Academic Skills Adviser

Description:

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.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

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