Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Department of Biochemistry)

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine invites applications for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions on the Educator Track Scheme in the Department of Biochemistry. The Department teaches medical, dental and life science students at both undergraduate and graduate levels (more information is available here ). Appointments will be made on a 2- or 3-year contract basis in the first instance with possibility of extension, depending on performance. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis.

Duties & Responsibilities

Successful candidates will report to the Head of Department and will work closely with the Deputy Heads to contribute to excellence in education. They will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate-level medical, dental and life science students as determined by the Department. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to service to the Department and University as assigned by the Head of Department.

Successful candidates will be a champion for innovation and entrepreneurship in online education, educational technology, continuing education and training (CET), or other aspects of medical, health-care and biomedical education. They will be expected to compete for independent extramural/intramural education research funding, participate and publish scholarly research in biochemistry education. The lecturer will be expected to show teaching achievement as evidenced by positive impact on student learning as well as commitment to collegial sharing of his/her work within the local educational environment.

Requirements/Qualifications

(Please state Qualification, Years of Experience, Knowledge & Skills required.)

The applicant should have: 

• PhD or MD degree or equivalent from a well-recognised university, preferably in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, or related disciplines;
• 2 to 3 years’ full-time working experience in academia;
• Knowledge of and interest in biomedical sciences and higher education;
• Interest in innovation and entrepreneurship in education and/or scholarly research in education;
• Applicants with an excellent track record of teaching experience in higher education will be preferred. Criteria for appointment will include some or all of the following:

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• Ability to work well independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team with diverse interests and opinions.

Application Procedure and Process

Interested applicants are invited to email the following items to the Head of Department of Biochemistry, Associate Professor Yew Wen Shan (bchhead@nus.edu.sg ):

• A cover letter;
• A detailed CV;
• A teaching statement of a highly distilled summary of key contributions to student learning, teaching philosophy and your educational contributions;
• Teaching evaluations and peer review reports, if available;
• Four referees (one of whom must be the PhD supervisor). The referee letters can be sent directly to HOD.

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.