Occasional Lecturer

POST: AHSS Student Skills Assisant x 12 (Specialists in Digital, Academic, Employability/Transversal skills)

SCHOOL/DEPT: AHSS Faculty Office

DURATION: Fixed Term until 30th June 2025 (with the possibility of contract extension through to August 2025)

WAGE: £19.23 per hour (Salary may increase as of August 2024 but will be commensurate with Queen's University's Agenda for Change)

CLOSING DATE: Midnight on Sunday16th June 2024

EXPECTED INTERVIEW DATES: Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th June 2024

NO. OF HOURS PER WEEK: Minimum of 8 hours per week (with the possibility of 10/week)

JOB TITLE: AHSS Student Skills Assisant

QUESTION? Informal queries can be directed to Aileen Carson (Employability and Skills Development Officer with AHSS) a.carson@qub.ac.uk.

JOB SUMMARY:

We are looking for 12 exceptional students to join our Student Skills Development Team in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS). As part of a dedicated team of Student Assistants, you'll provide peer-to-peer support and training for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, and to promote the student skills agenda.

The team will be made up of Digital (x4), Academic (x4) and Employability/Transversal (x4) assistants* to form the ‘Student Skills Development Team’ who will then be split into 3 sub-teams supporting either Undergraduate (UG), Post Graduate Taught (PGT), or Post Graduate Research (PGR) students across the faculty. Your responsibilities will include organising events, delivering training, offering support through 1-2-1s and group drop-in sessions, and creating engaging learning guides in written and video formats. Additionally, as a member to the Student Skills Development Team, you will actively represent the student voice in important committees and working groups, contributing to decisions that shape the future of student skills development within the AHSS Faculty and the wider university. See a summary of the overall team breakdown below:

Research Assistant in Management (up to a maximum of 40 hours per week for 10 weeks)

This part-time role (up to a maximum of 40 hours per week) will support academics in the Department of Organization, Work and Leadership with their research.

A Master's degree in HRM or related programme.

We are seeking applicants who wish to gain first-hand experience of conducting research in management, and who have an interest in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.

This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently on the PhD program or finishing MSc HRM (or equivalent) and who is thinking about doing a PhD.

This role requires prior knowledge of literature review, data collection, input and analysis via NVivo software and SPSS software. 

Good written and verbal communication skills are essential. Knowledge of the appropriate discipline is required.

Languages at Queen’s, in collaboration with NICILT, will be running a mentoring scheme between September 2024 and January 2025 for school pupils in year 12. The aims of the scheme will be to support GCSE pupils in French, Irish or Spanish; to help them build oral skills; to support them with areas of language learning that they find challenging; to enthuse them about language learning; to build confidence such that those who might consider taking a language at A level feel empowered to make a positive decision. Mentors will act as ‘role models and ambassadors’ to programme participants, providing potential students with an enthusiastic insight into life as a languages student at Queen’s, including the experience of studying/working abroad or in the Gaeltacht.     

The mentoring will be ‘one-on-two’ (one mentor to two pupils). Mentors will receive training, including in relation to the Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Groups Act. They will also give talks to cohorts of pupils in the school and will help with a taster day for Languages at Queen’s. Materials for mentoring and for the talks will be provided. This will involve a total of around 12.5 hours work.  Travel expenses will be reimbursed.  

Criteria:

Essential    

Applicants must be registered students of French, Irish or Spanish at Queen’s.

Applicants must have experience of working within a team.  

Desirable

Completion of a residence abroad or in the Gaeltacht as part of the degree (i.e. final-year students in 2024-25).

Experience of working with young people (e.g. through engagement as a volunteer, as a language assistant or tutor, or as member of a social organisation). 

Criteria:

Essential    

Applicants must be registered students of French, Irish or Spanish at Queen’s.

Applicants must have experience of working within a team.  

Desirable

Completion of a residence abroad or in the Gaeltacht as part of the degree (i.e. final-year students in 2024-25).

Experience of working with young people (e.g. through engagement as a volunteer, as a language assistant or tutor, or as member of a social organisation).