Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Administration and Training Coordinator

About the role: 

The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) team is located within the Coaching Service in Student and Campus Life Services. We are a small and dynamic team working in a strategically important part of the student experience.  

The key principles underpinning our PAL provision are:

• It encourages students to be resourceful and to use one another as a resource.
• It benefits all students regardless of current academic competency.
• It focuses on what and how you learn – both content-based and process-orientated.
• It encourages collaborative and active learning.
• It promotes academic integrity, learner autonomy, resilience and employability.
• It gives privacy to practise the subject, making mistakes and building confidence.

 About us: 

The Peer Assisted Learning team in the Coaching Service is seeking to appoint an Administration and Training Coordinator with a specific focus on regular liaison with internal and external stakeholders; enquiry services; delivery of training to staff and PAL Mentors; and the coordination of administrative support. 

You will work closely with our PAL Coordinators - designated academics within the Colleges – as well as colleagues within the Coaching Service and in other the student support services.

About you: 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building and maintaining relationships; can manage competing priorities and resolve problems; and is seeking to use and develop their mentoring and coaching skills.  

To succeed in this role, you should be able to demonstrate the following essential experience: 

• Supporting or delivering training to groups and individuals. 
• Strong communication skills used in a wide range of interpersonal situations. 
• Able to form and maintain effective working relationships with various stakeholders. 
• Working as part of a team and across teams. 

Where is the role based?

This post is primarily based at our lively Frenchay Campus.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates and  as a Disability Confident  employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact:

Jo Lewis, PAL Manager on 0117 3283452 or email: jo.lewis@uwe.ac.uk

This is a 12-month fixed-term post, and is part-time, working 18.5 hours per week, ideally across 3 days (two of which would be Wednesday and Friday).

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, this role is therefore primarily campus based, but with the possibility of hybrid-working from time to time depending on the task type.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK,  We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options

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