Associate Lecturers
Associate Lecturers should be engaged to undertake teaching. The standard hourly rate of pay will be the bottom point of Grade 7, using the JNCHES multiplier detailed below. This has been evaluated under HERA specifically for teaching and therefore must not be used for any other type of work. The contracts issued to Associate Lecturers specifically relate to teaching and as such Associate Lecturers are automatically entered into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
Please note:
The hourly rate of pay for Associate Lecturer is inflated as it includes payment for teaching, all work done in connection with scheduled teaching (preparation, setting and marking of projects, assignments and examinations, supervision of examinations, the provision of data, reports and course related material) and a payment for accrued annual leave. The multiplier used is the Grade 7 hourly rate plus 1.5 additional hours paid for every hour’s teaching. This formula used is based on JNCHES guidance.
You should therefore only be providing details of the teaching hours and not the total hours to be worked as this is incorporated into the hourly rate.
The duration of the contract should cover the period over which the activity takes place and not just the weeks during which teaching is delivered, i.e. including the examination and marking period of a semester.
Associate Lecturers job description (Word, 1.12MB)
Placement Assessor
Placement Assessors are experienced practitioners from a variety of fields, for example nursing, pharmacy, teacher education. They will mentor, guide and advise in their specialist field acting as a role model. They review student progress and provide formative feedback to support student development and the role is likely to include visits to the student’s workplace.
They may provide practice based training and support to programme teams to ensure continued currency of teaching materials. The rate of pay will be a flat Grade 7 starting at the bottom spinal point.
Placement Assessor job description (Word, 1MB)
Independent Assessor (End Point Assessor)
Independent Assessors assess an apprentice(s) competence against an industry specific standard, as part of the End Point Assessment activities carried out by apprentices on the relevant Degree Apprenticeship Standard.
The role provides independence and impartiality for the Apprenticeship Standards and requires the use of assessment experience with robust industry knowledge to form judgements and grading decisions.
The Independent Assessor is responsible for ensuring that all assessment processes are transparent, reliable and compliant. The rate of pay will be a flat Grade 7 starting at the bottom spinal point.
Independent Assessor job description (Word, 1MB)
Associate tutor
Associate tutors contribute to clinical skills education across health care programmes. As experienced practitioners they work alongside teams to engage in high-calibre instruction and education delivery.
They will undertake formative and summative assessments for students and provide support to individual and groups of students. They actively contribute to the ongoing advancement of academic programs, to ensure alignment of the curriculum with the evolving demands within the health care industry.
The rate of pay will be a flat Grade 7 starting at the bottom spinal point.
Associate Tutor job description (Word, 1.1MB)
Dissertation supervisor
A dissertation supervisor provides regular guidance and support to a student undertaking a dissertation. They will work in partnership with the student to assist with the definition of a research topic, the design of the programme of study and the implementation of this.
They provide direction on the standard of work expected, guidance at the writing stage and advice to ensure completion on schedule. The rate of pay will be a flat Grade 7 starting at the bottom spinal point.
Marker
The comprehensive Associate Lecturer rate includes an element within the payment for time spent marking. However, there may be times when the number of scripts to mark does not reasonably fit in the time allocated to marking, therefore additional marking time may be offered and will be paid at the basic hourly rate of a flat Grade 7 starting at the bottom spinal point.
In addition, staff may be asked to mark scripts for modules they have not taught or to second mark additional scripts. In these cases, marking will also be paid at the basic hourly rate.
When determining the amount of hours to assign/claim, account should be taken of the number of scripts and the type of assessment, and reference should be made to the workload allocation model for the area.
Teaching Support Officers
Teaching Support Officers (TSO) are engaged to provide support to the delivery of practicals in labs and workshop spaces, including demonstrating duties.
TSO in most areas are recruited from existing Post Graduate students and it is understood that they can only carry out the activity whilst they are an enrolled student at LJMU. The TSO rate of pay starts at the bottom point of Grade 6.
Individuals carrying out duties above those stated within the Teaching Support Officer job description (for example hourly paid lecturing) will be remunerated accordingly (for example via Associate Lecturer contracts).
Teaching Support Officer classroom job description (Word, 1MB)
Teaching Support Officer laboratory job description (Word, 1MB)
