Job title: Study Skills Lecturer in Health & Social Care (OBU) – Stratford
Company: Global Banking School
Job description: At GBS (Global Banking School), we invest in our people and our students are at the heart of everything we do because we know education is transformational. Our mission is to change lives through education, and we take an inclusive approach to recruiting students, with an aim to widening access to higher education among groups currently under-represented in the sector.
We are proud to be a certified ‘Great Place To Work’ and have achieved outstanding results for the third year running in the National Student Survey, with an incredible 91% overall satisfaction rating in 2022.
GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across eight campuses in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and beyond. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in banking, finance, accounting, business, tourism, healthcare – and more. We are an approved institute on the Office for Students Register and have been reviewed and approved by the Quality Assurance Agency.
We are proud of our substantial growth and remain committed to success. We are seeking talented people to help us continue to grow our business.
To meet the demands of our ever growing and successful business we are looking for a Study Skills Lecturer with experience in and a passion for deliver the highest quality of education to our students by performing a range of lecturing, administration, professional duties and other activities. You are responsible for engaging students in the learning processes to ensure student outcomes are maximised.
You will get your energy and motivation from helping to engage students in the learning processes to ensure student outcomes are maximised and will be responsible for the teaching and development of a range of subjects across the curriculum.
We are currently seeking full-time Study Skills Lecturers to start at the beginning of September 2023. You will also need to be flexible to teach during weekdays, evenings and weekends.
- To work collaboratively to teach academic literacies and digital skills and to provide assignment support, using a range of inclusive teaching methods, within the context of the GBS, as directed by the Dean and Associate Dean (Academic Support).
- To design and document bespoke courses, digital resources, workshop plans and individual schemes of work as required to develop study skills in the curricula, ensuring current, relevant and effective skills are consistently delivered across GBS.
- To deliver and evaluate teaching and identify areas for potential improvement, recommending these to the Dean and Associate Dean (Academic Support) in order to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, and overall student experience in accordance with the GBS’s Learning and Teaching strategy
- To maintain accurate records in accordance with GBS requirements, ensuring compliance and maintenance of relevant systems, including monitoring student attendance.
- To participate in, and occasionally lead, CPD in order to maintain currency across the teams in specialist areas and in inclusive teaching practices.
- To provide feedback on individual and class progress in their understanding of academic writing and other relevant study skills.
- To provide tutorial consultations with students, working closely with students’ assignments to provide constructive comments that are reactive to the individual student need; to explain where work fails to meet assessment criteria and to suggest ways for students to improve their work / working practices.
- To record details from these appointments for statistical, evaluation and quality purposes, and to refer students to other services as appropriate.
- To effectively engage with VLE and research resources and facilitate students’ learning by means of engagement with online resources and activities.
Student Experience
- To contribute to the enhancement of the student experience through effective delivery of specialist responsibilities in order to meet student expectations, and to support recruitment, retention and progression, and the GBS brand.
- To promote high levels of student performance in accordance with GBS strategic aims and objectives regarding the student experience.
- To represent the GBS as directed from time to time in order to enhance the support to students and ensure the GBS achieves its strategic objectives.
- To engage with the wider GBS to support and represent the activities of the Learning and Teaching Department.
Planning & Organisation
- To carry out the administration and organisation of course contributions, materials production, bespoke courses, group workshops and individual or group tutorials.
- To contribute to GBS quality assurance systems and processes.
- To work with academic teams / working groups to support the achievement of academic and project objectives as may be required.
- To engage / comply with staff management processes, e.g. GBS Performance processes
- To maintain information and documentation on the delivery of duties as required.
- To identify and implement improvements to the framework for Academic Support, taking account of student and staff feedback, changes to policy, strategy or the external environment
Essential
- Postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. Higher Education teaching)
- Successful track record of teaching adult learners from diverse backgrounds on HE programmes
- Proven experience of providing individual and group study skills support in response to identified learning needs
- Willingness to lead a specific area of literacy development, such as reading, writing, critical thinking, numeracy, digital skills, research skills (quantitative or qualitative), project and dissertation support, peer-assisted learning;
- High level of digital literacy and advanced communication skills
Desirable
- Expertise in digital educational resources development
- Course design and curriculum development experience
- DELTA qualification or Advance HE Fellowship
In return we offer a great working environment, career progression and some great benefits which include:
- Highly competitive salary and bonus
- 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays), raising by one extra day leave per year of service, up to a maximum of five additional days
- Matched contribution pension scheme
- Social events
- Access to a range of discounts to over 3000 retail outlet stores
- Opportunity to earn money back on your personal reward page
- Employee Assistant programme with access to 24-hour support
- Generous employee referral programme
Expected salary:
Location: Stratford, East London
Job date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 03:27:05 GMT
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