sustained contribution to the corporate life of the School/College/University, displaying willingness to contribute actively to committees, collaborative teaching and administrative tasks.
• Actively promotes equality and diversity to internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to use data to identify equality and diversity issues.
• Experience of developing interventions to address equality and diversity issues.

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquiries to Professor Gill Condé, email: g.l.conde@bham.ac.uk or Professor Liz Sapey, email: e.sapey@bham.ac.uk

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Closing date: 30th January 2025