Academic Tutor (Community Management)

University of Sunderland; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A UK university is looking for a Community Manager to serve as an academic tutor for the BA (Hons) Social Media Management course. This part-time role requires teaching four hours per week from January to May 2026, focusing on community strategy and effective engagement. Ideal candidates will have experience in community management and teaching, with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering teaching in topics related to social media management.
• Ability to assess student work effectively.
• Strong communication skills for engaging with students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching and assess student work on the BA (Hons) Social Media Management course.
• Prepare additional materials and activities for scheduled teaching.
• Engage in professional-facing teaching.

Skills

Knowledge of community strategy

Experience as a community manager

Understanding of gamification

Ability to engage with participation approaches

Job description

About the University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland offers life-changing opportunities for 27,500 students across its campuses in Sunderland, London, Hong Kong, and through global partnerships with learning institutions in 19 countries. We're proud to be a top 30 UK university (Guardian University Guide 2025), with top-quality facilities, inclusive culture, and our vibrant, ever-changing city.

The University of Sunderland is in an exciting phase of its development with a new vision and redefined strategic ambitions designed to take advantage of the ever-changing higher education landscape at home and overseas.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Community Manager to work as an academic tutor to deliver teaching and assess student work on one module of our BA (Hons) Social Media Management course.

Academic tutors are required to cover scheduled teaching activity with additional remunerated time for preparation and assessment across a range of modules, subject to qualifications and areas of specialism.

This role will involve working four hours per week on campus from January to May 2026.

What you can bring

Knowledge of topics including community strategy, user motivation, gamification, participation approaches, moderation, and user roles. Experience working as a community manager using the above skills is required.

Ability to engage in these topics to deliver professions-facing teaching which leads to students being able to successfully apply these concepts to building and managing their own digital communities.

Equality, diversity & inclusion

We strongly believe that an inclusive university, where a diverse range of individuals feel valued and have equal opportunity to get into work and reach their potential, is good for our staff, students, university, and society.

Our work on equality, diversity and inclusivity has never been more important. We believe inclusivity is an essential value at the heart of what we do, and we want all our staff to be part of that journey with us.

Our recent staff survey conducted in 2023 showed that 97% of our staff believed that we were committed to achieving an inclusive university.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 23 November (23.59 GMT).

Please note that applications are only accepted via the University of Sunderland's job portal, we do not accept CVs as part of the process.