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Teaching Fellow (ID:13042)

Details


1109132


University of Leicester


02/03/2026


2 Months


Monday to Friday 17.5 hours per week


Smart Casual

Pay


£20.46


£2.47

Description

Role
We are seeking a proactive and flexible Teaching Fellow to join our team supporting undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes at the University of Leicester. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with academic colleagues to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of physical chemistry teaching to students, reflecting the University’s commitment to inspiring education and student success. 

 
The postholder will be a key point of contact for students, and academic staff providing timely and accurate teaching support in a friendly and inclusive environment aligned with the University’s values of inclusivity and impact.

Duties and responsibilities
You will be responsible for the delivery of lectures, tutorials and other classes supporting the chemistry taught degree programmes, undertaking marking and providing feedback to students. You will take direction from academic staff and contribute to locally agreed priorities, ensuring consistency and high standards of service.

 
Alongside teaching, your duties will include providing teaching support via Blackboard VLE, and answering queries from students via email. 

Skills and experience
The ideal candidate will have a PhD or equivalent in physical chemistry or closely related area, including evidence of the ability to teach physical chemistry at UGT level.

 
Experience of working in higher education and qualifications such as HEA fellowship is desirable but not essential.

Location
George Porter Building, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester

Additional information

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Informal enquiries are welcome, and should be made to Dr Richard Blackburn, Director of Education, at R.Blackburn@le.ac.uk.  

Duration: 02 March (ASAP) to 30 April 2026

Closing date for applications: Sunday 01 March 2026

Unitemps is acting as an Employment Business, supplying temporary workers, in relation to this vacancy.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

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