Part-Time Lecturer - Professional Certificate in Creative Learning

School/Unit: NCAD / Creative Futures Academy

Post Title & Subject Area: Part-Time Lecturer - Professional Certificate in Creative Learning

Total Hours for the Post: 50 hours

Grade: Hourly Part-Time Lecturer

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NCAD/CFA seeks a part-time lecturer for the delivery of the Professional Certificate in Creative Learning (comprised of a 5-credit module).

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Payment

The person/s commissioned to undertake this work will be paid 50 hours at the NCAD Part-Time Lecturer rate of €65.85. In the case of existing NCAD EPL / FT staff, backfill hours will be available to release the time required.

Location: This position is ordinarily based at the NCAD Campus, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.

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To apply please outline your interests in the work, professional practice and any other relevant experience.

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CFA

The Creative Futures Academy (details here) provides opportunities for postgraduate students and professionals to undertake focused learning, usually in concentrated or short format courses and often scheduled in ways that allow part time study to be combined flexibly with professional practice.

The Professional Certificate in Creative Learning will be offered to prospective learners in 2025/26.

Professional Certificate in Creative Learning

This programme explores the transformative power of Creative Learning across various educational contexts. It is designed for educators, facilitators, consultants, and creative practitioners working in schools, higher education, community settings, and professional development. Whether in teaching, lecturing, mentoring, or facilitation, participants will have the opportunity to expand their skills, connect with others, and develop their approach to learning.

The programme values the knowledge and expertise that each facilitator and participant brings, creating a collaborative learning environment where ideas, creative processes, and practices are shared. Each cohort consists of a diverse mix of backgrounds, disciplines, and interests, resulting in a rich and dynamic space for exploration and innovation.

Recognising that learning is a lifelong and life-wide process, the programme extends beyond traditional educational settings into communities, libraries, museums, nature, workplaces, and other environments. By engaging with creative pedagogies, facilitators and participants will gain the tools to define their role within creative education while reflecting on and evolving their professional or artistic practice.

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The Delivery

The CFA is looking for applications to develop and deliver content for the Professional Certificate in Creative learning

The Development is broken down into the following elements:

Curriculum design - the preparation of teaching materials. This will include summary outlines of briefs / lectures / seminars / workshops; reading lists and/or other useful resources which can be shared with learners both before and after the course runs; proposals of guest speakers; technical and specialist training exercises as well as expected deliverables / assignments to be completed at the end of the module.

Authorship of publicity texts and sourcing visual material which can be used to promote the Professional Diploma using the CFA's communication channels. Visual material will need to be copyright free / cleared.

Development - 20 hours

This work (research and curriculum content) needs to be completed and delivered following an agreed schedule.

Delivery

Teaching - 25 contact hours

Assessment and administration - 5 hours

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Course format

The 5-credit course content to be delivered to 12-25 learners.

It will be delivered in a range of potential formats including

- fully onsite learning;

- remotely in which learners can fully participate at a distance;

- and in a hybrid format combining onsite and distant learners (considering opportunities such as the currently ‘fallow' third trimester for residencies and short intensives)

Active learning and collaborative peer learning are strongly encouraged to reflect the professional experience and ambitions of CFA learners.

Each module may include one or two high profile guest speakers but we expect that the majority of the content to be taught and coordinated by a lead tutor or team of tutors.

The NCAD / CFA Academic Development Group will provide a series of templates which will provide different possible learning formats (such as an intensive one- or two-week workshop, two-day symposium or a weekly 3-hour class etc). The person/s undertaking this work will also be supported by a member of the NCAD / CFA Academic Development Group who can provide support during the delivery of the course.

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Expected learner profile

Current students registered at NCAD or other HEIs, designers, makers, educators and possibly other professionals working in the creative industries.

While CFA courses are professional learning opportunities, learners will not need to demonstrate high levels of professional / academic achievement at the time of application.

Some learners may undertake CFA learning as a means of ongoing professional development, often with the support of their employers.

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Selection Criteria

Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post. Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.

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Mandatory:

• Significant track record in Art/Design research practice and higher education.

• Post-graduate degree in a Relevant Art/Design Programme / related field or equivalent professional experience.

• Experience of delivering high quality teaching within a higher education environment.

• Capacity and enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary context within the Department and wider College.

• Ability to design, deliver and assess a range of modules in and related to specialist areas of research/professional interest.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

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Desirable:

• Experience in working with PG students

• Active interest in related developments within the sector.

• Strong, demonstrable commitment to practice, research and international scholarship/publication.

• Demonstrable record of developing successful partnerships.