Graduate Teaching Assistant (Foundation Year)

Full-Time and Fixed-Term until 31st July 2025

The Foundation Year at Birmingham Newman University is seeking a Graduate Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated teaching team on a fixed-term basis until 31 July 2025. Our integrated foundation year is the first year of a range four-year undergraduate programmes from Law, Nursing and Business Management to Education, Counselling and Psychology. As a member of the Foundation Year team, the Graduate Teaching Assistant will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues to explore new approaches to teaching and assessment, and to share best practices. A graduate of the humanities or social sciences, the Graduate Teaching Assistant will establish and cultivate positive relationships with Foundation Year students, both online and in person, to foster engagement. They will have the opportunity to develop and deliver engaging teaching sessions, employing a variety of innovative methods to cater to diverse learning styles, as well as providing tutorial support.

Please contact Dr. Emma Folwell [email protected] to discuss the role further.

An application form and further details about this role are available from newman.ac.uk/jobs . Please email your completed application form by the advertised closing date to: [email protected] .

Interviews will take place on 23rd May 2024

Birmingham Newman University offers a wide range of staff benefits including 35 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time posts), pension scheme, chaplaincy and spiritual care, library services, free on-site parking, discounted travel scheme, cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, occupational health and counselling services and staff development opportunities. Further details of the full range of staff benefits available can be found on our website: www.newman.ac.uk/knowledge-base/staff-benefits  or please contact the Human Resources Department.

Birmingham Newman University is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Birmingham Newman University is located on Genners Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3NT.