Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science

Role: Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science

Grade and Salary: Grade 7 - £37,694 - £47,389 per annum

Contract Type: Full Time (1 FTE), Open Ended

Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leave, plus 9 building closed days for all full-time staff.

The Institute of Earth and Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, is seeking an outstanding practitioner for an open-ended (tenured) Assistant Professorship (Teaching and Scholarly Activity) position in Applied Sport Science. We are inviting applications from all areas of Sport and Exercise Science, but we encourage applicants with expertise in applied practice (e.g., exercise physiology, performance analysis, athlete load monitoring). The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, friendly individual with proven communication and interpersonal skills, committed to enriching the student experience through professional practice.

• Develop and deliver high quality courses in line with your expertise to enable students to become excellent practitioners, and assist with embedding professional qualifications to ensure students are ‘Future Made’.
• Undertake continuous professional development, both through the University and externally, to remain up-to-date with current learning and teaching practice and external influencers in our sector, providing direction and leadership.
• Share best practice in learning and teaching methodologies, working with colleagues to foster scholarly debate and disseminate excellence, advancing the curriculum to be future-focused and challenge-led.
• Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students' work and take responsibility for dealing with referred issues regarding students within their own educational programmes.

• Reflect on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills.
• Engage in subject, professional, and pedagogy research as required to support teaching activities.
• Contribute to scholarly projects that enhance the Sport and Exercise BSc (Hons) programme and the wider discipline area.
• Work collaboratively to identify sources of funding and contribute to the process of securing funds for own scholarly activities.
• Mentor and coach research students, with particular focus on providing opportunities for developing their careers as interdisciplinary, collaborative, and effective researchers.

• Work collaboratively within the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science team to ensure excellent levels of student engagement, retention, and outcomes.
• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a consistent, effective, and high-quality delivery of teaching and scholarly activity, in line with the strategic aims of EGIS and the wider University.
• Represent EGIS with integrity in a professional capacity at national and international conferences, with industrial partners, and professional societies.

The successful applicant will satisfy the following requirements: