Business Tutor

Contract type: Full Time (37.5 hours)

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 postgraduate and undergraduate level. You will also be expected to supervise a number of students on our 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 continuous professional development, particularly with regard to the use of technology to educate students both in and out of the classroom.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Prepare and deliver teaching on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including lectures, tutorials and one-to-one supervision
• Write both formative and summative assessments, including examinations and coursework, and ensure that these are prepared in accordance with Centre deadlines
• Mark students’ formative and summative assessments and provide timely feedback to students on their performance, including the writing of termly student reports.
• Contribute to the design, delivery and development of modules offered by the International Study Centre
• Develop and maintain module pages on the University of Strathclyde’s Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle)
• 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.
• Contribute to the centre’s tracking of students’ progress and identify and implement appropriate intervention strategies to support on-going learning.
• Take part in the Centre’s structured procedures for supporting students, including one-to-one meetings with them when necessary
• Follow centre protocol and liaise with colleagues and line manager according to procedure, in particular regarding compliance processes such as class timetabling, student 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, including regular team meetings and one-to-one meetings with the line manager
• 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.
• Participate in regular training and development activities, including mandatory induction and compliance training, and maintain a log of these activities.
• Carry out any other duty as required from time to time by the line manager or other members of Centre management.

ABOUT YOU

• A Master’s degree in one of the following broad subject areas: Economics, Finance or Business
• A relevant teaching qualification, or to be in the process of achieving this. Experience may be used as an accepted alternative.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Experience of teaching Economics and /or Finance is essential, preferably in the UK higher or further education sector.
• Experience of teaching international students would be desirable but not essential.

Closing Date: 23/06/2025

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