Dyslexia & SpLD Adviser

Part Time: 21.75 hours per week, 3 days

Interview Date: Monday 08 January 2024

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Dyslexia & SpLD Adviser for our Farnham Campus, home to an impressive range of creative undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees including Animation, Digital Art, Graphic Design, photography etc.

UCA remains committed to continuous development and enhancement of our teaching, learning, research, and assessment practices to be totally inclusive, enabling all students to be fully engaged and immersed in their learning experiences.  

We are seeking an individual with specialist expertise and knowledge of dyslexia and specific learning differences with experience of working with both international and home students. You will be enthused by the prospect of being able to affect real institutional change and will:

• Work in partnership with our academic communities to create teaching and learning strategies that enable our diverse student groups to succeed within our specialist art and design context.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to enhance and further improve the experience of students with SpLDs and disabilities.
• Develop innovative methods of providing support to students with SpLDs and embed best accessible practice within curriculum delivery to benefit all learners.
• You will hold a degree or equivalent, together with a recognised professional qualification in specific learning difficulties and be a qualified dyslexia tutor, with a background in higher or further education. You will be passionate about developing inclusive teaching and learning practice and will possess the skills to positively influence change. 

The actual salary for this role is £20,379-£22,923 per annum.

At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide.

Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, textiles, animation, history and culture, and more.

Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) aims to be a welcoming and inclusive University that is truly representative of all sections of society. We particularly encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within the University.

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