Freelance Technology Lecturer and Marker Freelance

The BPP School of Technology is recruiting freelance lecturers to support the teaching, marking of programmes across the school. We are looking for highly motivated practitioners with a keen sense of the corporate context, who are excited by the prospect of using their professional expertise to develop careers through higher education.

For this role, we are interested in hearing from practitioners and/or experienced academics who can teach a range of subjects across our BSc and MSc programmes. We are particularly looking for individuals with experience and expertise to support in the following areas:

End to end IT Infrastructure

Cloud Computing

Business Optimisation and Process Improvement

IT consulting

Enterprise Architecture

Software Engineering

Job Purpose

The role of the lecturer is to deliver high-quality teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, that reflect the current skills and capability requirements of corporate employers. Lecturers must have significant professional and academic experience in their discipline, as well as the enthusiasm to pass their passion for their specialist area on to students, learners, clients and peers.

Responsibilities

Freelance lecturers could be asked to undertake variety of duties including; curriculum and content design, assessment development, marking, supervision, student cohort management, as well as teaching. Teaching for the MSc in Technology Management will all be in-person, but you may also be asked to support our apprenticeship provision, all currently delivered online via the Adobe Connect platform. Our teaching hours are predominantly Monday – Friday (9.00am – 5.00pm).

Role Requirements

Essential:

• A Level 7 (post-graduate) or equivalent qualification (if teaching on the Masters programmes)
• A commitment to engage with our Learning and Teaching CPD resources.
• Relevant professional experience in industry, and relevant academic experience working in HE.
• Experience working with international students.
• Excellent command of the English language;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent presentation skills;
• The ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload;
• The ability to work well in a team and be collaborative;

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS and academic check.

BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!

BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices

BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.