ROLE PURPOSE:
The L&T Lead will oversee, coordinate and drive the delivery of excellent teaching and learning across the faculty, ensuring academic staff deliver a high-quality educational experience to students and that GBS meets the expectations of its regulators and awarding bodies for the quality of its learning, teaching and assessment .
Please note: This role will require regular travel between our West London (Greenford) & East London (Stratford/Bow) campuses.
They will have oversight of teaching quality, with a specific focus on observing and upskilling existing academic staff to assure a consistently high-quality academic experience for students. As a focused project, this work will run alongside and in the context of the usual teaching observation and enhancement activities of the Centre for Academic Excellence.
The postholder will ensure that academic staff deliver effective teaching to our students, recognising our particular student demographic and their learning needs, and will manage the development, implementation and review of training and development initiatives that are aligned with GBS strategic priorities in learning and teaching and the student experience. The role will particularly suit candidates with experience of working with mature learners from underrepresented communities, who can bring their practical knowledge of teaching and learning, curriculum development, and student-centred approaches to improve the classroom experience of learners.
ROLE and RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assess the pedagogical skills of lecturers through regular classroom visits and assessments of teaching .
Support lecturers to bridge gaps in their pedagogical knowledge and practice through structured interventions and one-to-one support, including modelling effective classroom strategies, assessment s and use of feedback.
Support, with the Centre for Academic Excellence, the development of teaching resources, curriculum materials, and assessment tasks that promote critical thinking, applied learning, and academic rigour across the programmes.
Contribute to the development of a teaching environment that promotes outstanding learning outcomes for students.
Maintain and operate appropriate processes for enhancing and assuring the quality and standards of learning and teaching in the faculty in accordance with GBS policies, national benchmarks and professional/regulatory requirements (where appropriate).
Oversee audit and monitoring processes and documentation specific to the project.
Promote innovation and professional development in learning, teaching and assessment.
Draft reports and contribute to documentation on learning and teaching activities, including progress on enhancement initiatives.
Share and embed examples of good practice in pedagogy, including approaches drawn from FE and HE.
Foster a culture of quality enhancement across the faculty including the promotion of innovation in learning and teaching and sharing of best practice
Support the delivery of staff development sessions in teaching, learning and assessment.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE:
Substantial experience in teaching mature widening participation students in a UK HE or FE context.
Experience of leading improvements to teaching and assessment through teams of academic staff.
Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a positive attitude and approach
Knowledge of current practices and innovations in Education.
Experienced at managing challenging conversations.
Evidence of a deep commitment to innovate within education.
Working knowledge of the OfS’ conditions of registration for Quality, reliable standards and positive outcomes for students.
Strongly self-motivated, bringing credibility, energy, resilience and commitment.
High level communication skills, with the ability to advise and support other members of academic staff effectively.
Ability to work positively with others, both internal and external to achieve outcomes and deliver change through people.
An understanding of working in an institution which supports widening participation students.
Ability to work evenings and weekends as per our teaching timetables
Experience in the evaluation and enhancement of higher education teaching.
Staff development and teaching enhancement management experience.
Experience in fostering strong collaborative working relationships with academic colleagues.
UK teaching and higher education experience
DESIRABLE SKILLS and EXPERIENCE:
Change management experience
Project management skills
Conflict management
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Teaching observations and post observation reports
Lecturer improvement plans
OTHER INFORMATION:
The Learning & Teaching Lead will also be expected to demonstrate their commitment:
to GBS values and regulations, including equal opportunities policy.
to GBS’s Social, Economic and Environmental responsibilities and minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role and actively contribute to the delivery of GBS’s Environmental Policy.
to their Health and Safety responsibilities to ensure their contribution to a safe and secure working environment for staff, students, and other visitors to the campus.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned