Centre for Higher Education Practice

Location: Highfield Campus
Salary: £44,263 to £56,021 per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 08 July 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 2760724LD

• 1 x permanent role (1 FTE)
• 4 x fixed term roles (1FTE) for 2 years
• Part-time will be considered
• Secondments (including fractional appointments) will be considered for internal applicants.

An exciting opportunity to support the transformation of assessment practice at the University of Southampton.

About the role

We have begun work on a Strategic Major Project (SMP) called Advancing Assessment that aims to develop assessment practice and technology across the university. The project will look at every aspect of assessment over the next 5 years, building on existing practice. Through co-design we aim to engage staff and students in developing robust, valid and exciting assessment.

We are building our assessment consultancy team which will sit within the University’s Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) and we are looking for dynamic and experienced staff who can help support assessment design and development. 

We are looking to recruit five posts, which includes one permanent role and four fixed-term roles (for 2 years in the first instance). Fixed-term secondments will be considered for internal applicants.

About you

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced educator to join our friendly and supportive team and use your knowledge and expertise in assessment practice to help expand and enhance provision for staff across the institution and contribute to academic professional development as part of high-profile strategic project.

If you have a vision of the future and experience in one or more of the following, we would like to hear from you:

• Programme level design and delivery 
• Student-staff co-design approaches
• Inclusive and accessible assessment practices
• Digital assessment including approaches to Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Robust effective, meaningful, and secure assessment redesign 
• Quality assurance enhancement
• Effective feedback practice
• Linking assessment design to employability
• National and international trends and innovation in assessment design and delivery, especially STEM

About us

The Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) provides support for academic staff at the University of Southampton. The Centre is located with Southampton’s Faculty of Social Sciences but serves the whole University, providing comprehensive world-leading professional development for staff and doctoral researchers at all stages of their career development. We are among the few institutions in which the support for all academic activity (Education, Research and Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise (KEE)) is provided from the same central team and play a pivotal role in supporting the realization of the University of Southampton’s Strategy.

What we can offer you

CHEP promotes academic professional learning for every member of University staff, we aim to role model good practice by providing staff within our team with a range of professional development opportunities.  We actively support staff within our team to join local and national networks and to attain recognition and/or qualifications relevant to their role.

We are committed to supporting our staff and we are open to a flexible working approach. With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for some duties we are open to a hybrid approach.

We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly, including job-share, secondments, part-time, and those who have taken a career break.

As well as additional benefits that will make your life easier, such as a generous holiday allowance and additional university closure days, we will support your long-term future with access to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts.

As a university we aim to create an inclusive environment that attracts, supports and retains the best students and staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences from across the world. We are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

To find out more about the Centre for Higher Education Practice visit our website.(Centre for Higher Education Practice | University of Southampton or contact CHEP@soton.ac.uk )

Informal enquiries can be made to Claire Hughes, CHEP Assessment Consultancy Lead. Please contact CHEP@soton.ac.uk.