Person Specification

Job Title:	Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Policing
School/Service:	School of Law, Policing and Forensics

The qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and behaviours outlined above provide a summary of what is required to carry out this job effectively. They also form the selection criteria on which a decision to appointment will be made. Please ensure that you provide evidence of how you meet the criteria in your application.

No	Selection Criteria Description	Essential [E] or Desirable [D]	Assessed by *
Criteria
1	GCSE/O’Level (or equivalent) Maths and English	E	A
2	Substantial higher-level operational experience and educated to postgraduate level OR PhD in a relevant subject area	E	A
3	Significant previous operational or academic experience of policing	E	A/I
4	Demonstrable knowledge of traditional and contemporary policing and policing related subject matters	E	I
5	A creative, innovative and flexible approach to facilitating learning, with commitment to ensuring an excellent student experience	E	I
6	Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage a diverse audience	E	A/I
7	An effective team player who is self-motivated, with good organisational skills and able to work on own initiative	E	I
8	An understanding of the University’s strategy and values, with the ability to demonstrate behaviours that align to the values	E	I
9	Experience of teaching and developing learning material	D	A/I
10	Experience of providing pastoral and academic support to students	D	I
11	Recent experience in the supervision of projects within areas of specialism	D	I
12	A demonstrable record of engagement in research and innovation and/or advanced scholarly activity and knowledge exchange in Policing or Policing related topics	D	A/I
13	An understanding of the key issues and challenges in the HE environment	D	I
If you are applying for a senior lecturer post, please complete the questions below
14	An understanding of the key issues and challenges in the HE environment with an ability to articulate a vision for the future development within area of specialism	E	I
15	Experience and knowledge of course management and implementing quality assurance and enhancement processes across awards	E	A/I
16	Significant experience of leading the development, design, delivery and assessment of modules and courses at various levels	E	A/I
17	Recent experience in the supervision of research projects within areas of specialism	E	I
18	Previous experience of teaching in HE and developing specialist teaching materials, with membership of the HE Academy or other equivalent teaching qualification	E	A/I

* A - Application Form   I - Interview