Job Description

The post holder will provide teaching in phonetics and phonology, to include acoustic phonetics and phonetic transcription to BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy undergraduate students. The post holder will be expected to follow the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy curriculum guidelines and HCPC standards of proficiency relating to phonetics and phonology. This will include delivering phonetic transcription and acoustic phonetics workshops. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Teaching and learning support Design teaching material and deliver either across a range of modules or within a subject area.



Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods. Supervise student projects, and/or e.g. field trips and, where appropriate, placements. Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement.



Contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material. Set, mark and assess work and examinations and provide feedback to students. Research and scholarship Engage in subject, professional and pedagogy scholarly activity/research as required to support teaching activities. Participate in individual or collaborative scholarly projects.



Extend, transform and apply knowledge acquired from scholarship to teaching and appropriate external activities. Develop and produce learning materials and disseminate the results of scholarly activity. Communication Routinely communicate complex and conceptual ideas. Liaison and networking Participate in and help develop internal and external networks for the benefit of Cardiff Metropolitan University in the areas of teaching and scholarship.



Managing people Mentor colleagues with less experience and advise on personal development. Depending on the area of work, could be expected to supervise the work of others. Co-ordinate the work of others to ensure modules are delivered to the standards required. Teamwork Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and develop productive working relationships with other members of staff.



Collaborate with colleagues to identify and respond to students needs. Pastoral care Act as a module tutor. Be responsible for the pastoral care of students within a specified area. ROLE PROFILE Initiative, problem-solving and decision-making Identify the need for developing the content or structure of modules with colleagues and make proposals on how this should be achieved.

Develop ideas for promoting the subject:

e.g. Develop ideas and find ways of disseminating and applying the result of scholarship. e.g. Responsibility for the design and delivery of own modules and assessment methods.



e.g. Collaborate with colleagues on the implementation of assessment procedures. e.g. Advise others on strategic issues such as student recruitment and marketing.



e.g. Contribute to the accreditation of courses and quality control processes. e.g. Tackle issues affecting the quality of delivery within scope of own level of responsibility, referring more serious matters to others, as appropriate.



Planning and managing resources As module leader or tutor, 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. Participating in developing ideas for generating income. Be responsible for administrative duties in areas such as admissions, time-tabling, examinations, assessment of progress and student attendance.



Sensory, physical and emotional demands. Balance the pressures of teaching and administrative demands and competing deadlines. Work environment Within the context of Cardiff Metropolitan Universitys H&S policy, depending on area of work and level of training received, may be expected to conduct risk assessment and take responsibility for the health and safety of others. Expertise Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programmes and the provision of learning support.



Use a range of delivery techniques