Job Title: Professional Skills Tutor – Mechanical Engineering
Location: Chelmsford
Salary: £37,099 – £42,978 per year
Job type: Permanent, Full time
Closing Date: Sunday 14th January 2024
About ARU:
We are ranked in the world’s top 350 institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and we are a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. Our research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world-leading. In 2021, we were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our world-leading music therapy work.
The Role:
You will be joining an enthusiastic team of engineers delivering full time undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Located in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at our Chelmsford campus. We are forward-looking and enthusiastic, with a vision that combines commitment to a strong and active research culture with excellence in learning and teaching. We are seeking a mechanical engineering professional skills tutor to deliver both theory and practical workshop sessions to our students.
You will have an opportunity to contribute to mechanical engineering teaching with a strong emphasis on preparing and delivering practical and laboratory based mechanical engineering topics in our mechanical engineering workshop using precision engineering tools and equipment. You will also demonstrate the ability and desire to contribute to wider School activities such as research projects and other practical learning activities. Successful applicants will be teaching both theory and practical sessions to engineers and across the broad area of Engineering and the Built Environment.
Candidate Requirements:
You will have a mechanical engineering or related degree and be familiar with the operation of engineering workshop tools and equipment. You will have experience working as or teaching a mechanical engineering topic, and you will have the ability to develop and publish online support material. You will have a committed and flexible approach, good interpersonal and negotiating skills, and will be committed to your own continuous personal and professional development.
Benefits:
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Mechanical Engineering Tutor, Mechanical Engineering, Academic Tutor, Skills Tutor, University Tutor, Education Lead, Academic Lead, College Tutor, Tutor, Teacher, College Teacher may also be considered for this role.
