Senior Lecturer In Music Therapy

Job details

College: College of Arts, Humanities and Education

Responsible to: Head of School of Arts

Location: Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill, Derby Campus

Salary: £46,485 to £54,395 per annum

Closing date: Thursday 26 September 2024

Contract type: Fixed term contract until 01/02/2025

Post type: Part-time

This role will be based on site, primarily in the named location with the opportunity to work remotely available in line with our Adaptive Working Framework.

We are seeking an innovative and experienced Senior Lecturer to lead the MA Music Therapy Programme. You will be responsible for the academic quality and smooth operation of the programme, ensuring that the standards set by the Health and Care Professions Council, as the professional regulatory body, are met and maintained, confirming this through internal and external annual monitoring and audit processes. The successful candidate will work alongside the Head of Discipline and Head of School to ensure efficient and effective delivery of the Music Therapy programme in accordance with the University’s strategic objectives to provide an exceptional student experience.

Demonstrating a passion for enthusing and inspiring our students and professional trainees, you will oversee innovative and flexible range of learning and teaching materials that provide high quality, accessible learning opportunities. Ensure that curriculum development, quality management and enhancement comply with required standards. The successful applicant will also have oversight of placement opportunities for the programme.

This academic role will also see you engage in research that influences practice, informs and inspires a research-led curriculum and contributes to subject expertise with national and international impact.

Essential CriteriaQualifications

• Good Honours Degree in relevant subject discipline or equivalent


• Senior Fellowship of the Advanced HE (HEA) or willingness to work towards


• PhD or equivalence accepted in a relevant subject area, for example by publication or through appropriate professional achievement


• Discipline specific qualifications / knowledge


• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education or equivalent qualification

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of delivering effective learning, teaching and assessment in Higher Education to undergraduate and postgraduate students.


• Demonstrable experience of successful curriculum development.


• Demonstrable experience of effectively designing and implementing a range of formative and summative assessments for undergraduate and postgraduate (include professional where appropriate) programmes.


• Significant experience of excellent teaching identified by peer review.


• Experience of quality assurance and validation of HE modules/ programmes.


• Proven experience of module and programme leadership in this or comparative disciplines.


• Experience of supervising undergraduate projects and postgraduate research students, providing training and some teaching as appropriate.


• Experience and achievement in the academic discipline, reflected in growing and consistent national reputation.


• Evidence of publishing in high quality (“REF able”) journals or other outputs in research or practice.


• Experience and demonstrable knowledge / expertise in research methodologies appropriate to the academic discipline.

Skills, knowledge & abilities

• An appropriate level of digital capability and aptitude with practical experience of applications which enhance student learning.


• Ability to communicate with clarity on complex and conceptual ideas to those with limited knowledge and understanding as well as to peers, using high level skills and a range of media.


• Excellent ability to build relationships and collaborate with others, internally and externally.


• A high-level ability to think critically and promote innovation and creativity.


• Ability to devise, advise on and manage research programmes.


• Demonstrates competences, core behaviours and supplementary behaviours that support and promote the University’s core values.


• Demonstrates professionalism in learning / teaching and the values of the UK Professional Standards Framework for HE.


• Committed to continual enhancement and a high-quality student experience.


• Promotes a high-performance culture, fostering continuous improvement and driving quality.


• A sound knowledge of the QAA Quality Code and HEFCE’s Operating Model for Quality Assurance.


• A sound knowledge of the current higher education environment and its implications for the student learning experience.


• A sound knowledge of the employability agenda and its relevance to learners and the curriculum.


• A sound knowledge of internationalisation and its relevance for learners and the curriculum.