The role will typically be held by a recent graduate and/or postgraduate. The role will provide support to other academic staff in some/all of the aspects of academic practice in a variety of environments. This could include support for student learning, teaching and assessment, research and/or knowledge transfer activities as well as academic administration duties.

Job Purpose

To provide support to academic colleagues and students and assist in promoting effective learning, teaching and assessment practices and/or to assist in research and knowledge transfer activities.

The responsibilities may include part or a range of the duties listed below, and will depend on the specific requirement of the department or service. Activities may vary during the course of the appointment.

Main responsibilities

Learning, teaching and assessment
Support discipline specific student learning, teaching and assessment under supervision of academics. This may include:

Deliver and assist academic staff with the delivery of learning sessions, especially seminars and workshops, including (but not limited to) updating, revising and developing additional learning material to be used in both face to face and virtual learning environments.

Undertake marking responsibilities under the supervision of Module Leader(s).

Develop and deliver tutorial learning sessions for small groups of students requiring specific support and guidance.

Identification and refer weak students to the Campus Programme Coordinator in order to be directed to the appropriate channels of learning, academic and wellbeing support.

Participate in, promote and assist departmental co-curricular, career-related and extracurricular initiatives, including the mentoring scheme, the personal tutoring project, the law firm project, the mooting society, the future lawyers network etc.

Administration

Support administrative processes within the department/service. This may include:

Assist with related administration tasks such as the marking grids, e-portfolios and module handbooks.

Assist in monitoring student attendance.

Assist with field trips, invigilation and open days as required.

Undertake other activities, as required and commensurate to the grade.
Appropriate training will be provided to support the role and offer career development.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Appropriate academic qualifications in law at postgraduate level

Entry-level experience in preparing, delivering or assisting in teaching and learning sessions in one or more of the following areas:

English Legal System

Legal Skills

Introduction to Law

Public Law

Contract Law

Tort Law

Criminal Law

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Evidence of ability to provide individual and/or group tutorial sessions.

Working well in teams and under the supervision of senior academics.

Good time-management.

Knowledge and application of basic IT tools and VLEs, such as (but not exclusively):

word, excel, power point, gotomeeting, moodle, MT, zoom etc.

Flexibility: Please note that given the need for flexibility in order to meet the changing requirements of the University, the duties and location of this post and the role of the post-holder may be changed after consultation. The balance of duties may vary over time and will be reviewed as part of the appraisal process.

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