INTRODUCTION AND MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST

DUTIES

Recruitment of Students

• Participate in open evenings and recruitment activities to ensure that potential applicants and students receive accurate information and guidance.
• Complete and contribute to the production of accurate information and fact sheets.
• Interview potential applicants and contribute to the School’s interviewing schedules.
• Contribute to the development, promotion & delivery of the School’s marketing and recruitment strategies.

• Carry out student inductions and contribute to the design of induction.
• Carry out academic progress reviews, including the completion of necessary documents such as predicted grade sheets.
• Where appropriate act as a named tutor and liaise with the businesses Attendance Co-ordinators to ensure the attendance, retention and achievement of students.
• Understand and keep up-to-date with student support and learning support arrangements, ensuring students have full information and making appropriate referrals.
• Where appropriate ensure that basic skills initial and diagnostic assessments are undertaken and that students receive effective learning support.
• Ensure that resources within your subject area are kept up-to-date and accessible to students and other staff in liaison with the curriculum managers and the businesses Learning Resource Centres.
• Prepare students for employability, career progression FE and/or HE and training.
• Produce reports and attend events to provide information to parents/employers.
• Participate in the School’s enrichment programme for students.

Design and Delivery of Programmes

• Teach students on a range of programmes and levels, mainly across Level 1 and Level 3 BTEC programmes including Finance and Marketing units.
• Prepare schemes of work, lesson plans and resource materials for these programmes.
• Assist in producing course handbooks for these teaching areas as required
• Liaise with examination boards for any courses for which you have course responsibility.
• Utilise IT and e-learning technology to deliver and assess all elements of the curriculum – in class and remotely.
• Utilise IT applications (i.e. MS Teams) to competently deliver remote sessions to learners  
• Prepare assessment plans and schedules and ensure students are aware of your expectations.
• Implement policies on assessment and homework.
• Work towards the integration of students’ basic skills development in the delivery of teaching and learning.
• To ensure that students attend and achieve on all areas of their study programmes including maths, English and work experience.

Curriculum Management

• Attend team and School meetings and company events as directed by managers.
• Keep records up-to-date, including the completion of registers, and other required documentation such as mark and schemes of work books.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure that new members of staff are fully apprised of requirements.
• Participate in the companies staff appraisal and mentoring schemes.

Quality

• Carry out student questionnaires and elicit student feedback on the quality of teaching and learning.
• Contribute to course reviews including reviews of your subject area and the setting, implementation and monitoring of action plans.
• Set targets for achievement, retention and attendance and participate in the companies performance management programme.
•        Participate in additional activities, such as projects on teaching and learning, as required.

Other

• Keep knowledge and skills up-to-date through self-study and undertake staff development and secondments relevant to professional needs, including attendance at the Business School’s staff development programme.
• Take an active part in the companies appraisal and mentoring processes.
• Promote Equal Opportunities and implement the companies Equal Opportunities Policy.
• Provide a secure, safe and friendly learning environment including implementation of companies Health & Safety Policy and Safeguarding Policy.
• Communicate effectively as part of the team
• Complete all documents necessary to comply with company HR policies, e.g. agency lecturer booking forms, sickness forms, appraisal forms, etc. and ensure all staffing records are kept up-to-date.
• Carry out any other duties commensurate with the scale and grade of the post.

BACKGROUND