Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (On-site)



JOB INFO


Job Identification
780
Job Category
Academic and Research
Posting Date
06/24/2025, 07:14 AM
Apply Before
07/13/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Job Shift
Standard
Locations
Health, Education and Life Sciences
(On-site)

12 Months Maternity Cover

The full-time starting salary is normally 52,463 per annum, with progression available in post to 60,842 per annum.

Full Time

Grade: H

Interview: 16th July 2025

The Department for Childhood, Youth and Community has an exciting opportunity for an experienced early childhood specialist to join our team as a Senior Lecturer. We are a well-established, supportive, and friendly team committed to providing outstanding student experiences across our undergraduate programmes: Early Childhood Studies, Education Studies, and Working with Children, Young People and Families. Our team is dedicated to inclusive, evidence-based teaching that prepares students to make a real difference in the lives of children, families, and communities.



As a Senior Lecturer, you will be highly motivated, well-organised, and passionate about teaching and learning in the field of early childhood. You will have a strong background in early years education, and ideally the flexibility to contribute across all three programmes. Your experience and enthusiasm for working with children and families will support your teaching, which will be underpinned by current practice and policy. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience or expertise in areas of social justice and anti-racism, who can support our commitment to decolonising the curriculum and fostering critically reflective practice. You may contribute to modules exploring children's rights, identity, and inequalities. Your practice will be underpinned by a strong sense of professional integrity and a desire to equip students with the knowledge, confidence, and values needed to advocate for children and families.



The role involves designing and delivering high-quality teaching and learning experiences, supporting students' academic progress, and contributing to the ongoing development of our curriculum. You must be confident in supporting students both academically and pastorally, enabling them to thrive and develop their professional identity. You will be part of a supportive team culture that values student-centred practice and reflective, inclusive approaches to education.



Applicants must hold a degree in a relevant subject and have substantial experience in early childhood education or related fields. Experience of teaching in higher education is desirable, but applications from professionals with relevant practitioner backgrounds are also welcomed. A postgraduate qualification would be advantageous to meet the requirements of this post.



For further information, please contact Dr. Emma Ransome at Emma.Ransome@bcu.ac.uk



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At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.



Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.