Academic Skills Adviser

This new full – time post is available from the 6th of January 2025 on a permanent basis.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role

We are recruiting for a newly revitalised Academic Skills Team, based in the Library. We have some exciting new posts available for skilled professionals as well as aspiring Academic Skills specialists, looking for an opportunity to develop or enhance their capabilities. We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals with keen and wide-ranging interests in supporting development of academic/digital skills.

Working as a team, the Academic Skills Advisers lead on the design, development and delivery of activities to support students to build and enhance the skills they need to succeed in their studies and in the workplace. With all activity aligned closely to the University’s Access and Participation Plan, the team achieves this via teaching and individual support, leveraging technology to provide the most up to date and impactful pedagogy.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including: 

• - 41 days leave per year
• - options for flexible working
• - numerous discounts at leading retailers
• - onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• - sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• - stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England 

Further information

Please contact Caroline Gale, Head of Academic Engagement and Skills; caroline.a.gale@exeter.ac.uk

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