Tutor

Part-Time; Guaranteed Hours Contract

Open ended

The Opportunity:

Applications are invited for a Guaranteed Hours (GH) contract as a tutor for the following courses in Landscape and Wellbeing at the Edinburgh College of Art:

• Landscape and Wellbeing: Theoretical Foundations: ARCH11262, Semester 1

The course covers theories emerging from a variety of disciplines including environmental psychology, geography and landscape studies.

There is a guaranteed minimum of 48 hours for course ARCH11262 to be offered in Semester 1 of the academic year based on one tutorial group. The expectation however, is that the tutor could potentially run more tutorial groups depending on enrolment on the course.

• Landscape and Wellbeing: Research Strategies and Methods: ARCH11261, Semester 2

The course considers the whole research journey from theoretical conceptualisation of a study, through design, choice and implementation of appropriate methods (quantitative and qualitative) to analysis of results, presentation of findings and consideration of their implications for the academy, policy and practice.

There is a guaranteed minimum of 43 hours for course ARCH11261 to be offered in Semester 2 of the academic year, based on one tutorial group. The expectation, however, is that the tutor could potentially run more tutorial groups depending on enrolment on the course.

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Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent level of knowledge on topics relevant to landscape and wellbeing.
• Highly effective teaching and general communication skills
• Ability to work confidently and effectively with a diverse student cohort

As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page  for further information and use our reward calculator  to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to showcase a portfolio of work and evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work  webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Tier 2/Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.