Postgraduate Learning Development Support Officer, MDBS

The Faculty Office MHLS at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a talented Faculty Postgraduate Learning Development Support Officer.

The successful candidate will provide academic study skills support and development opportunities that will enhance the learning experience of postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences (FMHLS).

The role is key to helping students develop as postgraduate learners, in ensuring that academic study skills requirements are met and in raising awareness of academic expectations for successful postgraduate study

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• An undergraduate degree or substantial experience in an education related role relevant to training and development within a further or higher education context.
• 3 years recent relevant experience to include:
  • Experience of teaching academic study skills, and providing support, to postgraduate students.
  • Experience of developing and disseminating resources to support learning needs of postgraduate students.
  • Experience of developing and implementing novel approaches to support skills development for postgraduate students.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Catherine Brown

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.