Business Tutor

With an increased offering of Business programmes and ongoing programme developments, Strathclyde International Study Centre is looking to expand their Business team with a full-time Business and Finance Tutor. We are looking for a motivated, engaging and creative tutor who is keen to apply their existing teaching skills and subject knowledge, and to develop these further. You must be prepared to collaborate with others and have a desire to contribute positively to the Centre.

You will work with colleagues across the Centre and on occasion across the Study Group network to ensure the effective delivery of teaching programmes in line with our teaching, learning and assessment strategy.

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 regarding 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Participate in regular training and development activities, including mandatory induction and compliance training, and maintain a log of these activities.

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.
• 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.
• Ability to develop and update teaching material and experience of working within a Virtual Learning Environment such as Moodle
• Competence in teaching and administrative IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
• A willingness to develop skills in appropriate software, where necessary, is essential

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