Academic Assistants (Residential Schools) for T176 and T276 (24B)

Unit :  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Salary :  See below for full details
Location :  Home Based
Please quote reference :  T176 and T276 (24B)
Closing Date :  27 February, 2024 - 12:00

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

The Role

We are now recruiting for people to fill our two Academic Assistant and one reserve Academic Assistant roles for our Online Project Schools. Students will work on a project at home and be supported by tutors online, both synchronously and asynchronously, through the Open University’s VLE.

Academic Assistants provide administrative, clerical, and some technical support to Module Directors to help ensure the smooth running of the residential school. You should have excellent organisational skills, a practical approach to problem-solving and a ‘can do’ attitude. 

Academic Assistants should impart a sense of energy and enthusiasm to staff and students, provide administrative support to the director, and help to create an open and friendly environment where students and staff feel free to raise any problems or worries and to seek help from staff or other students.  

Where residential schools are online, Academic Assistants are responsible for administrative and organisational support to help ensure the smooth running of the online residential school. Students work at home and are supported by tutors online, both synchronously and asynchronously, through the Open University’s VLE. 

Please note that this is a standard job description for this role and not all activities listed will need to take place.

School Dates

There are two roles that are being recruited for and availability is required for the following dates:

• Project School 1 (Tuesday 11 June) (working period of Monday 10 June-Wednesday 12 June inclusive)
• Project School 2 (Saturday 15 June) & Project School 3 (Sunday 16 June) (working period of Friday 14 June – Monday 17 June inclusive)
• Project School 4 (Wednesday 26 June) & Project School 5 (Saturday 29 June) (working period between Tuesday 25 June - Monday 1 July – please note 28 June and 30 June are non-working days).

Please note an induction will be held for the roles on Friday 7 June 2024 for approximately an hour.  There will also be a need to do preparation work before the schools start at a time that suits you.  This will need to be carried out between Monday 3 June and Friday 7 June and will be included the one-day preparation time allocated to each role. 

For a full list of dates and times please see the Academic Assistant Timetable provided.

This role is covered by various terms and conditions and will be made available to successful candidates.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

How to apply

Unless otherwise stated in the advert, all applications are completed online via the instructions on The OU Job’s page. Applications submitted via 3rd party websites will not be received.

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.

To apply for this role please submit the following as one document;

• CV
• Personal statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.
• Preference form (see link below)

Please save your document with the following file name as appropriate to the vacancy you are applying for: T176-T276-AA- surname, forename.

You will need to have your documents ready ahead of submitting the electronic application.

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Job related information : 

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Academic Assistant Job Description Online.pdf	92.3 KB
AA T176 T276 24B Preferences Form.docx	23.76 KB
T176_T276 AA hours of work 2024.pdf	103.83 KB

• Terms and Conditions - Support Staff (PDF)

• Terms and Conditions - Support Staff (Word document)

Posting Date :  13 February, 2024 - 12:15