Associate Lecturer - Introduction to Cognition

Are you passionate about key elements of cognitive psychology? We have an excellent opportunity for an Associate Lecturer A to teach Introduction to Cognition, at Birkbeck, University of London. 

As an Associate Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences, you would teach:

• SCPS175H4 Introduction to Cognition, level 4
• 30 hours teaching
• Tuesday afternoons 2-5pm, and evenings 6-9pm, Term 2.

Your role will be to deliver teaching to Birkbeck students, in order to enable them to complete their studies successfully, and to undertake all related course administrative duties as required.

Your main responsibility will be preparation, teaching, administration and assessment of the Introduction to Cognition module, which is a Level 4 module offered on our BPS-accredited BSc Psychology.

This module provides students with a grounding in key elements of cognitive psychology and introduce them to the study of problem-solving and decision-making. Full materials for all lectures will be provided.

As an Associate Lecturer, you will be working closely with the module convenor to organise, deliver and assess the module.

Further to the person specification, essential requirements for this role are:

• Experience of lecturing to groups of up to 120 students.
• MSc in Psychology or a related area (required); PhD preferred.

Please refer to the person specification for further selection criteria.

Salary and benefits

Payment is based on an hourly rate for contact hours worked. The specific rate depends on length of continuous service with the College and includes of pro-rata London Allowance and holiday pay. This hourly rate of £68.13 per hour is based on the starting point of Grade 7 and is inclusive of a ‘Duties Related to Teaching Multiplier’ which covers preparation, teaching, administration, assessment marking and other examining duties in connection with the course.

Contract

Part-time, 3 month fixed-term. Teaching Tuesday afternoons, 2-5pm and 6-9pm, January to March 2025. The module requires 10 teaching sessions, 3 hours each, to be delivered Tuesday either 2-5pm or 6-9pm January to March, according to a pre-defined teaching schedule (teaching is shared with the module convenor).

Closing date: Sunday 24 November 2024. Interview date: Monday 2 December 2024 (TBC). 

Enquiries

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Eddy Davelaar, Professor of Psychology and Applied Neuroscience, at e.davelaar@bbk.ac.uk

If you have technical issues or difficulties using the recruitment portal, please contact jobs@bbk.ac.uk, providing your name and the job reference number of the position. While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered. www.birkbeck.ac.uk/jobs

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award and operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.