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1083957
De Montfort University (Leicester)
01/04/2025
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Pay
£30.00
£4.83
Description
Role
The department of Disability Advice and Support at De Montfort University are looking to recruit a Study Skills tutor (Specific Learning Differences). The successful candidate will be required to support students in developing their study skills strategies. This will include setting clear standards and expectations for your sessions and the nature of the help you provide will be in line with the students’ learning preferences. You may also need to sign post students to relevant internal support services.
Expected start date: As soon as possible
Expected end date: ongoing
Expected interview date: TBC
This role is a hybrid role – campus days to be decided
As a Study Skills Tutor you will provide one to one tutorials to students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD) and will encourage students through developing strategies and facilitation, to take responsibility for their own learning.
These students could be in receipt of Disabled Students Allowances (DSA), awaiting Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) approval, on an apprentice programme, or are final year students (only non-DSA students). You will work with the student to create a work plan, set objectives and support them with their study skills. This will not be a proof-reading service. You may run study skills workshops to groups of students, as well as support the team in creating, developing and running events.
Hours are flexible. Could vary between 5-15 hours a week
Please note this role is not suitable for students to apply.
Duties and responsibilities
- To support in strategies for managing academic reading including the use of assistive software provided through the DSA
- To support in planning, time management and organisational skills
- To support with strategies for note-taking during lectures
- To support with strategies for decoding questions and getting started with assignments
- To support with strategies for idea generation to start your academic writing and research strategies
- To support with strategies for developing academic writing including structuring assignment and referencing
- To support with strategies for developing independent proof-reading skills using assistive software
- To support with strategies for working effectively with groups and presentation skills
- To support with strategies for a variety of revision methods and memory techniques
- To support with strategies for how to make use of additional time and other exam access arrangements
Other Duties include
- To encourage student engagement for both 1:1 study skills support and Masterclasses.
- To offer both face to face and remote sessions to students and be available on campus.
- Administrative duties linked to the role such as logging interactions, calls, emails, appointments onto C4C, creating timesheets on CUDOS.
- Keeping the administration team informed of any disengaging students
- Being proactive in adding availability onto My gateway
- Contacting students and booking them in for 1:1 session
Skills and experience
Essential Qualifications & Membersips
- Relevant Degree Teaching Qualification (PGCE or equivalent) or demonstrable teaching experience
Must be a member of one of the below professional bodies as per SLC Guidelines
- PATOSS (full or associate membership)
- BDA (full professional membership)
- ADSHE (professional membership)
- Dyslexia Guild (member, associate or fellow membership)
- Completion of 5 National Autistic Society (NAS) or willing to work toward these
Skills and experience
- Significant experience supporting students with SpLD in both one-to-one and group settings.
- Strong awareness of the Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) process and its impact on student support.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Commitment to delivering a professional, student-centred service.
- A strong understanding of empathy, non-verbal communication, and student needs.
- A proactive approach and the ability to collaborate as part of a team
- Understanding of relevant assistive technology is desirable
Location
De Montfort University
Additional information
This advert will close as soon as a suitable amount of applications have been received.
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