Tutor in Geomorphology

The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Cardiff University is a dynamic and successful multi-disciplinary centre devoted to research in the disciplines of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Applications are invited for the post of Tutor in Geomorphology. The successful candidate will be required to teach at both Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate Taught (PGT) level. Specifically, you will deliver major contributions to UG Year 2 Geographical Fieldwork, Data Analysis and Professional Skills, Year 2 Process Geomorphology and Hydrology, and Year 3 Environmental Geomorphology.  You will co-ordinate a year-long professional placement module and will be a major contributor to residential fieldwork.  Additionally, you will provide administrative support for the Year 3 geography dissertation modules, the year-long professional placement modules and will be a major contributor to residential fieldwork.

The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake seminars, tutorials and group work and supervise a range of final year student projects as well as carrying out teaching-related administrative duties. Teaching contributions are within a framework of an agreed programme typically overseen by an academic member of staff. In addition, the candidate should be able to participate in other residential fieldwork and day trips as appropriate to the geography and geoscience degree programmes.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), available from 1st September 2021 and is fixed term for 12 months.
Salary: £27,511 - £31,866 per annum, (Grade 5)

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Ian Hall, Head of School, Email: [email protected]  or Dr Jenny Pike, Director of Learning and Teaching, Email: [email protected]
For further details about working in Cardiff University please contact Briony FitzGerald, email: [email protected]
More information on the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Cardiff University

Important Notes:

Applications can only be accepted via the online system.

It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement.  Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined below. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide under each element.

When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number

Closing date: Wednesday, 18 August 2021

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