Academic Support Assistant

Every member of our University is part of the inspiring, supportive, and caring community known as Team Teesside.

What we offer you:

- Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure
- Special leave to support a range of circumstances
- Hybrid working arrangements: There may be opportunities for an element of hybrid working, in particular notetaking from recorded content where appropriate
- A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition
- A range of family friendly benefits
- An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources

The role can involve the following (this is not an exhaustive list), and further detail can be found in the attached Job Description:

Notetaking - either in lectures / seminars
Physical support for day-to-day tasks such as help to and from lectures, opening doors, carrying books etc
Assisting wheelchair users or accompanying electric wheelchair users
Providing library support by assisting to search catalogues, books and journals and assistance to retrieve and return items to shelves
Supporting students to develop their resilience, independence, and autonomy

There are three areas of work under which the activities fall as detailed in the Job Description and these roles are paid at differing rates. The work assigned to the successful candidate will depend on experience and the needs of the students allocated to the ASA.

Disability Confident
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Please note that we are advertising this vacancy on other websites but we are not using those third parties to collate applications for us. If you are viewing this advert on a third party website please ensure you apply directly to Teesside University (https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/jobs/index.cfm)

Practical Support £13.81 per hour
Manual Note taking £15.37 per hour
Study Assistance £16.74 per hour

Full training and ongoing support will be given to all successful candidate, and you will need to have an enhanced DBS check completed.

We would also welcome applications from current TU Students studying at level 5 or above. This role is flexible and can be worked around your own timetable requirements.

Anyone wishing to have an informal discussion can contact ASA@tees.ac.uk

The position we are filling is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory DBS disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of our clearance procedures.

This post is available on a flexible working basis.

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post WILL NOT qualify for University sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

If you are shortlisted, your interview it will take place in person, on campus.