King's College London

About us:

The vision for the Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education at King’s College London, is based on the power of transnational education to empower and enable Africa’s talented young people to make meaningful contributions to their communities and the world. In the context of the Afe Babalola Centre, transnational education means education on transnational issues, disciplines, skills and competencies, co-created, and co-delivered through multilateral and multinational collaborations.

King’s Academy is the centre for educational development dedicated to supporting all staff in enhancing the teaching and learning environment within the College. The successful candidate will work closely with members of the King’s Academy team to ensure that the Afe Babalola Centre work is aligned with other developments and initiatives at King’s.

About the role:

​​The Afe Babalola Centre for Transnational Education at King’s College London, seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Transnational Education, based in King’s Academy, with expertise in online and blended pedagogies, and demonstrable experience teaching online and working in an African context. The appointed candidate will teach the above and related topics to students, including peer educators, as part of postgraduate degree programmes.

An interest in increasing access at scale for underserved youth and the ability to teach on this theme would be advantageous, as is experience in facilitating interdisciplinary and international collaborations particularly around developing capacity in teaching.

The focus of scholarship should include practice and/or impact-focused approaches to pedagogy (e.g. co-creation with learners) and have an interdisciplinary dimension. The successful candidate will lead on the design and delivery of a postgraduate qualification, as well as elements of academic and pastoral support of postgraduate students. They will also be responsible for oversight of the delivery of teaching to in-person and online student cohorts. They will also pursue opportunities for conducting high quality education-focused scholarship in their field and will receive mentoring and support to develop their skills and experience in education, academic administration, and scholarship.

The appointment is to the Academic Education Pathway (AEP), which is focused on the delivery of education, education-related scholarship, and leadership in education. Indicatively 80% of a staff member’s activities will be accounted for by a combination of teaching, supervision, student support, educational leadership and innovation, and administration; the remaining 20% will be dedicated to scholarship. Staff on the AEP are not contractually obliged to carry out research and will not have significant responsibility for research.

Candidates should be available to start the role by mid-September 2025.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 2 years.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. ​Masters level qualification, with at least 2 years of demonstrable experience in teaching and supporting learning in online settings, especially for underprivileged contexts and/or internationally.
2. Experience of teaching relevant subjects at postgraduate level (including training peers and more senior colleagues, or delivering CPD, preferably to educators), with evidence of innovative and effective practices and an ability to design and deliver lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials.
3. Experience providing academic advice and pastoral support to students.
4. Excellent presentation, communication, interpersonal, administrative and organisational skills.
5. Examples of disseminating education innovations and scholarship (e.g., department level, public sector, publications, conferences, workshops).
6. ​In education and scholarship, an interdisciplinary mindset and aptitude for working within an interdisciplinary framework, including teaching across disciplines and beyond the immediate field of expertise
7. A demonstrable commitment to internationalisation and an inclusive, diverse and collegiate approach to education and scholarship.

Desirable criteria

1. PhD qualification in Education or relevant discipline.
2. Completion of appropriate training in equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion. Those without this will need to complete this in their first year in post.
3. Fellowship or Senior Fellowship of the HEA.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of this page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.