Level B General Standard. A level B Academic Staff Member is expected to make contributions to the teaching effort of the institution and to carry out activities to maintain and develop their scholarly, research and/or professional activities relevant to the profession or discipline. Specific Duties Specific duties required of a level B Academic Staff Member may include: • The conduct of tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshop, student field excursions, clinical sessions and studio sessions. • Initiation and development of subject material. • Acting as subject coordinators. • The preparation and delivery of lectures and seminars. • Supervision of the program of study of honours students or of postgraduate students engaged in course work. • Supervision of major honours or postgraduate research projects. • The conduct of research. • Involvement in professional activity. • Development of course material with appropriate advice from and support of more senior staff. • Marking and assessment. • Consultation with students. • A range of administrative functions the majority of which are connected with the subjects in which the academic teaches. • Attendance at departmental and/or faculty meetings and/or membership of a number of committees. Skill Base A level B Academic Staff Member shall have qualifications and/or experience recognised by the institution as appropriate for the relevant discipline area. In many cases a position at this level shall require a doctoral or masters qualification or equivalent accreditation and standing. In determining experience relative to qualifications, regard is had to teaching experience, experience in research, experience outside tertiary education, creative achievement, professional contributions and/or technical achievement.
Level B General Standard. A level B research-only Academic Staff Member is expected to carry out independent and/or team research within the field in which they are appointed and to carry out activities to develop their research expertise relevant to the particular field of research. Special Duties Specific duties required of a level B research-only Academic Staff Member may include: • the conduct of research either as a member of a team or independently, and the production of conference and seminar papers and publications from that research. • Supervision of research-support staff involved in the Staff Member’s research. • Guidance in the research effort of junior members of research-only academic staff in their research area. • Contribution to the preparation, or where appropriate, individual preparation of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies. • Involvement in professional activities including, subject to availability of funds, attendance at conferences and seminars in the field of expertise. • Administrative functions primarily connected with their area of research. • Occasional contributions in the teaching program within the field of the Staff Member’s research. • Co-supervision or where appropriate supervision of major honours or postgraduate research projects within the field of the Staff Member’s area of research. • Attendance at meetings associated with research or the work of the organisational unit to which the research is connected and/or departmental and/or faculty meetings and/or membership of a limited number of committees. Skill Base A level B research-only Academic Staff Member shall normally have completed a relevant doctoral qualification or have equivalent qualifications or research experience. In addition they may be expected to have had post-doctoral research experience which has resulted in publications, conference papers, reports or professional or technical contributions which give evidence of research ability.
