Competency Framework for Lecturer Roles at NUIG Academic Excellence Leadership Excellence Organisational Excellence Excellence in Research Personal Effectiveness Strategy & Vision The Lecturer is enthusiastic about their The Lecturer furthers their discipline The Lecturer should contribute to the discipline and is committed to making and contributes to the body of strategic development of the discipline their best personal contribution through knowledge in their area through by developing a strong awareness of employing excellent planning and planning, carrying out and publishing/ the wider environment, how the organising, communication and disseminating their own high quality discipline is developing and how the decision making skills to achieve their research, building and leading research School/Discipline can develop in the goals and through working hard and groups and providing supervision and long term to optimise its contribution. being flexible in order to meet the DEVELOP support for postgraduate students to He /She must have the ability to make multiple and changing demands of the enable them to produce quality a strong case for the development of TO Lecturer role. CORE CORE research. They keep up to date with new programmes or engaging in joint relevant developments in their field and programmes or collaborations that they network and collaborate with others, feel will add long term value to the both internally and externally, to School/Discipline. optimise the value and relevance of the CAPACITY research being produced and to maximise the School’s/Discipline’s ability to attract research funding. Excellence in Teaching Leading Others Collegiate & Community Contribution The Lecturer develops and delivers The Lecturer must work well with quality teaching programmes which others, providing leadership and The Lecturer values and engages in a engage and inspire students at all direction to students, colleagues and collegiate approach to working with levels and maximises their learning. support staff in relation to projects or others, within their own discipline, DEVELOP They are confident in using a range of areas of work that they are leading on. school and university and also within teaching techniques, are open to They effectively encourage, support the wider external community. S/he TO CORE innovations in teaching and are and manage the contributions of others actively seeks to build effective focused on continually developing their to deliver results for the discipline and networks and is willing to contribute DEVELOPING own teaching skills. to ensure that high standards are met. their time and expertise to a range of broader university wide or community projects. CAPACITY
Competency Framework for Lecturer Roles at NUIG Academic Excellence Leadership Excellence Organisational Excellence CORE Excellence in Research The Lecturer furthers their discipline and contributes to the body of knowledge in their area through planning, carrying out and publishing/ disseminating their own high quality research, building and leading research groups and providing supervision and support for postgraduate students to enable them to produce quality research. They keep up to date with relevant developments in their field and network and collaborate with others, both internally and externally, to optimise the value and relevance of the research being produced and to maximise the School’s/Discipline’s ability to attract research funding. CORE Personal Effectiveness The Lecturer is enthusiastic about their discipline and is committed to making their best personal contribution through employing excellent planning and organising, communication and decision making skills to achieve their goals and through working hard and being flexible in order to meet the multiple and changing demands of the Lecturer role. CAPACITY TO DEVELOP Strategy & Vision The Lecturer should contribute to the strategic development of the discipline by developing a strong awareness of the wider environment, how the discipline is developing and how the School/Discipline can develop in the long term to optimise its contribution. He /She must have the ability to make a strong case for the development of new programmes or engaging in joint programmes or collaborations that they feel will add long term value to the School/Discipline. CORE Excellence in Teaching The Lecturer develops and delivers quality teaching programmes which engage and inspire students at all levels and maximises their learning. They are confident in using a range of teaching techniques, are open to innovations in teaching and are focused on continually developing their own teaching skills. CAPACITY TO DEVELOP Leading Others The Lecturer must work well with others, providing leadership and direction to students, colleagues and support staff in relation to projects or areas of work that they are leading on. They effectively encourage, support and manage the contributions of others to deliver results for the discipline and to ensure that high standards are met. DEVELOPING Collegiate & Community Contribution The Lecturer values and engages in a collegiate approach to working with others, within their own discipline, school and university and also within the wider external community. S/he actively seeks to build effective networks and is willing to contribute their time and expertise to a range of broader university wide or community projects.