Associate Tutor (English Language) (Bank Staff) (EHAT3425-0418)

About You

You will be creative and innovative in your approach to teaching and learning, this combined with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and recent relevant experience of teaching English for academic purposes will enable you to succeed.

You will be able to act as a role model, must be flexible and responsive to changing needs with a professional approach to work. A first degree and teaching qualification are essential.

About the Role

Edge Hill University Language Centre offers a number of English Language Improvement courses (including Pre-sessional and Language Development courses) and Modern Language courses.

English Language courses range from those aimed at preparing students for further academic study here at Edge Hill (Pre-sessional, International Foundation Year) to short summer programmes for those wishing to improve their English Language ability whilst learning about, and experiencing, British culture. 

You will work with the associate tutor team of bank staff in the delivery of the above programmes and activities at our Ormskirk campus. The successful applicants will be expected to work such hours as are mutually agreed them and their Line Manager, subject to student registration. 

Rewards/Benefits

We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.

From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer a range of specialist development sessions or courses and an award winning staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). This means as well as opportunities to attend interactive sessions like ‘Presenting with impact’ or ‘Preparing for progression & success’ you are able to have a lunchtime stroll across our beautiful campus, book to get a trim from our onsite hairdresser, your car valeted, or get together with colleagues over free food and drink to watch the latest film on one of our Film Nights and so much more. 

This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.

About Us

“A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award also celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact:
Carmel Roche, Director of the Language Centre at Rocheca@edgehill.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 08 May 2018
Category: Academic