Business Tutor

Contract type: Full Time (37.5 hours) – Permanent

With an increased offering of Business programmes and ongoing programme developments, the ISC Strathclyde are looking to expand their business team with a variable hour Business and  Finance and/or Economics  tutor. You will work with colleagues across the Centre and on occasion across the Network to ensure the effective delivery of teaching programmes in line with our teaching, learning and assessment strategy and aims for an outstanding student experience.
As a tutor, you will contribute to the design, development and production of teaching and learning materials, new product development across a range of Business modules at Pre-Master’s and UG level. You will also deliver pre-master’s supervision on a number of pre-master’s programmes.
Responsibilities include contributing directly to student support and to the development and implementation of innovative teaching practices across the Centre. As well as a commitment to CPD and keeping up-to-date with  VLE technology

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Contribute to the design, delivery and development of modules offered by International Study Centre at the University of Strathclyde
• Prepare and deliver teaching on Standard, Blended Delivery and Online programmes including synchronous and asynchronous input for pre-recorded lectures, weekly tasks, live input, seminars, and tutorial sessions, drop-ins from 0 up to 25 hours per week.
• Write and prepare module examinations and other forms of formative and summative assessment.
• Mark students’ formative and summative assessment submissions and provide timely feedback to students on their performance, including tutorials and writing regular student reports.
• Develop and update course material for modules and teaching sessions,
• Develop and maintain module VLE pages for Blended Delivery,  Online Delivery (PMP) and if necessary Standard Delivery
• Work with the Centre’s administration team in the delivery of induction, orientation and registration programmes.
• Notify and liaise with colleagues, where necessary, to ensure all students receive appropriate on-going welfare and progression support.
• Track students’ academic journey, and identify and implement appropriate intervention strategies to support on-going learning.
• Act as a Personal Tutor/ Learning Development tutor for one or more groups of students if required
• Take part in bi-termly Learning conversations with students offering progression and engagement guidance and support
• Follow centre protocol and liaise with colleagues and line manager according to procedure in particular regarding compliance processes such as class timetabling, attendance and engagement monitoring
• Implement quality assurance procedures at module and teaching session level, and contribute to the annual monitoring and review of courses.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of students’ attendance and performance.
• Attend and contribute to standardisation, moderation and other quality assurance meetings.
• Participate in regular meetings with teaching and support staff contributing to the effective overall management of the programme and student life cycle.
• Participate in the Centre and University governance structure, including attending all compulsory meetings.
• Maintain and submit accurate and timely records of teaching and other activities.

ABOUT YOU

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Business related subject area with a minimum of a Master’s degree.
• Relevant Teaching Qualification (or be in the process of achieving this) ( experience maybe used as an accepted alternative)
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Experience of teaching business, economics and econometrics modules in the UK Higher or Further education sector, including quantitative and qualitative analysis, and a teaching qualification and experience of working with international students at PG level with some UG

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