Job Description

What the role is:Singapore Polytechnic - Ranked top 20 most attractive employers in Singapore - \'The Straits Times Singapore\'s Best Employers 2024\'The job of an academic is challenging and meaningful. Not only will he/she have both the knowledge and working experience, he/she must also possess a passion for working with both adult and youth learners, nurturing them and influencing their developments. There will be opportunities to develop the curriculum, introduce new programs as well as be involved in consultancy and other applied research projects. Administrative work related to teaching and school/institutional strategic initiatives will be an important part of the job too. Successful candidates will be expected to be resourceful and innovative with initiative and good communication skills.The appointee must be competent to teach in the following areas:

• Company Law
• Business Law
• Employment Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Contract Law
• Media/ Content regulation and policies

What you will be working on:Responsibilities:

• Conduct lessons, create teaching and assessment materials, and facilitate learning for both Pre-Employment Training (PET) and Continuing Education and Training (CET) students.
• Develop and maintain new and existing teaching curriculum. This includes review of existing curriculum to make recommendations on areas of improvements that would enhance students\' performance, learning and employability.
• Support the development of PET and CET modules and programs, with the use of Edu-Tech tools and platforms where necessary.
• Keep abreast of current developments and trends in the law domain so that curriculum is up to date.
• Contributes to the development of law teaching capability in the teaching team.
• Enhance students\' learning through in-class and out of classroom learning such as training students for competitions, guiding them on career choices, supervising projects and internships, and leading projects for overseas learning and community service.
• Support the School\'s strategic initiatives through involvement in committee work and consultancy projects with industry partners.
• Handle teaching related administrative work such as preparation of teaching materials and coordination of assessment by the teaching team.
• Pastoral care for students.

What we are looking for:Requirements:-

• Relevant legal qualification and/or practices.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in legal practices, teaching and training in the legal domain knowledge and skills.
• Proven business skills to engage industry and handling clients\' projects.
• Self-driven, adaptable and ready to work as a team.
• Candidates who have the following will have an added advantage:

• Experience in training/teaching
• Able to teach basic Economics modules

Successful candidate will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.Closing date: 25 July 2024If you are shortlisted for the position, you should hear from us within 30 days of the closing date of the advertisement.About Singapore Polytechnic:As Singapore\'s first polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) prides ourselves in providing the best learning experience for our students in pre-employment and continuing adult education. The mission of SP is to prepare our learners to be life ready, work ready and world ready. Our vision is to be a caring community of inspired learners committed to serving with mastery.

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