Lecturer/Senior Lecturer – PGCE Secondary Mathematics (Teaching)

The University of Worcester (UW) has a reputation for its high quality and innovative provision in Education. As an ‘Outstanding’ (March 23) provider of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) across all our provision, we are nationally recognised for our overall quality and high sustained employment rates of our trainee teachers. Mathematics is a well-established subject in our PGCE Secondary portfolio, this is an exciting opportunity for a subject specialist in mathematics to join our team as a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer. In this context, the Institute of Education is seeking to appoint an inspirational and excellent subject specialist. The successful applicant will have responsibility for contributing to teaching on the PGCE mathematics programme and carrying out visits to trainees in their placement settings.

Selection methods

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a formal panel interview, and also asked to deliver a 20 minute teaching session to the following brief:

Teaching Session

‘Promoting inclusion through mathematics’

The session should be aimed at Secondary PGCE mathematics trainees who are at the beginning of the course. Please ensure your teaching session is underpinned by research. Please note the audience, for the purpose of the interview, there will be a small group of staff from the Institute of Education but please treat your audience as if they were trainee teachers. The chair of this group will provide feedback on the teaching session to the interview panel.

What's in it for you: 

• For Lecturer: annual incremental increase up to £43,482, with the opportunity to progress to £47,389 subject to performance and the university reward scheme 
• For Senior Lecturer: annual incremental increase up to £56,535, with the opportunity to progress to £61,759 subject to performance and the university reward scheme 
• 47 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days)  
• Access to a range of benefits such as our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing 
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme 
• In-house training and development support 
• A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

For informal queries relating to this vacancy, please contact Dr Tracy Wallis - Head of Department Secondary & FES, Institute of Education Retention Lead at t.wallis@worc.ac.uk

Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).

Please note that this post may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route if your individual circumstances enable this in accordance with the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information on how the Skilled Worker visa rules may apply to you please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa