Part Time Role: Student Learning Technologies Ambassador
Contract: Fixed-term 9 months (October 2016 to June 2017)
Grade: 2 – £8.59 per hour
12 hours per month (October to June, 9 months in total) with additional hours when appropriate; term time only.
The eLearning team, part of Information Services, are seeking to appoint 18 Student Learning Technologies Ambassadors to work alongside the Learning Technologies Advisers to support the use of learning technologies in the classroom.
The appointed students will need to be confident in the use of technologies and be motivated to learn more about the application of technologies in teaching. They will need to be sensitive to the needs of academic staff, be reliable and maintain good time keeping.
The work will be carried out from October 2016 until June 2017; although there will be an additional day of paid training that will happen before the start of the 2016/17 academic year to prepare for this.
Main Areas of Responsibility are:
To support academic staff and their students in their use of learning technologies in the classroom.
To work with the eLearning team on classroom technology pilots.
To provide support for events and conferences organised by the eLearning team
Please read the full job description here before applying
How to apply:
If you are available for the training day and would like to apply through the Brighton Careers Service post ref: BRI160510/99 at http://brighton.prospects.ac.uk/
In your covering letter please include 3 paragraphs, each of 90 words max, describing your experience of
- using technology to support your own studies
- giving presentations and
- using social media.
Deadline for applications: 6th September 2016
If your application is shortlisted you will be invited to the Interview Recruitment morning on either Thursday 15th or Friday 16th September 2016, for which more details will follow. Please keep these dates in your diary, in case you are successful, and please ensure that you are available to attend the compulsory paid training day on either Tuesday 20th or Wednesday 21st September.
What is the date of the training day?
Hi Tobias
The exact date hasn’t yet been confirmed but will be as early as possible. The recruitment day dates are more important to ensure your availability.
I hope that helps.
I would love to apply for this but I cannot make a morning interview as I am still on my placement, working full time like I’m sure a lot of us still are. Would it not be better to host interviews late afternoon/evening?
Hi Rhea
Please feel free to apply as we may be able to arrange an alternative date for interviews if you’re not able to make the agreed date.
Marion
…or even a weekend?
Hi Rhea,
We are now doing a second round of recruiting so the interview dates may well be more suitable for you. If not, please apply anyway, as we may be able to arrange an alternative date if we have a number of applicants that cannot make the two dates already proposed.
Best wishes, Cathy
I’m currently still a university applicant and I’m unsure when/if I’ll be offered a place. Would I be able to apply for this role then withdraw if I’m not offered a place?
Hi Nina,
You are more than welcome to apply for the role and can confirm your student status with us nearer to the time of the interviews.
Best wishes, Cathy
I’m currently an incoming international student and would like to apply but would not be in country until the week of orientation. Would I still be able to apply and interview?
Dear Juleene,
We would like to have all of our SLTAs trained and in place before Welcome Week, however if you would like to apply I will certainly make sure that your details are kept on file for any further rounds of recruitment.
Best wishes,
Cathy
I want to apply for this role however, I would be participating in the F4P at the same time as the interview would be and the training day. As the training camp starts on the 17th and finishes on the 21st.
Dear Grace,
We would like to have all SLTAs trained and in place by the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year. However, if you were successful in your application we might be able to put on an extra training session for you before the beginning of term that would be suitable for the dates you are available, so please do still apply and we will do our best to help.
Best wishes, Cathy