Module Leader (Building Control)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Employment status and working hours

Fixed term for around five months, part time for seven hours per week.

For the module period, we estimate that work on one module will take an average of 7 hours per week, however it is likely that work activities in some weeks may be more or less than this estimate. You will be directed on when to work your hours and please bear in mind student expectations and our minimum expectations for Module Leader (see below).

Organisation structure

Education and Students, School of the Built Environment.

Your line manager will be Dean - School of Built Environment (Academic).

Place of work flexibility

You will normally spend your total working time at home*, which must be within the UK. *Working from home is only possible if your environment is suitable – please see the ‘Working from home’ section on our Careers Site for further information. You must provide your own equipment.

Background

The Undergraduate Building Control Integrated Degree Apprenticeship End Point Assessment (EPA) is a final year 20-credit module that meets two requirements for each student, and optionally a third. The module’s 20 credits provide the last element of the 360 required for a BSC (Hons) degree at University of the Built Environment. It also fulfils the requirements of the Apprenticeship Standard, which ensures all industry and academic funding is accounted for.

Each student can also apply for membership of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and/or the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the outcome dependent on the professional interview as part of the EPA.

A Module Leader (Associate Lecturer) is now needed for this role, and who has not taught or otherwise had contact with any of the EPA cohort prior to the module starting. This ensures an impartial and professional approach to the completion of the Apprenticeship Assessment Plan.

Minimum expectations of a Module Leader

You are responsible for ensuring the module is delivered to plan, on schedule and to the required quality, to achieve high student satisfaction and to enable students to achieve successful outcomes.

• Accessibility to students. You must be accessible to students on your module; this may include the delivery of a “surgery” hour once a week, which could be a drop-in session or equivalent. There must be at least one per week, depending on the week of delivery.

• VLE monitoring. You must regularly monitor the VLE activities to stimulate activity and engagement.

• Response times. You must respond to student queries and posts within the timeframes specified on your allocated day(s) and times related to module activity. You must also post a wrap-up each week summarising the week’s activities and providing cohort feedback to students on their contributions.

• Forum discussion initiation. You must initiate forum discussions as required (requirements will vary per module depending on the build).

• Forum subscription. You must subscribe to the appropriate forums for your module to ensure that any VLE notifications are forwarded to your University email account.

• Email monitoring. You must monitor your University email account regularly.

• Webinars. You must ensure appropriate weekly synchronous activities (for example, webinars) are planned and delivered on your module, plus additional sessions to support pre- and post-assessment preparation/activities.

• Accessibility to colleagues. You must be contactable by University colleagues, for the purposes of effective working, performing your role under this contract, and resolving any issues which may occasionally arise on modules.

Autumn 2026 semester - key dates

Contract start date - 21/09/26

Semester start date - 28/09/26

Log book submission date - 01/12/26

Exam (Module Leader not involved) - 12/02/27

Panel Interviews (Module Leader not involved) - 15/02/27 – 26/02/27

Module end date - 26/02/27

Contract end date - 12/03/27

Job role accountabilities and responsibilities

Preparation (pre-module start)

• Working with the Core Services team to ensure all tutorial time is scheduled for your module in a timely manner.

• Always using your University email account for any email correspondence relating to your University role(s) – this includes communications with University teams.

Module delivery – student facing

• Ensuring all student queries and posts on your module are responded to by you within 24 hours.

• Monitoring scheduled 1:1 sessions and weekly surgeries to facilitate interaction with and engagement by students.

• Promoting and increasing feedback from students to inform any changes prior to the next delivery (both during the module delivery and at the end of module reviews).

• Ensuring a welcome webinar is scheduled at the start of the module to introduce yourself as Module Leader to the students.

• Responding to student feedback, complaints and queries in relation to the module where required.

Module content and review

• Undertaking review meetings at key stages of delivery with the Learning Designer who is responsible for the module, regarding likely updates required for the next delivery.

• Attending the relevant module and scrutiny boards.

Evaluation

• Being responsible for the evaluation of the module in line with University requirements including institutional KPIs around student success.

• Completing and submitting the Module Leader’s Report at the end of the module, in the prescribed format and within the timescales required.

End Point Assessment (EPA)

• Moderation to check consistency of the marking and feedback undertaken by the assessors.

• Reviewing and updating the EPA exam materials (plan drawings and question bank) ahead of every semester.

Please note, you will not be involved in:

• Marking the exam or interview (this is done by the external assessors).

• Acting as Independent Quality Assessor (IQA).

Other duties

• Answering queries about the module and its operation to Student Services and other internal teams.

• Undertaking continuing professional development (CPD) and staff development activities in agreement with, and as directed by, your line manager, to maintain and enhance professional experience and commitment to subject specific and teaching skills development; this includes regular attendance at EDP (Educational Development Plan) events and attendance at a minimum of one University Academic Development Programme session per semester.

• Participating in mandatory training, including the Data Protection, Safeguarding and Prevent modules.

• Keeping abreast of BAU changes and updates by reading communications sent via the Bulletins, other emails and webinar updates.

Other important features of the job role

Line management responsibilities: None.

Budget responsibility: None.

In this role you will liaise with the following: BCU6EPA students, Building Control Programme Leader, Deputy Dean (Academic), other members of the Academic Team and support teams as appropriate.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

E = Essential person requirement; D = Desirable person requirement

How the person requirement will be assessed:

A = Application; I = Interview; T = Test or other assessment

Please be aware that as part of safer recruitment and onboarding processes, we will seek original documentary evidence of the relevant academic and/or professional qualifications which you include within your job application. This is all part of our comprehensive pre-employment screening which also includes checking your identity, right to work, criminal record history (basic disclosure unless specified otherwise), and three years employment history. This is all part of our commitment to safeguarding our students. Keeping our students safe is a responsibility shared by everyone within the University.

Qualifications and training

Degree level qualification in Building Control or cognate discipline (E, A).

Full membership of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (MCABE) or Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB) (E, A).

Previous experience

Relevant industry experience in the role of a built environment practitioner or established research/CPD or tutoring record to be able to deliver education in Building Control, within the context of current and emerging digital and data environments (E, A, I).

Experience in the management of modules or equivalent continuing professional development, including familiarity with the administration of relevant quality assurance procedures and practice (D, A, I).

Teaching experience and/or ability to effectively communicate and deliver teaching to groups of students and on a one-to-one basis (D, A, I).

Behaviours and attitudes

Alignment to the University’s core values and growth mindset approach, which reflect our culture. Refer to the specific behaviours within the Competency Framework (E, I) – summarised within the careers site.

Skills, knowledge, other requirements

Understanding of current developments in Building Control and built environment practice (E, A, I).

Familiarity with the requirements of professional bodies and professional practice (LA and RBCA) (E, A, I).

Ability to work effectively as part of a team, with strong communication, presentation and digital skills, using these for the benefit of students and University colleagues (E, A, I).

Digital skills confidence: This is an online tutoring role, via video webinars and tutorials, and requires familiarity with digital tools (E, A, I).

Commitment to delivering positive outcomes for our students regardless of your area of work within the University; we want our students to be successful (E, I).

You must be prepared to undertake mandatory online training should you be appointed. The University is regulated by the Office for Students and Ofsted, and we have specific requirements and expectations around safeguarding, Prevent, and anti-harassment and bullying. This is all part of our Competency Framework requirements (E, I).

PAY AND BENEFITS

Salary: £3,503.50 for the module period, paid in equal monthly instalments.

Holiday: Rolled-up holiday equivalent to 182 hours holiday Full Time Equivalent (rising to 196 hours with service) plus bank/public holidays plus up to five closure days (typically between Christmas and New Year); all per holiday year Full Time Equivalent. Our holiday year runs from 1 August to 31 July. We also have a holiday buy and sell scheme in place, however given the rolled-up method of holiday pay, the holiday buy/sell benefit will not apply to you.

Pension and life assurance: Pensions auto-enrolment to the People’s Pension which is a default salary sacrifice scheme. You may opt out of salary sacrifice but remain in the scheme, or you may choose to opt out altogether. We provide life assurance (death in service) cover as standard to all employees.

Family-friendly policies: Policies in place for all types of family-friendly statutory leave with enhanced pay available from day one of employment for some leave types. Access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme).

Wellbeing: Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme as well as the Thrive Mental Wellbeing app. Several employees are trained Mental Health First Aiders and can support staff. We have a wellbeing policy and we focus on five pillars of wellbeing.

Sustainable travel: Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.

Other health related benefits: Employer-funded Health Cash Plan (Simplyhealth) and voluntary dental insurance (Unum).

Other valuable benefits:

• Charity giving options available including one voluntary paid day, per annum.

• You will have access to range of lifestyle discounts and everyday savings.

• We offer learning platforms including LinkedIn learning.

APPLICATIONS - THINGS TO CONSIDER

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jon Hubert on 0118 467 7937 or email j.hubert@ube.ac.uk. For any other enquiries please contact HR on 0118 467 2454 / 2433 or email recruitment@ube.ac.uk

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Closing date and next steps

We will receive applications until the advert closes on Monday 07 September 2026 at 17:00. We will not consider late applications. Our ATS does not screen applications, we humans do. Applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date and occasionally, you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date.

Interview details

Dates for interview will be advised to you later in the process. We'll ask you to tell us about any dates you cannot make, up to 4 weeks from the closing date; this helps us to plan interviews should you be shortlisted, prior to contacting you.

Interviews are normally carried out over Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Depending on the job role and place of work, your interview may be at our Reading or London office. Please be prepared for a two-stage interview process, held on different dates. As part of the interview process, you will likely meet a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Note for internal candidates

If you are an existing employee, we request you inform your current line manager of your intention to apply for this role.

As this is a fixed term role, if you were (in the future) to be offered and accept this role, it would mean relinquishing your contractual permanent employment status with the University. Following the expiry of the fixed term period, your employment with the University would cease, unless an alternative role is secured. If instead you would like to apply for this role on the basis of it being a secondment (i.e. not relinquishing your permanent status), please discuss this with your current line manager. Only your line manager can consider and agree to a secondment because this impacts the resourcing in your current team. Please contact HR if you or your line manager need to discuss this further.