Lecturer, Pharmacy (Cyberjaya College Kuching)

Communication and liaise with students, lecturers and management to make sure all students’ academic progress and lecturers’ teachings develop effectively.

Teaching

• Teach at least 18-21 credit hours per week
• Achieve a minimum average score of 80% for all end-of-semester evaluations for courses taught
• Ensure optimal panning and delivery of quality teaching service, including but not limited to:
  • Timely class scheduling with minimal last-minute class re-scheduling and communications to students (max. 2 classes per course)
  • Annual review and updates in teaching, learning, and assessment materials/strategies/methods/tools to ensure relevance in content and programme level
  • Accuracy and fairness in marking and grading of student assessments to ensure valid representation of actual performance
• Coordinate with the Timetable Master for tutorial sessions/lab sessions for students
• Perform cross–teaching with other programmes if services are needed
• Ensure final projects to demonstrate enhanced student experience, engagement and participation; also, relevant to fulfilling Psychomotor & affective Learning Outcome Domain Examination
• Formulate exam questions according to the standard set by the College
• Prepare a “table of specifications” for examination questions
• Moderate questions papers prepared by lecturers before submission to Exam Department
• Ensure examination question papers, answer scheme and assessment marks are accurate, adhere to the stipulated format and are submitted by the given deadline.

Teaching Administration

• Monitor students’ academic progress
• Conduct a mentor-mentee system to ensure attrition of mentees from college does not exceed 7.5% of the total mentee group size.
• Ensure daily/weekly student attendance is updated to the Student Management System, and any missing students are identified and reported within 5 working days of student absence.
• Check students’ excuse form and assist in student affairs matters (discipline and attitude)
• Check and sign students’ logbooks achievement each semester after placement
• Ensure all teaching file documentations are complete as per the checklist (end-of-semester submission) every semester.

Programme Administration

• Be a member of the curriculum development committee
• Conduct curriculum and programme evaluations on a continual basis using continuous process improvement techniques
• Execute activities related to accreditation (MQA, ISO, etc.)
• Be a member of the Subject Specialist Group (SSG)
• Maintain a neat, well-organised, and safe work environment
• Assist Programme Coordinator where needed
• Monitor students’ involvement with extracurricular programs
• Ensure that additional administrative, taskforce, committee and other responsibilities entrusted by management is carried out efficiently.
• Engage with industry partners in the form of curriculum improvement, seminars, career talks, study tours, professional bodies or academic partners, etc., each semester/year.

• Has a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy/Pharmacology
• Possess a valid Annual Practising Certificate
• At least 1 year of teaching experience in a Diploma programme
• At least 1 year of working experience as a registered pharmacist/pharmacologist
• Good command of English and Malay