Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Event Management

People achieve great things at the University of Derby! Our flexible, accessible courses are helping thousands of people to fulfill their potential. We also provide a great place to work with superb training and development opportunities. We’d like you to join us.Our Events Management team is based at the Devonshire Campus in the beautiful market town of Buxton (www.derby.ac.uk/udb). Our students have opportunities to work on live events in our own prestigious events venue (http://www.thedomeevents.co.uk/dome.htm), thereby helping us to deliver our vision for Real World Learning. If you are an inspirational academic, committed to providing students with high quality experiential learning, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Post objective

To contribute to the areas of course delivery, course management and course development within the events management subject areas at the University of Derby. To undertake research, scholarship and income generation activities. To undertake module leader responsibilities in events management programmes, as appropriate. In addition, to proactively support the development of the School’s strategy for growth.

Principal Accountabilities

To inspire and motive students on a range of programmes within the University’s portfolio.

To provide a challenging and rewarding learning environment

To contribute to curriculum development activities including the validation of new programmes.

To act as module tutor and/or leader for a number of identified modules.

To provide excellent tutorial support to students and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects and dissertations.

To undertake research and raise the profile of the events management programmes.

To support the School’s external income generation activities.

To engage proactively with student recruitment activities and provide appropriate advice on progression and career opportunities.

To activiely seek and develop contacts with industry, work experience providers and external organisations to improve the student experience and professional development activities.

To comply with the quality assurance and enhancement systems, thereby ensuring that high standards are maintained and the student experience is enhanced.

To attend and contribute to meetings of Division, School and University committees as required.

To undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time and as agreed with the line manager.