Assistant Lecturers – Academic Persistence Full Time

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Senior Lecturer

Centre: Academic Persistence

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This role operates on a hybrid working arrangement that will require 4 days travel into our your associated campus, which would be one of the following:

• Birmingham
• Manchester
• Leeds
• Newcastle
• Nottingham

This may fluctuate in line with business requirements. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

Our Centre is dedicated to supporting students through their first-year university journey. We deliver a range of strategic initiatives including:

• Academic programmes – Foundation Year programmes; Foundation Degree programmes; CertHE support
• Persistence initiatives -‘On Track’ progression and resit support; Pass First Time: academic study skills programme; and University-wide student orientation events.

We’re passionate about helping students realise their potential and succeed.About the Opportunity:

The role of Assistant Lecturer will be reporting into one of our Senior Lecturers. You will be under the supervision of an experienced Academic, and will:

• Contribute to teaching at different levels and provide academic support to individual students and student groups.
• Contribute to the assessment process for one or more modules at different levels, including providing formative feedback, marking and moderation, and creating assessments.
• Undertaking administrative activities to support teaching and learning activities, which will include creating teaching resources and materials, and analysing student feedback.

**You will be required to work on campus 4 days a week to meet the student timetable.

About You:

Essential requirements:

• Honours degree
• Ability to effectively communicate material of a specialist or technical nature, relevant to the subject
• Ability to contribute to programme enhancement
• Excellent breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline/subject area to within own area
• Confident in use of all Microsoft 365 tools and applications.
• Strong commitment to own professional development

Desirable requirements:

• Masters or PhD
• Recognised HE Teaching Qualification and /or Advance HE Fellowship at FHEA/SFHEA level or commitment to gain within 18 months of appointment
• Experience of using e-learning technologies and commitment to the value and purpose of digital education
• Teaching and /or academic support experience in a relevant educational context
• Experience of effective working in teams in an educational context Experience of engaging learners through an innovative approach to digital learning

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• SimplyHealth plan option
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
• Plus, other excellent benefits
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education

Our Values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date: 27th April (midnight)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement:

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.