Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) at The University of Edinburgh

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Fixed-term (maternity cover): from December 2023 to November 2024

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow, to deliver and assess courses on the online Masters programme “Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health” within the Global Health Academy Portfolio delivered in Biomedical Sciences. This is a fixed-term maternity cover post. 

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.  We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Informal enquiries should be directed to the Programme Director, Dr Sharron Ogle (Sharron.Ogle@ed.ac.uk)

The Opportunity:

Responsibilities include the role of Course Organiser for selected courses, supervision and assessment of dissertation students on the aforementioned programme, student support, contribution to the academic administration of the programme and assisting in course and programme development.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• a higher degree and/or at least three years teaching experience in Higher Education in a programme-related discipline
• subject knowledge in core programme-related areas such as wildlife conservation, ecology, environmental management/governance, sustainability or the social sciences.
• experience of teaching at PG level and/or supervising MSc projects.
• a high level of IT expertise
• independent and self-motivated, confident working at distance, and must have the interpersonal skills required to work in a small programme team.