Associate/Assisstant Professor- LAW

Role & responsibilities

1. Demonstrating leadership in research, including postgraduate research supervision.

2. Planning, co-ordinating and leading research activities in accordance with a specific project plan through a research team or a group of staff involved in research. Managing the financial and physical resources associated with the research activities.

3. Leading/developing teaching methods, designing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, pursuing new teaching approaches.

4. Teaching, training and supervising students (including research students), tutor industrial/professional training year students and external examining according to own area of subject specialism.

5. Setting/marking programme work, practical sessions, supervisions, fieldwork and examinations according to own area of subject specialism.

6. Taking part in activities such as validating and examining in relation to the Universitys associated institutions.

7. Performing personal administrative duties such as research group leader and roles associated with teaching programmes, as allocated by the Head of Faculty and contributing to the general life and work of the University.

Preferred candidate profile

1. It is essential that the post holder possesses a higher professional qualification, normally a doctoral degree

2. Demonstrated outstanding qualities and achievements in scholarship and research at a national and international level Significant academic publication recorded in refereed journals Evidence of leadership in research, including postgraduate research supervision

3. Evidence of a record of sustained research funding Evidence contributions to conferences, professional meetings and societies at an international level and evidence of achievements in other external activities at an international level