Senior Language Tutor/Academic Leader

at  The University of Manchester

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

The University of Manchester enjoys a global reputation for its research and its innovative approach to learning, with an on-going £1 billion investment in facilities, staff and buildings. This builds on our tradition of success that stretches back 200 years. The birth of the modern computer, the splitting of the atom, the founding principles of modern economics, the discovery of graphene, and the birthplace of chemical engineering these and many more world changing innovations have their roots at our University. We are at the forefront of the search for solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, boasting strong collaborative links with industry and public services.
Manchester has the largest student community in the UK, with more than 31000 undergraduates and 15000 postgraduates attracted by the high international standing of the academic staff, by the superb research and teaching facilities, and by the cultural assets both of the university and the city of Manchester itself.
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UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC ENGLISH (UCAE)

• Senior Language Tutor / Academic Leader
  We’re looking for a Senior Language Tutor / Academic Leader who can and wants to work across our full range of programmes. Whilst our academic year can be dominated by our very large pre-sessional, we’re also busy with in-year academic language and skills, contributions to foundation programmes, and intensive general English courses, to name but just three. Thus, whilst your first year with us is very likely to involve a co-ordination role on our pre-sessionals, the following years could see work on these or indeed any of our other areas.
  With that in mind, flexibility and recognizing the positives of potential ‘role variety’ is a key need, and we’d suggest a major factor if you’re going to enjoy your time with us.
  Within the University our internal stock is high, and externally it seems like we’re doing the right thing with the British Council rating us as the joint top University Centre, and BALEAP giving us a stellar Summer 2024 report. So we think you’d be joining a good Centre that has the fundamentals roughly correct, but in truth like everyone else - we’re navigating the reality and possibilities of modes of delivery whilst digesting the complexities of GenAI.
  We’re a group of people who ask, or indeed are asked about - the ‘what’, ‘how’, ‘where’ and ultimately ‘why’ of everything we do and our responses would indicate that we’re not always in pedagogical agreement. Every time we do something, we probably end up with as many questions as answers, and this creative uncertainty - as well as an increase in the speed of change is and will be a constant. We would politely suggest this has to appeal and excite over other responses.
  In that context, your ability to do the role as described should be a given and (obviously) the more qualifications and experience you have, the more the chance to shine in the application process. If that ability comes with significant energy, some examples of how you’ve achieved and applicable initial thoughts on what we do, then you should apply. To note, the more that you can tie in these attributes with the job description when you complete the ‘additional information’, the easier it will be for us to see how you’d contribute.
  Ultimately, we really need to know that whoever joins us will add to the ‘well, we can…’ conversations, not the ‘we can’t’ and we’ll be looking for that in the process. In other words, work with us to identify the problems, remember our students are key, and help us develop, organize and teach what we come up with.

Please refer the Job description for details