Learning Support Coordinator (22.5 hours per week)

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Student Operations and Support
Location:  Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer
Salary:  £33,966 to £38,205 per annum
Closing Date:  Sunday 21 April 2024
Reference:  SO5357-24-120

We are looking for a part-time Learning Support Coordinator to join our Disability and Dyslexia Team.  

As part of a wider Student Wellbeing Team, you will work creatively with students and staff to determine what reasonable adjustments are required to minimise barriers to learning for disabled students. You will offer students 121 appointments, either face-to-face or via MS Teams, to gather information that supplements their formal disability evidence. You will then use this to create a personalised Learning Support Plan. You will also support students applying for funded support, such as Disabled Students Allowances, and provide general disability advice to both students and staff. This may include contributing to disability training events. 

You will bring to the team a knowledge of Further/Higher Education, a broad base of disability knowledge/good practice and a passion for enhancing the student experience. We are particularly looking for candidates with a strong knowledge and/or background in Autism who would be willing to lead on projects in this area.  

Approximately 27% students at the University of Brighton have told us about a disability, and we have over 3500 students with active Learning Support Plans. This includes those with specific learning differences, physical and sensory impairments, mental health and autistic spectrum conditions, as well as other disabilities and long-term medical conditions. 

Disabled students represent a large proportion of our university community and this is growing year on year. We are aiming to ‘level the playing field’ for our disabled student to enable them to reach their potential. We are a friendly welcoming team and there are lots of opportunities for staff development.  

These are permanent positions for 0.6FTE, 22.5 hours or 3 days per week. However, we are also open to these hours being worked flexibly across 4/5 days.  

There is also the opportunity for hybrid online working between the campus and home.   

We expect interviews to take place on Wednesday 1st May in person at the Moulsecoomb campus. 

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.