Tutor in Mathematics

Tutor in Mathematics

College of Science & Engineering / School of Mathematics

UE06: £33,882 to £34,132 per annum pro rata

Guaranteed Hours Contract (minimum of 20 hours in academic year 2024-25)

Fixed term until for 1-4 years

 

The Opportunity: 

Applications are invited for tutor roles within the School of Mathematics. Candidates will be offered a guaranteed minimum offer of hours and these roles require in person attendance on campus.

In this role you will facilitate the provision of small group workshop-style sessions, while also supporting a range of other elements of teaching and technical demonstrator support. You will have excellent communication skills, the capability to facilitate and lead student groups, and other relevant teaching skills. 

The School of Mathematics has a well-developed and exciting portfolio of programmes operating across the mathematical sciences and at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The portfolio aims to educate students in mathematics and essential skills in critical thinking and data analysis, which are critical to employability for our graduates.

A full list of courses can be found by following the following link:

List of Mathematics courses

Typically, we require more tutors for our pre-Honours (year 1 and 2) courses, and so role holders should expect to be involved in provision in those courses. We also have particular needs in courses in data science, programming, statistics and probability.

You can view further information on the School of Mathematics website by clicking here.

Candidates will have a sufficient understanding of the topics under discussion in the courses and programmes that they are interested in working on, along with the relevant technical knowledge and skills for those courses and programmes. 

The successful candidates should also be able to demonstrate the skills required to facilitate workshop provision within the School of Mathematics (relevant training will be provided). This may include: 

• Working directly tutoring students in small group settings and one-to-one, helping them with course materials and questions.
• Guiding and moderating online / in-class discussions on learning technology platforms by monitoring student questions, etc. 
• Supporting the tutoring of programming and computing in classes where students use either Python, R or another of the computing languages in use in the School.
• Marking weekly hand-in work, student quizzes, assisting in exam marking or other assessment marking as appropriate.
• Supporting the administration of classes including the support of student workshops, creating events on learning technology platforms, and starting/stopping session recordings as might be appropriate for particular classes. 

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Sufficient knowledge of the course topics to adequately lead the discussion
• Degree in an area relevant to the subjects being taught.
• Understanding of the basic principles of teaching, learning and assessment.

 

Click here for a copy of the full job description.

Please note, the job duties and responsibilities listed in the job description are intended to describe the general nature of the role which may be undertaken by post-holders. The duties and responsibilities, and balance between the elements of the post, may change or vary over time, or on courses assigned depending on the specific needs of the role.

The roles will require attendance on-campus in Edinburgh. The posts are available from September 2024.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Wei En Tan (w.tan@ed.ac.uk).

Please include a CV and covering letter with your application. The covering letter should state which courses and areas of mathematics you are most interested in working on.  The covering letter should also state your ideal number of hours to be worked in each semester. 

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. 

 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.  

 

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 28 November 2024.
 

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 
 

Interviews dates TBC.

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