Student Achievement Adviser (Fixed Term)

At Leeds Trinity University, we aspire to make a difference to the people, the professions and the places that we serve, and we are looking for talented and enthusiastic people to join our University community.  We are ranked top in Yorkshire for learning community and pride ourselves on being the University where our students are a name, not just a number. The University has a distinctive, employability-focused educational offer and works closely with employers to address the skills needs of today’s workforce. 

Applications are invited for the following post:

Student Achievement Adviser

Hours of Work: 35 hours a week – Full time

Contract type: Fixed term (until end of February 2026)

We are looking to recruit a Student Achievement Adviser to work with individual students and with groups to deliver academic skills tuition and support. The successful candidate will report to the Student Achievement Manager and will work alongside programme/departmental teams, including personal tutors, to encourage and support academic skill development.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, innovative and versatile in their approach, demonstrating excellent communication skills and the ability to establish strong working relationships with students and staff.

While there may be some limited opportunities to work from home, the role is primarily based on-campus at both the Horsforth and City Centre campuses.

Applicants will need a good honours degree and a teaching qualification.  Experience of tuition in Higher Education and a good, up-to-date knowledge of how different students learn is essential. As well as working with traditional undergraduate students, the role will involve supporting mature learners, apprentices and foundation level students. Experience of working with students from widening participation backgrounds would be advantageous. In addition to English and literacy skill development, applications from those with experience of supporting learners with statistics, data handling and statistical software are welcome. 

Hours of work will be 35 hours per week, between the hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 5th August 2025

Interviews for this post are expected to take place on Thursday 21st August 2025

Further details and the online application are available by clicking the apply button.

If you have any queries about the application process, please email jobs@leedstrinity.ac.uk or call 0113 283 7130.

Leeds Trinity University values diversity and inclusion and particularly encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented within the University: Women, LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements.

Please note that we do not accept speculative CVs or unsolicited calls from recruitment agencies. 

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