College Liaison Tutor

At Leeds Trinity University, we aspire to make a difference to the people, the professions and the places that we serve, and we are looking for talented and enthusiastic people to join our University community. We are ranked top in Yorkshire for learning community and pride ourselves on being the University where our students are a name, not just a number. The University has a distinctive, employability-focused educational offer and works closely with employers to address the skills needs of today’s workforce. Applications are invited for the following post:

College Liaison Tutor

Hours of work: Full-time and part-time contracts are available.

Contract type: Fixed term - 6 months 

Salary: The starting salary will be from £37,999 up to £45,163 per annum in a Grade 7

Location: Home-based/ hybrid (to be agreed with the successful candidate). Additional travel to campus sites will be required. 

Leeds Trinity University is looking to appoint additional experienced academics to support the University’s Collaborative partnership delivery.  Co-ordinated through the Academic Partnerships Unit (APU), the University offers outstanding educational opportunities and experiences to a diverse range of students across the UK. As part of a forward-thinking team, an inclusive, pro-active, confident, and professional approach is essential, together with a desire to provide a high standard of service to our partners and internal staff and to continuously strive to improve and ensure the compliance of both the academic function and operations across partner providers. For these key roles, we are seeking individuals with experience in teaching and liaison/coordination activities within Higher Education, ideally with an academic background in one of the following:

• Business and Management
• Health and Social Care
• Initial Teacher Education, including knowledge of Ofsted expectations

You will be responsible for assuring the quality of student experience, teaching, learning and assessment at the partner college through teaching observations, participating in standardisation and assessment meetings, marking and moderation, developing course material, working with and mentoring partner staff and coordinating with partner college/s on day-to-day operational activity. Knowledge of University academic regulations, processes and procedures and a good understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with working with a diverse range of students at undergraduate and postgraduate level are essential for this post.  The successful applicant will need to demonstrate expertise in key aspects of teaching, learning and quality assurance, and a commitment to providing the best possible student experience.

The postholder will support partner/s at various UK locations including Bradford, Manchester, London, Birmingham, Leicester and Northampton.

For more information or an informal conversation please contact Paul Marchbank, Interim Director of the Academic Partnerships Unit p.marchbank@leedstrinity.ac.uk

Interviews for these posts are expected to take place week commencing 9^th December 2024

Further details and the online application are available at: www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/jobs

If you have any queries about the application process, please email jobs@leedstrinity.ac.uk or call 0113 283 7130.

Leeds Trinity University values diversity and inclusion and particularly encourages applications from the following groups as they are currently under-represented at this level within the University: Women, LGBT+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as well as candidates with disabilities, whether hidden or otherwise. The University will consider all forms of flexible working arrangements.

Please note that we do not accept speculative CVs or unsolicited calls from recruitment agencies.

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