Admissions Tutor - Early Years Education

Job Description

Make a difference, every day, to the lives of our students.About YouAn outstanding professional with Qualified Teacher Status you will be energetic, flexible, creative and willing to take a full involvement in a range of activities and initiatives within the Faculty of Education. To be successful, you will be able to workeffectively with others, and be able to contribute to the assurance of academic quality and standards.Excellent communication skills, time and workload management skills and a strong commitment to proving an outstanding student experience will be key to your success in this stimulating department.About the Role Early Years Education has a robust recruitment and selection strategy which has ensured strong recruitment of high quality applicants over recent years. A rigourous selection process, designed to assess entrants suitability to teach, is essential to allInitial Teacher Training programmes as applicants must be deemed suitable to become a teacher before being admitted to an ITT programme. The successful applicant will be responsible for assessing applicants suitability to teach; drawing information from theapplication form, references and interview and managing small teams of interviewers.This is a fractional post within the Department of Early Years Education offers access to the wider opportunities that our department offers, for example, supervision, regular staff meetings, etc. This is a key role within our department with a specificfocus on the recruitment of high caliber students.Rewards/BenefitsWe want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer a range of specialist development sessions and academic development opportunities along with an award winning and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing programme (HR ExcellenceAwards 2017). This means you will receive a full academic induction, be enrolled if appropriate on our PGCTHE, benefit from the Edge Hill University CPD scheme (UKPSF) and our annual University Learning and Teaching day all to support your professional development.To support your wellbeing you are able to enjoy a lunchtime stroll across our beautiful campus, book to get a trim from our onsite hairdresser, your car valeted, or get together with colleagues over free food and drink to watch the latest film on one of ourFilm Nights and so much more.This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.About Us"A great success story an institution that improves and impresses year after year" - Times Higher Education.We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher University of the Year award also celebratedour distinct role in "transforming lives" - reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.