Law Tutor

JOB OVERVIEW

Study Group is a global leader in preparing students for international academic success and rewarding careers through a transformational learning experience. The universities we work with trust us to increase their international footprint, access student diversity and provide assured progression, so they can continue to focus on academic excellence.

Due to growth in student numbers, Liverpool John Moores University International Study Centre are now recruiting a Law tutor to join the existing teaching team. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching Law to students on a university preparation pre-masters course offered by the Centre. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative tutor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To deliver high quality teaching to groups of international students.
• To undertake marking and feedback provision on a formative and summative basis, whilst complying with quality standards and processes.
• To act as a Module Leader in relevant subject areas, which may include coordinating a team of tutors, updating module handbooks, preparing module assessment analysis and review reports and detailed schemes of work (indicative).
• To deliver schemes of work effectively, to set assessments and mark these in a timely manner.
• To teach up to a maximum of 20 hours per week (teaching contact time).
• To implement enhancement and enrichment activities across the curriculum (both inside and outside of classroom). 
• To act as a personal/group tutor to provide academic and pastoral support to students.
• To ensure student punctuality, attendance and appropriate behaviour in class/teaching rooms.
• To maintain accurate and up to date records of student attendance and assessment grades.
• To maintain accurate progression risk tracking and student performance data.
• To make every effort to secure the best performance from each student at their level both during their course and in final exams and assessments.
• To actively promote the use of differentiation in the classroom.
• To actively promote the creative use of TEL (technology enhanced learning), and ensure the VLE (virtual learning environment) meets provider and university standards for the modules you teach.
• To contribute to the preparation of mid and end of term reports on and for students.
• To be responsible for creating and updating teaching materials, and developing the VLE module page.

EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (essential)
• Master’s, PhD or relevant post-graduate qualification in Law (essential)
• Relevant teaching qualification
• Teaching experience, ideally to international students on university preparation courses up to Pre-Masters level, or at an equivalent level
• Competence in administration and IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.)
• Experience of developing and updating teaching materials and experience of working with a Virtual Learning Environment

ORGANISATIONAL COMPLIANCE

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