Lecturer in Public Policy

at  Kings College London

Job id: 105308. Salary: £53,149 to £62,422 per annum including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 24 January 2025. Closing date: 23 February 2025.
Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy. Department: International School for Government.
Contact details: Michael Sanders. michael.t.sanders@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Strand Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.
About us
The International School for Government (ISfG) is designed to equip policymakers and civil servants from the UK and across the globe to meet the challenges of the future, creating leaders capable of delivering the services that citizens expect today. Through education, research and public engagement, the School focuses on the most pressing policy problems, ensuring that policy professionals are prepared with both the hard and soft skills necessary to understand how power, influence and change move through political circles.
The role requires an experienced individual who understands the contribution of continuing professional development and executive education for public servants. The candidate will have knowledge of the policy sector in the UK, and preferably internationally. Experience in working in, or closely with governments is desirable but not essential. The post-holder will have an excellent scholarly record and forward portfolio in the field of public policy or public administration; experience in leading teaching of classes or modules; the ability to develop innovative teaching content and delivery methods. We are interested in recruiting colleagues from a range of academic backgrounds including public policy; public administration; economics; political science; sociology, and researchers making use of both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
This role will present exciting opportunities to work with a small but growing, collaborative team and together support a growing portfolio of postgraduate and executive education within the School for Government and in partnership with other organisations.
About the role
Development and delivery of modules, including preparation of content for learning activities, discussion board facilitation and tutorials to the timelines agreed. This includes both online, face to face, and hybrid delivery.
Providing teaching support and management for students and helping them meet the learning objectives of the course, including for students who are busy professionals who have been outside of education for several years.
Working with ISFG Director and colleagues to deliver our five-year strategy and support the growth of the school.
Building a programme of research and scholarship, including publication of peer reviewed papers, books, and similar.
Collaborating with colleagues on grant applications and management, and the delivery of research funded through grants.
General administrative responsibilities related to the course including to monitor student participation and module evaluations
Grading all formative and summative assessments within timescales specified by the programme.
Preparing feedback on formative and summative assessments to support learning.
Moderating and participating in online discussion boards
To remain appraised of course content and associated literature, and ensure that quality assurance processes and timescales for delivery are met
Support casual Teaching Fellows as directed by Programme Management
Attend Exam Boards and course meetings as required
Engaging in professional development as appropriate
Other duties as appropriate including on campus teaching
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
This is a full time role and will be offered on an indefinite contract.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. PhD in relevant area (including but not limited to public policy, public administration, economics, political science, sociology)
2. Evidence of outstanding research capacity, including experience of development and delivery of research projects and collaborative funding bids.
3. Demonstration of experience in developing creative teaching methods
4. Understanding of the needs and challenges faced by busy professionals undertaking postgraduate education around their work.
5. The ability to work collaboratively on research and education
6. Experience of planning, developing and delivering teaching at post-graduate level
7. Skills in moderating discussion boards and ability to assess and provide effective feedback on summative and formative assignments
8. Demonstration of appropriate subject knowledge enabling teaching provision in more than one module
Desirable criteria
1. Experience applying for grant income of managing grants as Co-Investigator
2. Experience working within, or closely with, government.
3. Excellent IT skills including knowledge of course creation and delivery on Moodle or similar VLE
4. Fellowships of HEA (or working towards)
5. Ability to understand, and interest in, the needs of working professionals
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Further information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.
Interviews are likely to be held at the end of March/early April
We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.
The post is subject to BPSS clearance

Please refer the Job description for details