Temporary Summer Pre-sessional Tutors -English for Academic Purposes

Job Details

The Skills Centre at the University of Bath is seeking to appoint well-qualified and experienced tutors of English for Academic Purposes for its BALEAP-accredited summer Pre-sessional English language and academic skills courses.
Teaching on our summer Pre-sessional is rewarding, challenging and, we hope, professionally developmental. To be considered, we require the following qualifications and experience:
• A first degree
• A postgraduate degree or diploma level teaching qualification related to English Language Teaching or equivalent. For example, MA in Applied Linguistics (or similar) or Cambridge English or Trinity Diploma in English Language Teaching of Adults (or equivalent). Teachers may also show evidence of competence to teach English for Academic Purposes with a TEAP Portfolio Accreditation at Associate Fellow level or above.
• Proven knowledge and experience of teaching English for Academic Purposes in a higher education context
We also particularly look for:
• Experience of teaching on university pre-sessional English courses
• Excellent communication and team-working skills
Due to the volume of enquiries we receive we are unable to reply individually to candidates who do not meet minimum requirements. If you meet the relevant requirements of the Person Specification, we will contact you to arrange an interview.
You will teach between 18 – 20 contact hours per week, attend staff meetings and standardisation sessions, assess student progress, perform administrative duties related to teaching and report to the appropriate Course Leader to ensure that the course runs smoothly and is of high quality. Teaching materials are provided but you will be expected to adapt them as appropriate to the needs of your classes.
Employment period includes 5 days induction. A limited amount of standard on and off campus university accommodation is available, generously subsidised by the Skills Centre.
You will be working in a progressive and successful Centre, which was for over 25 years the English Language Centre. In March 2014 it was restructured as the Academic Skills Centre (ASC) to reflect its extended remit to provide academic as well as English language skills support and development to all students across the institution. The ASC now forms part of the Skills Centre, a central professional service, which also includes the Foreign Languages Centre and the Mathematics Resources Centre. The Skills Centre reports directly to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning & Teaching.
Course dates:
10 week Pre-sessional General (PSG4):
5 day teacher induction 3 July 2017 – 7 July 2017
Teaching 10 July 2017 – 15 September 2017
10 week Pre-sessional Management (PSM4):
5 day teacher induction 3 July 2017 – 7 July 2017
Teaching 10 July 2017 – 15 September 2017
5 week Pre-sessional General (PSG5):
5 day teacher induction 7 August 2017 – 11 August 2017
Teaching 14 August 2017 – 15 September 2017
5 week Pre-sessional Management (PSM5):
5 day teacher induction 7 August 2017 – 11 August 2017
Teaching 14 August 2017 – 15 September 2017
Please specify on your application form which period(s) you are available and note that you must be available for the full period of the course. Please also state your preference for the General or Management course.

Job Salary & Benefits

Weekly pay of £799.41(gross) including marking supplement and holiday pay.
All payments will be subject to tax and National Insurance. Due to the complex nature of the Pre-sessional Programme, we request that applicants do not have any pre-existing leave requirements as this cannot be accommodated.

Further Information

For further information about the Skills Centre at the University of Bath, please visit: www.bath.ac.uk/asc.
To apply for this position, please use the University of Bath application procedure here http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/CT4571.

Early application is recommended and online applications ONLY will be considered.
Should you require any further information on this opportunity, please feel free to contact Jo Lewis, Head of Pre-sessional, via e-mail j.lewis@bath.ac.uk .
Interviews will take place in week commencing 13 February 2017with a view to starting on 3 July or 7 August 2017, in accordance with the dates above

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