Teaching Assistant in Sustainability and Business

Working time: 100% - we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements

Contract type: Fixed term (until 30^th August 2025 - to complete specific time limited work)

Interview date: Thursday 1^st August 2024

Do you have a passion for sustainability and business or enterprise? Would you like to be part of an enthusiastic team delivering innovative MSc degrees these areas? Do you have administrative experience of organising lectures, seminars, conferences and fieldwork? Can you help deliver and develop these degrees, working with leading academics and students?

The School of Earth and Environment has a highly successful suite of teaching programmes on sustainability, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with expertise in sustainability and business to contribute to teaching and administration of MSc Sustainability & Business, led from the School of Earth and Environment. The MSc Sustainability & Consultancy is also a closely connected programme. You will have a first degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject, ideally with relevant experience.

In addition to helping deliver classroom and field teaching, you will support the logistics of running the programmes, such as organising events, fieldtrips and engaging with external partners. You will also support students on the programmes to engage with university processes and to build a sense of belonging.

You will be a member of the Sustainability Research Institute, an internationally leading centre for research and teaching in the environmental social sciences.

The University of Leeds is one of the top 75 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

What we offer in return:

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Prof Alice Owen

Email: a.m.owen@leeds.ac.uk

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