Personal Academic Tutor (Business Management Top Up)

Salary from 01 August 2023 will be: £34,197- £39,704.

Would you like to work in a forward-thinking institution where values of student experience, customer service, academic quality, value for money and continuous improvement are at the forefront of how we make our decisions? Do you place the student at the heart of all that you do? If your answer is ‘yes’, we have a great opportunity for you to experience it all for yourself and to join our Academic Team as a Personal Academic Tutor.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team designed to meet the needs of our students and in pursuit of Access and Participation Plan and Student Success Plan goals. We are looking for a Personal Academic Tutor to be assigned to our Business Management and Entrepreneurship Top Up programme. Working in collaboration with the Academic Development and Study Skills teams, you will provide tutoring support to ensure the personal and academic development of students.

You will play a pivotal role in enabling students to achieve their full personal and academic potential. In addition, you will support the development and implementation of University targets in terms of Teaching & Learning metrics and goals that are aligned to the strategic aims and objectives of the University of Sunderland in London (UoSiL).

To be successful in this role, you will have a degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business Management, coupled with experience of working within Higher Education and an understanding of academic curriculum, assessment feedback and teaching and learning approaches. In addition, you will have the ability to engage and build confidence in students with regard to personal and academic ability. You will have excellent networking and relationship building skills and a proven experience of collaborating with programme leaders and student support services to effectively support students in their journey.

With our community of staff and students growing steadily, this is an interesting and rewarding role which offers the chance to positively impact the experience and outcomes of our students.

In return, we offer you:

• Generous 31 days of annual leave on top of Bank Holidays
• 5 closure days over Christmas period
• Season Ticket Loan
• Access to MyLifestyle benefit platform with plentiful of discounts and offers
• Access to discounts via Totum Card
• Free eye test
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice schemes
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
• Our commitment to training and development
• Our location in Canary Wharf with many transport links for easy access

To meet the requirements of this student-facing role, the successful candidate will be based full-time at the UoSiL campus in Canary Wharf.

If you are up for the challenge and want to know more, please see the job description and person specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the apply button).

Please note that this a repeat of vacancy USL534, previous applicants of USL534 need not apply.

To apply, you will need to register on our e-recruitment platform and complete an application form.

For an informal conversation about the role, you can contact via email Christopher Macallister, Principal Lecturer (Academic Development) via email: christopher.macallister@sunderland.ac.uk.

Closing Date: Midnight, 16 April 2023

Interview expected to be held: TBC

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