Queen’s University Belfast

Lecturer (Education) – Pharmaceutical Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical Sciences

School of Pharmacy

Ref: 24/112094

Salary: £43,605 - £60,284 per annum

Duration: Permanent

Hours: Full Time                                                                                                                                                                                

Closing date: 05/08/24

China Medical University - Queen’s University of Belfast Joint College (CQC) was established in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through a long-standing friendship between Queen’s School of Pharmacy and the China Medical University (CMU), one of the foremost medical universities in China. CQC is a College that has the full approval from the China Ministry of Education (MoE) and was created in accordance with the MoE ‘Cooperation in Running Schools’ (CIRS) Regulations. The first students graduated from CQC in July 2018, with many opportunities thereafter for CQC graduates to enter onto postgraduate courses at Queen’s Schools in Belfast.

The postholder will take significant responsibility for the teaching and learning of pharmaceutical biotechnology or pharmaceutical sciences at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and contribute to CQC administration/outreach activity, as required.

The postholder will be required to be based and work at CQC for an extended period (no less than 26 weeks per year). The remaining time to be spent at Queen’s University Belfast.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

1. Hold an Honours degree in relevant subject (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy, Biomedical Science, Bio-engineering, Biochemistry or related field).
2. Hold or be about to obtain a PhD in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical Science or closely related field.
3. Can provide evidence of ability to publish.
4. Teaching experience, commensurate with stage of career.
5. Have a proficient level of English.
6. Have the ability to be based primarily in China to meet the requirements of the role.
7. Bilingual English/Chinese Mandarin.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at http://go.qub.ac.uk/reward.

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.