Study Skills Lecturer

GEDU Global Education; Park Central; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A higher education institution in the United Kingdom is seeking full-time Study Skills Lecturers. The role involves developing and teaching study skills across various programmes. Candidates must hold a Master's degree and have prior UK HE lecturing experience. Responsibilities include designing courses, delivering evaluations, and providing student feedback. This role requires flexibility for teaching during weekdays and weekends.

Benefits

Extra leave for years of service

Workplace pension scheme

Tuition reimbursement for career development

Discounts platform, wellbeing centre

Performance bonus

Qualifications

• Previous UK HE lecturing experience required.
• A track record of providing study skills support.
• Willingness to lead in literacy development.

Responsibilities

• Design and document bespoke courses and digital resources.
• Deliver and evaluate teaching, enhancing student experience.
• Provide feedback on academic writing and study skills.

Skills

Teaching adult learners

Digital literacy

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in relevant subject area

Job description

The role: We are currently seeking full‑time Study Skills Lecturers who will work in close collaboration with subject lecturers to develop and teach study skills within the curriculum across a range of HE programmes from Foundation to Masters’ Level as part of our BSU, University of Sheffield and Oxford Brookes University partnerships. This includes for example, improving English language and numeracy, organisational and presentation skills, digital literacy and basic IT skills, reading, writing and higher‑order research skills. Due to our delivery model, we require flexibility to teach during weekdays, evenings and at weekends. Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Designing/documenting bespoke courses, digital resources, workshop plans and individual schemes of work as required to develop study skills in the curricula
• Delivering/evaluating teaching and identifying areas for potential improvement to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and overall student experience in accordance with the GBS’s Learning and Teaching strategy
• Providing feedback on individual and class progress in their understanding of academic writing and other relevant study skills
• Providing tutorial consultations with students, constructive comments individual to each student’s need, explaining where work fails to meet assessment criteria and suggesting ways to improve their work / working practices
• Recording details from these appointments for statistical, evaluation and quality purposes, and to refer students to other services as appropriate
• Effectively engaging with VLE and research resources and facilitate students’ learning by means of engagement with online resources and activities.
• Contributing to GBS quality assurance systems and processes

Qualifications

• You will hold a Master's degree in a relevant subject area (PhD desirable)
• You will have previous UK HE lecturing experience in the wider subject area
• You will have a successful track record of teaching adult learners from diverse backgrounds on HE programmes
• You will have proven experience of providing individual and group study skills support in response to identified learning needs
• You will be willing to lead a specific area of literacy development, such as reading, writing, critical thinking, numeracy, digital skills, research skills (quantitative or qualitative), project and dissertation support, peer‑assisted learning
• You will be able to demonstrate a high level of digital literacy and advanced communication skills

Desirable

• Expertise in digital educational resources development, course design and curriculum development
• DELTA qualification
• A Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice or equivalent teaching qualification (or commitment to enrol on a teaching programme during the probationary period and complete within three years) or Fellowship of HEA (or international equivalent)
• 1‑day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
• Workplace pension scheme
• Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
• Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Tech scheme and much more
• Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
• Reward and recognition programme
• £500 award employee referral scheme
• Discretionary annual performance bonus