Lecturer (Dietetics) - Faculty of Health

Job Overview

The Lecturer have responsibility for fostering excellence in teaching, engagement and professional activities in the academic discipline within the campus and University and engage in knowledge and expertise exchange activities within the regional community, health industry and beyond. The Lecturer demonstrated ability to contribute to course and subject design and to deliver student-centered learning and teaching that includes the capacity to incorporate new approaches to teaching and learning. The Lecturer will contribute to the development and management of the faculty at a reasonable level commensurate with rank and occasionally engage with university wide activities.

Responsibilities

• To deliver innovative and excellent teaching, learning and assessment experiences for student relevant to Dietetics area and support in student mentoring activities.
• To contribute towards curriculum development, innovation, enhancement and quality assurance in the program.
• To support the management of education, research and/or administration in the programmed/ faculty through, for example, participation in the committees.
• Upgrading self-development for future teaching learning endeavor.
• Other tasks directed by the Programmed Coordinator / Dean of Faculty which in accordance with the nature of the candidate's post and area of his/her expertise.

Teaching and learning:

• Undertaking teaching courses to undergraduate levels and conducts all relevant activities to the respective courses and achieving good and sustained levels of student progression.
• Facilitate, develop and conduct an innovative teaching and learning methods to enhance student engagement and interest towards the course and increase student satisfaction.
• Supporting the enhancement of the curriculum quality innovation and developing new undergraduate programmed.
• Supervise student research / course work and projects, students on field trips and, where appropriate, placements.
• Responsible to the development, planning and implementation of a high-quality education and provide high degree of commitment towards student engagement, individual development and graduate success resulting in high level students satisfaction.
• Participate in on-going curriculum, syllabus and course structure reviews through involvement in Subject Specialist Groups (SSG).
• Contribute to the development and running of program by taking on appropriate coordinating or leadership roles commensurate with rank.

Student Support:

• Act as academic advisor/ mentor to the respective students assign by the programme coordinator and as primary resourse person for advise and support in academic and non academic related matter and directed to the appropriate support services when required.
• Act as advisor to the student activities
• Provide helps to the weak student
• Provide high degree of commitment towards student engagement, individual development and graduate success.

Networking and Health Industry partnership:

• Work with external parties outside the university community to facilitate and develop strong relationship in the field of expertise giving a positive impact towards university and enacting the university mission and vision.
• To facilitate and lead strategic collaborative partnership locally, nationally and internationally.
• To develop and coordinate relationships with existing and new collaborative academic partners, working with other parties within and between program.
• Liase with and contribute academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.

Participate in campus, community events and Health programmed.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• PhD/ Masters degree in Dietetics; OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics with 5 years working experience in related field With Experience in conducting research activities.

Preferred Qualifications

Area of interest:

Clinical nutrition, geriatric nutrition, nutritional epidemiology