Apprenticeships Support Tutor

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1 pprenticeships Support Tutor Job Specification JOB DESCRPTON Employment status: Hours: Location: Department: Manager: Full time, permanent 35 per week, Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. t UCEM we have in place contractual flexible working; the associated policy detailing the non-contractual terms, can be found on our website with details of this job vacancy Horizons, 60 Queen s Road, Reading, RG1 4BS Student Experience Lucy Kazandjian, UCEM cademic Programme Support Supervisor Liaises with: Students, pprenticeships Team, Retention & Data Officer, Programme dministrators, Online Learning Team, Finance Team, dmissions Team, nternal Tutors, External ssociate Tutors, Student Services, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Learning and Teaching Enhancement Team and other UCEM staff. Summary of the role The main purpose of your role is to provide student learning support and academic support within built environment discipline areas as part of our pprenticeships Team. The job purpose is as follows: 1. cademic Programme Support: You will engage with programme, unit and module tutors to contribute to the co-ordination, development, operation, management and design of our programmes. 2. Student Learning Support: You will support the apprenticeship programmes by designing and implementing activities in relation to the achievement and success of our students. You will be responsible for supporting students to be academically engaged in their modules and programmes of study, with the aim of maximising progression and completion. Using your communication skills, you will connect and build a rapport with a wide range of stakeholders and respond appropriately to their needs. Key responsibilities include supporting student learning, recruitment, retention and success through ensuring a positive learner experience. Duties and responsibilities You will work with both cohorts and individual students to deliver academic and subject specific guidance to enable them to be effective independent distance learners. This will maximise student progression, UCEM 09/2017 Page 1 of 5

2 achievement, completion and success. You will support UCEM to become OFSTED ready. ctivities will include, but are not limited to: cademic Programme Support Work with members of staff to signpost and support students who are not engaging, or who are at risk of being less successful or withdrawing. Promote and enhance student performance, retention and success through creating learning activities which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students. Prepare and deliver workshops to students, liaising with other staff to ensure that they are confident to deliver your materials. Liaise with other staff who have prepared learning materials, to ensure that you are confident and prepared to deliver these to students. Support the promotion and embedding of British Values, Safeguarding, Prevent, Equality and Diversity and English and Maths throughout the apprenticeship programme. ssist in monitoring, maintaining, developing and enhancing quality standards on programmes and units. Verify and scrutinise planned assessment activities. Student Support Monitor student queries, and respond within a timely manner. Monitor and support student progress, engagement and retention. Conduct personalised academic progress reviews with students, and complete progress review paperwork. Provide feedback to students on their academic work, showing them clearly how they need to improve. Support the promotion of pastoral care and motivation of students within allocated faculty programmes to support them in their learning (ensuring appropriate signposting of students to utilise additional student specialist services where appropriate). Collaborate with members of the pprenticeship Management Team, including pprenticeship Coordinators to maintain standards, and ensure that timely and effective reporting is provided on student s progress. Ensure that students are kept safe, by promoting the Prevent duty to learners, supporting the work of the Designated Safeguarding Lead as required and reporting any safeguarding concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead. Other Fully engage with all required training for the role and embed this training within your daily practice as applicable. Undertake advanced scholarship activities to deliver teaching, learning and assessment resources, along with materials for UCEM programmes. ny other reasonable duties, as directed by your line manager. Line management responsibilities None. Financial accountabilities None. UCEM 05/2018 Page 2 of 5

3 PERSON SPECFCTON = pplication/cv = nterview T = Test Qualifications and training Relevant academic qualifications (to at least first-degree level) Relevant professional membership or postgraduate qualification Teaching qualification or equivalent and/or a Higher Education cademy (HE) fellowship (or must be willing to undertake a qualification). Previous experience Relevant demonstrable experience of working with students to support them to be successful Experience of facilitating independent study Experienced in the delivery of programmes and modules within a Further or Higher Education setting, whilst adhering to relevant Q procedures ndividual and/or small group coaching in an academic or professional context Skills, knowledge and aptitudes bility to produce innovative study materials to enthuse students Knowledge of issues surrounding online learning Excellent communication and presentation skills in particular an ability to communicate with people of all ages and levels Knowledge of the operation and management of academic or apprenticeship programmes bility to communicate complex ideas effectively Knowledge of the built environment and/or willingness to undertake a qualification in this area. bility to work effectively as part of a team and collaborate with colleagues UCEM 05/2018 Page 3 of 5

4 Excellent T skills bility to provide students with appropriate support, guidance and feedback to ensure that they make progress. Other or special requirements bility to work flexibly, if required, to accommodate the needs of a diverse range of students Car owner and driver with valid licence VLUES we expect all new employees to demonstrate our values at work Passion we care We will test these as part of the interview process We want each and every one of our students to succeed We do the right thing by our students and customers; that means we do whatever we can to ensure that no student falls behind in their studies, and that no customer is unhappy with the service they receive ntegrity fairness first We model integrity in everything we do We never compromise on honesty or trustworthiness We adhere closely to laws and compliance standards We do what we say we will do, and fulfil our promises to staff Excellence we aim high High standards drive everything we do We deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement and respond dynamically to change Each one of us is personally responsible and accountable for the quality of whatever we do We listen to our students and understand their expectations We strive to exceed expectations in quality and delivery Support we support and respect each other t UCEM each member of staff does everything they can to help other staff and students to achieve their goals We respect others and their opinions, we are open to ideas, we trust each other We promote a supportive working environment across UCEM that extends to our students We value and reward each individual s skills, working towards common goals with shared objectives and through collaborative practice SFEGURDNG ND PREVENT Please note any appointment to this post is conditional upon and subject to an enhanced certificate (criminal record check) issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which will also include a check of the DBS Barred Lists. f you are appointed to this post you will also be required, as part of your induction training, to undertake training relating to safeguarding and Prevent. This training will be both face-to-face and online. ny prior training in these areas is helpful, however it will not make you exempt from undertaking training with us. UCEM 05/2018 Page 4 of 5

5 BENEFTS Job Specification Salary circa 35,000 per annum. 24 days paid holiday (rising with service to 27) plus paid bank / public holidays and up to 5 paid closure days; all per holiday year. Holiday buy/sell available. Salary exchange pension scheme (auto-enrolment to the People s Pension). You will automatically be opted-in to salary exchange (the term we use for salary sacrifice). You may opt-out. Life assurance provision. Horizons: There are limited parking spaces but you may ask to join the Waiting List. Employee ssistance Programme. Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme and access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme) or Childcare Vouchers (to September 2018). Voluntary Healthcare Scheme. Charity giving. ccess to T discounts. On the jobs page of our website you will find the full list of employee benefits at UCEM PPLCTON PROCESS Preferably by to recruitment@ucem.ac.uk Please send the following documents: 1) Your up-to-date CV; 2) covering letter outlining your suitability for the role with your salary details; and 3) completed Recruitment Check Form, available from the jobs section of our website at nternal applicants are advised to inform their line manager of their application. nformal discussion For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lucy Kazandjian on or l.kazandjian@ucem.ac.uk. For any other enquiries please contact HR on or recruitment@ucem.ac.uk NO GENCES WE DO NOT USE GENCES NOR CN WE CCEPT CV SUBMSSONS Closing date Friday 25 May 2018 at 5.00 p.m. Please note, applications may be reviewed as and when received, and you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date. UCEM 05/2018 Page 5 of 5