Associate Lecturer

**Job Description**:
**BRITISH UNIVERSITY VIETNAM (BUV)**

British University Vietnam (BUV) is the first and only international university in Vietnam to directly award British degrees from the prestigious University of London and Staffordshire University. BUV is rated a 5 Star university of excellence by the world-recognised QS accreditor and is also recognised with a university-wide accreditation from the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).

BUV has three main brand drivers:

- Offering accredited British and international higher education and training in Vietnam.
- Providing 5-star university campuses, learning spaces, and services.
- Including a compulsory personal and social growth program that prepares students for the future of life and work.

Established in 2009, BUV provides teaching for undergraduate and graduate programmes. Employability rates for students are exceptionally high with 100% of graduates from BUV either employed or continuing higher education within 3 months after graduation.

With a wide network of more than 300 enterprise partners in various fields and 12-week internship programmes, BUV helps students gain professional knowledge and practical skills to meet employers’ requirements as well as be ready to develop their careers immediately after graduation.

Students study at BUV’s award-winning campus in the Ecopark Township near Hanoi. With its state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities and iconic design, BUV is recognised as one of the best educational environments in Southeast Asia.

***To design, develop and produce learning and teaching materials and deliver them across a range of programmes or within a specific discipline area. Lecturers will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of teaching programmes in accordance with the University’s strategy, policy and procedures; contribute to activities which influence leading edge practice; and will also undertake research and/or other University activities in line with BUV academic/faculty levels.

This particular position will have a teaching load that includes both teaching into standard degree programmes as it will having a key focus on working with Marketing and Student Recruitment to organize and coordinate innovative and exciting demo classes for high school students considering BUV as a university option. It will also be involved with the collection of pertinent promotional materials for external stakeholders to focus on the University’s growing reputation and understanding in the community.

**AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY**

**Teaching experience**
- Use appropriate learning, teaching, support and assessment methods.
- Supervise student projects and the academic elements of field trips, and, where appropriate, placements,
- Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement and contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.
- Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
- Ensure that module (course) design and delivery comply with quality standards and regulations of the University.

**Research, enterprise and scholarship**
- Engage in scholarship as required to support teaching activities and continually update ones own discipline knowledge.
- Conduct individual research or work on collaborative research projects.
- Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research.
- Engage in collaborative partnerships and contribute to the University’s work in influencing leading edge practice.
- Make presentations at conferences and other similar events.

**Managing people and resources**
- As a module (course) leader or programme leader, co-ordinate with others (such as support staff or academic colleagues) to ensure student needs and expectations are met.
- Manage projects relating to own area of work and the organisation of external activities such as placements and field trips.
- Mentor colleagues with less experience and advise on personal development.
- Co-ordinate the work of others to ensure modules are delivered to the standards required.

**Pastoral care**
- Be responsible for pastoral care of students within a specified area.
- Act as personal tutor, giving first-line support and mentoring to students.
- Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances.
- Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support.
- Refer students as appropriate to services providing further support.

**POSITION SPECIFICATIONS**

**Additional Requirements**:
**Communication**
- Routinely communicate complex and conceptual ideas to those with limited knowledge as well as to peers using high level skills and a range of media.

***Teamwork**
- Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and develop productive working relationships w