job_title - Associate Professor

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-Implement provided Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) controls and follow instructions.

-Look after and keep the provided HSE equipment and facilities healthy and report any damage of equipment and facilities identified to the HSE team.

-Report any HSE incidents and missed behavioural observations.

The key role and responsibilities of an Associate Professor should include, but are not exclusive to, teaching and learning support, research and administration and faculty support activities in the following areas:

Teaching and Learning Support

-Design, develop, and deliver various courses at various academic levels.

-Collaborate with other faculty members to implement SU teaching and learning strategy.

-Ensure content, delivery methods, and materials align with defined learning outcomes.

-Create and enhance teaching materials, methods, and approaches to improve subject area delivery.

-Contribute to the development of good academic practices within the faculty.

-Utilize appropriate teaching, learning support, and assessment methods for effective knowledge transfer.

-Play an active role in academic advising of assigned students.

-Develop student skills by identifying learning needs and defining appropriate objectives.

-Supervise laboratory teams in related courses as needed).

-Moderate assigned courses and instructional materials, focusing on the following areas:

-Ensuring that instructional materials are relevant, up to date, and adequate to achieve the course learning outcomes (CLOs) and provide feedback to the course coordinator.

-Reviewing the alignment of CLOs with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) to ensure proper mapping.

-Reviewing the alignment of assessment types with the CLOs to ensure valid assessment.

-Moderating the course assessments and ensure that the course coordinator adheres to the assessment policy.

-Reviewing the teaching and learning strategies to ensure they promote active learning, critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-based learning.

-Reviewing the course page content at SULMS and providing feedback to the course coordinator.

Research and Scholarship:

-Supporting the development and implementation of the University s research strategy.

-Leading and coordinating research activities in the area of specialisation.

-Managing research and other collaborative partnerships.

-Working with other senior research staff to win bids for research, consultancy and other additional funding.

-Publishing research findings at an appropriately defined standard.

-Collaborating in research on learning and teaching methodologies.

-Being routinely involved in complex and important negotiations internally and with external bodies, particularly in relation to research, research funding and consultancy.

Administration and Faculty Support:

-Collaborating with the Dean, Programme Coordinators and other senior staff in engaging with local and national industries on program development and enhancing graduate attributes.

-Assisting senior staff in developing networks to foster collaboration and share information and ideas that promote the subject and the University.

-Assisting in the annual review of course and program reviews.

-Exercising academic leadership for all subject area activities - teaching and/or research, as appropriate.

-Ensuring that junior staff and teaching assistants are given adequate mentoring and support.

-Participating at the faculty level in institutional and strategic planning.

-Contributing to the implementation of faculty operational plans.

-Participating in faculty committees.

-Collaborate with the Dean and Programme Coordinators to determine the need for and allocation of resources within the area of responsibility.

-Promoting a collegiate amongst colleagues and students alike.

-The employee is required to strictly adhere and comply with Sohar University policies, bylaws, and regulations that are related to their work.

-Any other assigned tasks that fall within the competence of the department /faculty.