Student Achievement Adviser

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

We are looking to recruit a Student Achievement Adviser to work with individual students and with groups to deliver academic skills tuition and support. The successful candidate will report to the Student Achievement Manager and will work alongside programme/departmental teams, including personal tutors, to encourage and support academic skill development.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, innovative and versatile in their approach, demonstrating excellent communication skills and the ability to establish strong working relationships with students and staff.

Applicants will need a good honours degree and a teaching qualification.  Experience of tuition in Higher Education and a good, up-to-date knowledge of how different students learn is essential. As well as working with traditional undergraduate students, the role will involve supporting mature learners, apprentices and foundation level students. Experience of working with students from widening participation backgrounds, and those with English as a second/other language would be advantageous. In addition to English and literacy skill development, applications from those with experience of supporting learners with statistics, data handling and statistical software are welcome. 

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous contributory pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, on-site sport and fitness centre membership, car park permit scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.  We also operate a free shuttle bus to Horsforth station and have an externally owned day nursery facility on campus, along with plenty of shopping, leisure and travel discounts available.  Our health and wellbeing offer provides the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities and includes high quality health articles relating to current national and University specific initiatives.

Hours of work will be 35 hours per week, normally 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. The role is based on-campus.

It is expected that the postholder will be required to work at both the Horsforth and Leeds City Campus from Academic Year 2024/25. Through our agile working framework, you will also spend time working remotely, which will be discussed further at interview.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 18th  January 2023

Interviews for this post are expected to take place w/c 29th January.

If you have any queries about the application process, please email [email protected] or call 0113 283 7130.

Leeds Trinity University values diversity and inclusion and particularly encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented within the University: LGBT+, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements. All appointments will be based on merit.