Lecturer in Translation Studies with Chinese Mandarin (LTS) (Maternity Cover)

Job Description

Job Purpose

To contribute to the delivery of an excellent student experience by contributing to curriculum design, teaching, assessment and administration for the Translation Studies MSc programme in partnership with the Joint Graduate School and Nankai University (China) and to undertake scholarship focused on Translation and Chinese to enhance learning and teaching in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Deliver a range of teaching, supervision, and assessment activities on the postgraduate programme within the Subject/School.
2. Carry out course administration within required timescales ensuring effective communication of information, in particular assessment requirements and criteria and timely and constructive feedback on assessment.
3. Support the ongoing development and design of the transnational degree, in a manner that supports a research led and scholarly approach to student learning and assessment in the discipline and/or profession.
4. Make effective use of learning technologies to support and enhance course delivery, course organisation, feedback, and assessment. This may involve blended and/or online provision.
5. Ensure an inclusive and evidence based approach to facilitating learning in a range of face to face and potentially online delivery formats such as tutorials, lectures, problem based learning, that promotes student participation and learning outcome attainment.
6. Engage in scholarship by undertaking methodologically rigorous, educationally relevant enquiries into student learning and disseminate evidence to enhance your own, and potentially others’, teaching practices. Attend and participate in appropriate seminars and conferences to support research led teaching, scholarship and/or professional practice in your disciplinary area.
7. Develop effective working relationships with students and, in partnership with relevant student services teams, respond appropriately to the diverse range of learning approaches and learner needs.
8. Develop relationships with external stakeholders in support of knowledge exchange, public understanding, and appropriate forms of outreach such as widening access.
9. Participate in local, and potentially overseas, activities associated with student recruitment, orientation and induction and other School and University initiatives such as support for student transitions, employability and student mobility as appropriate.
10. Engage in continuing professional development activities as appropriate.
11. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of School.
12. Contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, Inspiring People Changing The World.
13. Travel to Nankai University in Tianjin when required in order to deliver a high quality student experience by contributing to teaching and assessment preparation.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Essential Knowledge/Qualifications

• A1 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) or equivalent in a related discipline and/or teaching experience.
• A2 Sufficient breadth/depth of knowledge in Translation Studies and Chinese to play a lead and supporting role in the design and delivery of the transnational programme to postgraduate degree level.
• A3 Up to date knowledge and specialist understanding of pedagogical best practices for native Chinese learners, with an ability to engage the interest and enthusiasm of students to inspire learning and to provide pastoral care to students within the subject area.
• A4 Native or near native competence in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English.

Desirable Knowledge/Qualifications

• B1 Understanding of the UK higher education system and its expectations for teaching and learning, particularly in a TCFL programme, including familiarity with student assessment strategies and academic support systems.

Essential Skills

• C1 Ability to communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature and to be effective both orally and in writing at a level appropriate to the activity.
• C2 Thorough knowledge and ability to apply policy, practice and procedures including broader University/sector/external (e.g. commercial) awareness.

Essential Experience

• E1 Experience of planning and progressing work activities within professional guidelines or organisational policy, applying initiative and independent judgement.
• E2 Demonstrated commitment to open research, as appropriate to the discipline, through open data, open code, open educational resources, and practices that support replication.
• E3 Proven commitment to supporting the career development of colleagues and to other forms of collegiality appropriate to the career stage.

Desirable Experience

• F1 Ability to collaborate with external partners especially Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language stakeholders (e.g. schools, cultural institutions) on outreach projects, including travelling and dealing with academic duties (teaching, supervision, etc.) at home institutions in China.

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 7, £41,064 – £46,049 per annum.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term for up to 12 months.

This post is to cover maternity leave for up to 12 months or until the substantive postholder returns.

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Benefits

1. A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2. An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension – pensions handbook , benefits and discount packages.
3. A flexible approach to working.
4. A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6 month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University
5. We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community
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