TSS Modular/Ad-Hoc Sessions Lecturer - Sport, Health and Exercise Science

Job Description

Job Title:

Module Lecturer in Sport Psychology

Faculty/Professional Directorate:

Faculty of Health Sciences

Subject Group/Team:

Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences

Reporting to:

Head of Team

Duration:

Fixed-Term 0.4 FTE for 12 months (from September 2025)

Job Family: 

Academic

Pay Band:

7

Benchmark Profile:

Teaching and Scholarship Band 7

DBS Disclosure requirement:

Yes

Vacancy Reference:

TBC

Background and context

Established in 2003, the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences (SERS) sits within the Faculty of Health Sciences. Our team of academic staff delivers a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including taught MSc courses, MSc by Research and PhDs. Our teaching is gold standard, evidenced by the most recent Teaching Excellence Framework rating.

Our staff and students are committed to fostering sporting excellence, promoting health and wellbeing and advancing recovery from injury and/or illness. Our research progresses the understanding of exercise physiology, implementation of evidence-based exercise interventions for health, management of neuromusculoskeletal pathology, and approaches to enhancing sporting excellence across the globe.

Specific duties and responsibilities of the post

The School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences are seeking to appoint an exceptional Lecturer to join their team from September 2025 (fixed-term 0.4 FTE post, maternity cover for 12 months). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing engaging and innovative teaching to students on the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science and BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation degree programmes. 

The role requires specific expertise in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Applicants must hold at least a Masters-level degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline to Sport Psychology, and a minimum of a 2:1 undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science, Psychology or a related field. Applicants should have experience in teaching or supervising undergraduate or postgraduate university students. Applicants must be able to demonstrate initiative, judgment and specialist knowledge within their area of responsibility.

Please ensure that your cover letter directly addresses the criteria outlined in the person specification, as applications will be evaluated by the selection panel based on these requirements.

Job description

The job duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of the role. The duties and responsibilities and the balance between the elements in the role may change or vary over time depending on the specific needs at a specific point in time or due to changing needs in the department.  

Overall purpose of the role

As the successful post holder, you will provide teaching and undertake assessments for specified modules, including Sport and Exercise Psychology (Level 4), Psychology for Sport Rehabilitation (Level 6) and Contemporary Issues in Health and Exercise Psychology (Level 6). You will be supported by a mentor as per induction procedures. 

 

Main work activities

Teaching and learning

Teach in a variety of settings from small group tutorials to large lectures.Identify learning needs of students and define appropriate learning objectives.Ensure that content, methods of delivery and learning materials will meet the defined learning objectives.Adapt teaching materials, methods and approaches with guidance.Apply appropriate approaches to teaching.Translate knowledge of advances in the subject area into the course of study.Apply assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.Supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills and help them with learning problems.May be expected to act as module leader.

 

Additionally the post holder will be required to:

Fulfil the employees’ duties described in the University’s health and safety policies and co-operate with the health and safety arrangements in place within the department. Show a commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices. This includes undertaking mandatory equality and diversity trainingComply with University regulations, policies and procedures

Closing Date: 08 Jul 2025

Subject Group/Team: Academic

Salary: £39,355 to £45,413