Study Adviser for Students with Specific Learning Difficulties

University of Leicester -Student Support Service

Job Purpose

Salary Grade 7 - £31,331 to £36,298 per annum pro rata

Post 1 – 0.6 FTE Open Ended Contract

Post 2 – 0.5 FTE Open Ended Contract

At Leicester we’re going places. Ranked in the top 20 universities in Britain our aim is to climb further. A commitment to high quality fused with an inclusive academic culture is our hallmark and led the Times Higher Education to describe us as “elite without being elitist”.

In this role, you will provide screening and specialist study support for students with specific learning difficulties and provide information and advice for prospective students and their parents. You will be responsible for undertaking staff development work and liaison with departments in order to enable students with disabilities to achieve their full potential and facilitate the University's compliance with disability legislation and to provide advice and guidance to try and ensure that nothing occurs to damage the University's reputation.

In addition, you will be required to maintain records and other administrative documents which are of a personal and sensitive nature and evaluate the service on a regular basis in order to continuously improve existing provision.

Although two posts are advertised, some flexibility can be offered regarding hours worked. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified staff if you want to offer the Centre less time or if they would like to work on full-time basis.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 because the post holder will have substantial access to young people and/or vulnerable adults. Therefore, an appointment to this post will be subject to checking through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant for this post will, therefore, be required to give consent for the University to check with the DBS for the existence and content of any criminal record in the form of an Enhanced Disclosure. Information received from the DBS and the police will be kept in strict confidence and will be destroyed once the University is satisfied in this regard.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Paula Dobrowolski preferably by email on pbd1@le.ac.uk or by phone: 07704576860

The closing date for this post is midnight on 23rd May 2013.

We anticipate that interviews will take place in the week commencing 10th June 2013.