Computing Skills Tutor personal tutor 1:1 and small groups, London

General information

Reference

1000007886  

Vacancy details

Talent pool

Academic - HE - Academic Group Learning

Title

Computing Skills Tutor personal tutor 1:1 and small groups, London

Contract type

QA HE Ltd Permanent

Job advert

Computing Skills Tutor (personal tutor 1:1 and small groups)
Fulltime and Permanent Hybrid Opportunity
QA Higher Education, London Campus
Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm, 2 days working from home.  

Do you have teaching experience in Computing subjects at UG and PG level? Do you enjoy supporting students on a one-to-one basis, small tutorials, and in workshops where you can assist our Higher Education students with Personal & Academic Computing Skills alongside their classes? Many of our students are from overseas and often our students haven’t studied for a few years and both are examples of where your academic guidance is needed.    

You might be a recent Masters or PhD student yourself looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing and expanding team.  We are student centric and very passionate about our contribution to our students future.

Your focus: You will be working within the Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) team to support learners with their academic skills development alongside their classes.
You will be delivering effective teaching, learning and support enabling learners to gain the skills they need to succeed as well as excel in their studies…… your knowledge, powering each students potential.   
Here’s a little of what you’ll be doing:
To initiate and maintain regular contact with students to establish a supportive and professional relationship.
To track, monitor and review students’ academic progress/achievement, development, and wellbeing.
To signpost students towards appropriate sources of support where necessary
To plan, prepare and deliver effective and engaging group, one-to-one and drop-in sessions (face-to-face and online) to support and develop students’ learning, academic and digital skills, and wellbeing.
To be a Personal Tutor and provide guidance, support and tutorship for student groups and individuals.
To keep accurate tutorial records to monitor learner progress and achievement
To deliver engaging and creative learning to meet the needs of the learner
To develop learning support and skills materials and resources (for face-to-face and online) and maintain them on the Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
To organise and promote Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) at QA events.

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What We'll Do For You!

Bring your experience:

Computer Science or related degree in computing and software engineering

Experience/Knowledge of at least one programming language (Java, Python, C) (Required)

Databases (SQL and/or NOSQL) (Required)

Web Development Technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) (Required)

Web Development Frameworks e.g. Bootstrap, React (Desirable)

Data Analytics (Excel; Power BI and/or Tableau) (Required)

Knowledge of SPSS (Desirable)

Mathematical proficiency to support students at Foundation level (Required)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Desirable)

Computer and Network Security (desirable)

Knowledge of the issues and challenges faced by HE students.

An excellent understanding of computing skills required at university level.

Knowledge and understanding of how to adapt your approach depending on each individual.

What we can give you: Being a learning partner, we get how important your learning and development is and of course we want you to be the best. We’ll give you the very best development to do your job and help you to develop your skills further to reach your potential.

A little more about QA Higher Education: Students preparing for undergraduate study. Working professionals looking to specialise in their field. Career changers. Everyone should be given access to outstanding higher education and our aim at QA Higher Education is to make that possible.

We work with our partner universities to offer courses ranging from foundation programmes to postgraduate degrees covering subject areas including Accountancy, Business, Computing, Cyber, Digital Marketing, Events Management, Project Management and Web Development and delivered in city centre locations. 

At QA Higher Education, we are committed to breaking down barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities. One of our core values is that ‘our Diversity makes us stronger’ - we recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable perspectives and enhance the way we work at QA Higher Education. As a market leader in digital education, it’s our duty to drive diversity and inclusion not only for ourselves, but also the wider industry, the clients we serve and the communities in which we work.

Equal Opportunities At QA Higher Education, our mission is to help our clients, learners, students and colleagues to win in the Digital Revolution.

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family.

Vacancy location

Location

London, London, London

Handled by

Handled by

• Michaela Cassa - QA
• Jennifer McGrath

Primary handler

Michaela Cassa - QA

Last name

Cassa - QA

Forename

Michaela

Email

Michaela.Cassa@qa.com

Job Description

Attachment

AGL3 Lecturer ACE Computing Lecturer October 2024 .docx (173 Kb)