Summary of Position

Role Title: Learning Development Tutor (Higher Education)

Reporting to: Head of Academy Higher Education 

Location: Atlas House, Attercliffe Road, Sheffield S4 7WZ

Working Hours: Full Time; 9 am to 5 pm

Employment Status: Permanent

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 (Depending on experience)

Purpose of Job

Reporting to the Head of Academy, the post holder will be responsible for:

• To deliver, an innovative and responsive holistic approach to learning development, empowering a diverse range of students to achieve their maximum academic potential.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To design, plan, manage, teach, record, and review a pro-active multi strategy programme of learning development responding to students across the School of Business.

• To support the learning needs of students, delivering sessions which are engaging and support students to achieve their full potential. In tutorial, small group and large group settings, define appropriate learning objectives and ensure that content, methods of delivery and learning materials are sensitive to individual and/or generic learning needs and contexts and encourage students to engage.

• To provide tutorials (both face to face and online) for individuals and small groups of students centred on developing academic writing and academic practices to enable more effective independent learning. This includes developing students’ ability to engage in critical and rational thinking and the provision of formative feedback on draft assignments.

• To collaborate effectively with subject and personal tutors in identifying, evaluating, and enhancing opportunities for learning development within academic programmes, including planning and teaching in sessions and workshops as appropriate.

• To develop creative learning and teaching resources for use both online and face to face by students and staff supporting students with their academic progress.

• To deliver inspiring, research led CPD sessions to academic and professional support staff to develop best practice in the area of learning development and personal tutoring.

• To consult with subject tutors and liaise with other relevant colleagues to identify and support students with Specific Learning Differences (SPLDs). • To play a key role in supporting academic and professional support colleagues in the development of appropriate pedagogical initiatives, resources, and training to support transition into HE, widening participation, and pre-sessional activities for both home and international students.

• To keep up to date with and contribute to current scholarship and research related to Learning Development, and to engage with relevant professional networks and raise the Academy’s external profile.

• To take responsibility for regular review and updating of the Academy’s Handbook for Written Coursework, liaising with academic and professional support staff, and responding to queries from staff and students with regard to referencing.

• To attend and contribute to relevant groups and committees as appropriate.

Performance Monitoring Review

• To attend appropriate training and staff development sessions and participate in an annual appraisal process.

Work Environment

• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, taking standard actions within health and safety guidelines and reporting any concerns to others.

• Ensure that the work area is kept neat and tidy in order to comply with personal health and safety requirements at own base and when working at other locations within the Academy.

• Demonstrate flexibility in the workplace to meet the requirements of specific deadlines and work schedules.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications and Experience

• Educated to Degree level, preferably with a Business Degree (Required)
• Teaching Qualification (Required)
• Experience in teaching or working in a Learning Development context in Higher Education (Preferred)

Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Awareness of the current Higher Education context and key issues for the provision of academic support and learning development in the sector.

• Experience of collaborating with academic teams and professional support departments

• Knowledge and experience of learning, teaching, and assessment, in small groups, one-to-one teaching, and confidence in presenting to large groups of students and colleagues

• Experience in IT/Information technology as a qualification or practitioner. • Commitment to meeting learner needs and a positive approach to learning development

• Knowledge of and creative responses to the requirements for successful study at HE level

• Excellent problem-solving skills

Personal Attributes

• Commitment to a student-centred approach to service delivery and evaluation

• Experience of data analysis and reporting

• Commitment to the principles of equality of opportunity

• Excellent communication and interpersonal and organisational skills • Ability to work well in a team

• Self-motivated and able to respond under pressure

• Dynamic and innovative

Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance (DBS check) 

Our Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: 

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions  

• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).  

A criminal record will only be taken into account where the conviction is relevant to the position being applied for, and will not necessarily block candidates from employment. Any decision will depend on the precise nature of the work and the circumstances and background to the offence. 

Equal Opportunities

British Academy of Jewellery is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. The Academy has a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels.