Lecturer (Education)

Duration: Fixed Term – 5 years

China Medical University - Queen’s University of Belfast Joint College (CQC) was established in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through a long-standing friendship between Queen’s School of Pharmacy and the China Medical University (CMU), one of the foremost medical universities in China. CQC is a College that has the full approval from the China Ministry of Education (MoE) and was created in accordance with the MoE ‘Cooperation in Running Schools’ (CIRS) Regulations. The first students graduated from CQC in July 2018, with many opportunities thereafter for CQC graduates to enter onto postgraduate courses at Queen’s Schools in Belfast. 

The School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate as Lecturer (Education). The successful candidate will direct and deliver education for the School’s portfolio of research postgraduate programmes in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and will contribute to the administration, outreach and citizenship as required. They will also be required to maintain portfolio of appropriate scholarly activity.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

• Honours degree in pharmacy, pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, or related field.
• Obtained or be about to obtain a PhD in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
• Evidence of ability to publish.
• Evidence of effective and innovative teaching experience, commensurate with stage of career.
• Evidence of the ability to contribute to teaching in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.
• Ability to design course materials and to plan and organise the delivery and assessment of taught courses in own specialism.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Good communication skills with the ability to impart complex information concisely and clearly.
• Experience of teaching to non-native speakers in English.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.

Key Dates

Closing Date: 18/09/2023

Anticipated Interview Date: 29/09/2023

Further Information

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr. Lei Wang via email at l.wang@qub.ac.uk

Information can be found about the School of Pharmacy at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPharmacy/ and China Medical University – Queen’s University Belfast Joint College (CQC) at www.qub.ac.uk/sites/cqc/

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Further information on our attractive package can be found at www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QueensGenderInitiative/ and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

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