Academic Skills Manager

The Academic Skills Manager at Birmingham City University will lead and manage teams of Academic Skills Tutors and Thrive Tutors. Their main role is to support students' academic success, confidence, and lifelong learning by developing and delivering essential academic skills support. This includes information literacy, digital literacy, and broader study skills such as time management and presentations.

Main responsibilities include leading and managing the team, ensuring high-quality skills support to students, designing and delivering academic skills programs, overseeing remedial English and maths support, ensuring inclusivity, and using data to evaluate the impact of skills interventions. They will also support the team's professional development, maintain resources, and contribute to university-wide strategic initiatives.

Candidates should have a qualification or professional training in teaching, learner support, or librarianship, experience of delivering academic skills in a higher education context, and experience managing or supervising staff. They should also have skills in designing and adapting resources, knowledge of supporting information or digital literacy, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Other requirements include commitment to inclusive practice, ability to lead service improvements, excellent time management, and adaptability.