Cardiff Metropolitan University
Lecturer in Sport Media and Broadcast
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If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.
The Opportunity
Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences is looking for an experienced sport broadcasting professional to join our team as Lecturer in Sport Media and Broadcast (0.5 FTE). This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with strong industry experience in sport broadcasting, and technical expertise in pre- and post-production, to shape the next generation of talent in the field. You will teach across our undergraduate and postgraduate sport media programmes, bringing real-world broadcasting skills into the classroom while contributing to curriculum development, research, and professional learning within your specialist area.
Based at our Cyncoed Campus, you will join a supportive, ambitious team at a university with a growing reputation for sport-related education, and you will have the chance to combine your industry expertise with a rewarding academic career, supervising student research and placements and helping to grow this exciting area of the School's provision. The ability to deliver this provision in Welsh would be highly desirable.
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Principal Duties And Responsibilities
- You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the delivery BSc (Hons) Sport Media & MSc Sport Broadcast and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience.
- Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level.
- You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.
What We Are Looking For
- A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area.
- A sound understanding of pedagogy.
- A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity.
- Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.
- Ability to design teaching and learning material.
- Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods.
- Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem-solving skills to improve performance.
- Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways - presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc.
- Experience of HE teaching or equivalent.
- Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues.
- A good honours degree.
- Appropriate Industry Experience
- Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).
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You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile and very good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential.
To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.
Contact Us
If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity please contact Elizabeth Lewis, Academic Team Lead Sport Management and Culture, at eaolewis@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
All applications must be submitted online.
The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.
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