Teaching Fellow (3-year contract), Centre for English Communication

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Curriculum Development
• Design, implement and conduct writing and oral presentation courses for undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Teach discipline-specific writing to upper classmen.
• Create relevant online activities to enhance writing and presentation skills.
• Monitoring and Assessment
• Design and administer tests and other assessment tools for internal purposes.
• Prepare examination or assessment papers for external assessment.
• Provide meaningful and timely feedback to students during consultation and conference sessions.
• Professional Development
• Identify and attend relevant professional development courses/programmes.
• Foster the transfer of knowledge and experience amongst colleagues through the sharing of expertise and knowledge.
• Drive teaching innovation.
• Administrative Duties
• Investigate and assess collusion and plagiarism cases and make recommendations to Head, CEC.
• Invigilate Exemption Tests.
• Conduct standardization meetings.
• Act as a mentor for other TFs.
• Assume the role and responsibilities of course co-ordinator for CEC courses.
• Any other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD or M.A. (English Language) and/or other relevant qualifications.
• 3 to 5 years experience in teaching writing and/or oral communication at university level.
• Expertise in designing courses, creating curricular materials and effective assessments for university students is a necessary skill.
• Experience in using AI in teaching will be advantageous.
• Strong inter-personal skills with the ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff and students.