Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty Office

Learning Support Tutor (Quantitative Research Skills)

Employment type: Fixed-term contract for 12 months (or the earlier return of the substantive post holder) to cover a period of maternity leave

Employment basis: Full-time

Salary:  £29,799 - £33,518 per annum

Post number: ZZ600214

Date published: 30 October 2017 

Closing date:  19 November 2017

Interview date:  04 December 2017

The Faculty is seeking to appoint a Learning Support Tutor to work in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (mainly in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies) supporting students in developing their skills in the area of quantitative social research skills.  Working with academic colleagues, Learning Support Tutors provide high quality learning and skills support, and the successful candidate will join our current team of Learning Support Tutors working across the four Schools of the Faculty.

Tutors will contribute to the sourcing, production, evaluation and enhancement of learning support materials in a variety of media.

Specifically for this role, we are looking for applicants with experience of providing quantitative research skills support, so the ability to evidence both working with and teaching SPSS is essential.

The selection process will be in two stages.  Stage one will involve testing candidates’ knowledge of how students learn, and of their experience of SPSS and understanding of Statistics.  Stage two will be a formal panel interview, during which candidates will be asked to start by giving a short presentation.

The successful candidates will be offered an induction programme, training and mentorship, with further opportunities for professional development.

For detailed information about the vacancy, please select this link:ZZ600214.. - Learning Support Tutor (Quantitative Research Skills).docx