Sharing a vacancy in my team that members may be interested in.
More details on our website or feel free to contact me.
Kind regards,
Lynda Tout
Inclusion Coordinator
Student Support
SPECIALIST MENTOR
35 hours per week, 42 weeks (0.8 fte)
Salary: Grade 6, £26,243 pro rata
Marjon is a small university, with a strong sense of community, centred on student success. Our staff support our significant development and ambitious learning, research and engagement agenda, and the provision of an excellent student experience.
The University is seeking to appoint an additional Specialist Mentor to join its Disability & Inclusion Advice Service (DIAS), based within Student Support.
The role holder will use their specialist knowledge of specific / complex disabilities, including mental health difficulties and autism, to provide one-to-one tutoring and mentoring. Our Specialist Mentors help students recognise the barriers to learning created by their impairment and support them in developing strategies and skills to enable them to adapt to University life and academic routine. The post-holder will be a dynamic team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and proven ability to work on their own initiative.
The successful candidate will:
· Be a member of, and engaged with, a relevant professional DSA-QAG approved body for Specialist Mentors
· have relevant mental health experience and be skilled at building a rapport with a diverse range of students with complex needs, using tact, diplomacy and sensitivity;
· be adaptable to the changing needs of students over the academic year;
· have experience of working with students in a mentoring/tuition capacity.
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please call Lynda Tout, Inclusion Co-ordinator, on 01752 636700 Extn 3246.
Closing date: 18 November 2018 at midnight
Interview date: 30 November 2018
To apply for the position applicants are asked to complete the online University application form which can be accessed from the University website: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
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