Sesional Teaching Fellow

Salary

£21.28 - £23.19 per hour

Contractual hours

Basis

HPSTF

Job category/type

STF

Job reference

REC00002655

The University of Portsmouth is a global employer of choice where exceptional people create, share and apply knowledge that makes a difference.

Experience the pride of being part of a select group – one of only four universities in the south-east of England to achieve a prestigious Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Additionally, we proudly rank among the top 140 universities globally in the Times Higher Young University World Rankings.

Ambition, Responsibility and Openness drive our every endeavour. Join our esteemed institution with a proven track record of success, and where dedication to excellence is key. We want people to make their mark in a professional community that truly values people, innovation, and achievement.

The Role

Hourly Paid or Fixed Term Sessional Teaching Fellows in Accounting, Economics and Finance.

We are seeking to appoint Sessional Teaching Fellows in Accounting, Economics and Finance to support teaching within the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance. Depending on the applicant, this could involve teaching specialised areas of the curriculum related to your expertise, or more general cover for teaching across our courses when required.

The appointee may deliver teaching on any of the courses within the School. The topics offered would be subject to the skills, expertise and experience of the successful candidate. Preference would be given to candidates having expertise and experience in one or more of the following subject areas:

• Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Management
• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Quantitative Economics (with the ability to use, demonstrate the use of, and teaching of Microsoft Excel as a primary tool and Eviews, Power BI, Python, R and Stata as secondary tools)

The successful candidate will be expected to teach at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels in both undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses. They will deliver teaching in either interactive workshop format or conventional lectures and seminars depending on the subject area.

Hours of work will depend on the subject area of the applicant, the applicant’s availability, and the needs within the School during the academic year. We would aim to offer work around the applicant’s other commitments. The working pattern for this post is to be agreed as per Sessional Teaching requirements.

Discover the advantages of joining our university. We offer a range of attractive benefits and opportunities to enhance your work experience:

• Competitive salary, including incremental progression within your scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Generous leave entitlement of 32–35 days a year, plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure.
• Family-friendly policies supporting flexible working.
• Staff discounts and loyalty schemes.
• Staff car parking and discounted public travel.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Staff wellbeing programmes.
• Long service milestones, and recognition awards which may be awarded to staff for exceptional performance.
• Recreation facilities, including discounted gym membership, food on campus schemes, use of the Library and staff social activities.
• Discounted learning.
• Start-up business mentoring from expert entrepreneurs via our Entrepreneurs in Residence programme.
• The perks don’t stop there - click ‘apply’ for further information on My Reward and Benefits

Salary Information

New appointments will routinely be made to the entry spine point (minimum) for the advertised grade, from where the individual will (in addition to receiving annual cost-of-living-related increases) progress through the pay range to the maximum for the grade, within a reasonable timeframe. This ensures fairness, consistency and transparency in our pay structures. A higher starting salary or market supplement may be available for a truly exceptional candidate when circumstances fully justify a departure from our normal policy.

UKVI Statement

Prior to submitting your application, kindly ensure that you can either demonstrate or acquire the necessary right to work in the UK. If you currently do not possess the right to work in the UK, please be aware that our offer of employment is conditional upon you obtaining it.

ED&I Statement

We are committed to upholding the University’s values of being ambitious, open and responsible, in an inclusive working environment that promotes dignity and respect.

Please note that this vacancy may be closed earlier than advertised, so early applications are advised.