Lecturer in Film, Television or Screen Media Studies

We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Lecturer In Film, Television or Screen Media Studies. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of broad-based core modules on our undergraduate and postgraduate film studies curriculum, working alongside a team of film studies, screen media and theatre and performance scholars, within a dynamic and inclusive environment.

You will be responsible for:

• Delivering lectures and seminars to undergraduate and postgraduate students on core modules of the film studies programmes
• Contributing to the teaching of specialist film and screen media studies modules as appropriate to your expertise
• Providing student feedback, assessment and academic advising as part of your teaching responsibilities
• Supervising undergraduate and MA dissertations, as agreed with the head of department

About You

We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:

Essential Criteria:

• A completed PhD in a relevant subject area
• A proven ability to provide high-quality undergraduate teaching and dissertation supervision
• A proven ability to manage all aspects of course administration, including setting and marking assessed work
• A proven ability to engage empathetically with students

Desirable Criteria:

• Some experience in MA teaching and dissertation supervision
• Some experience in course unit, programme or curriculum design
• Associate Fellow of Advance HE or above

We value transferable skills and real-world experience as much as formal qualifications.

Our benefits include:

• Generous employer contribution pension

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure

• Ride to work and EV car scheme available

For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.

We are an open place of enquiry and challenge. We embrace and celebrate difference, diversity and debate, and we pride ourselves on being a place of education, learning and community where we are able, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, express new ideas and explore controversial or unpopular topics and opinions. Find out more from our Freedom of Speech Policy.

Enquiries about the role, shortlisting and interviews

Name: Kate Dorney

Email: kate.dorney@manchester.ac.uk

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Applications close at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars (with person specification) linked below.