Academic Skills Consultant

We are looking for an Academic Skills Consultant. This is a Fixed-term full-time grade 7 opportunity within the Learning and Research Support team with an expected duration of up until 31.3.26. 

As Academic Skills Consultant, you will bring your passion and experience to the design and delivery of teaching, support services and e-learning resources enable our students to develop the skills, competencies and confidence to be successful lifelong learners. You will be an engaging communicator with a collaborative approach, always looking to build positive relationships with a diverse range of people. You will play a key role in managing relationships with academic colleagues, representing the Library across the University and beyond. You will embrace the fast-evolving pace of higher education, constantly seeking out new and better ways of doing things in the interests of the University and our students.  We are open to requests for a secondment but please ensure you have the permission of your line manager first.

A bit about the Library, Careers & Enterprise…

This role is based in the Library, Careers & Enterprise – a place to learn and share ideas, a virtual hub for research and discovery, a team of friendly faces delivering excellent customer service, and an innovative community of experts working together to enable teaching, learning, research and enterprise at Salford.

At Salford, we are working hard to create an inclusive culture where all our students and colleagues can bring their whole selves to the University. As part of a determined approach to build a more diverse workforce and address the current under-representation of colleagues from Black, Asian and minoritized ethnic backgrounds within our team, we welcome and encourage applications from the widest talent pool.

About your application

Here at the University of Salford we celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we are inclusive. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

We want your application to be the best it can be so if you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process, please let us know by contacting hrresourcing@salford.ac.uk.

Please do not be put off applying if you do not match every requirement; if you are excited about the role and think you can achieve what we have described, we welcome your interest and application.

We encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions about this opportunity. Please contact the hiring manager, Brian Young  b.j.young@salford.ac.uk  who will be happy to help, either by email or by arranging a short phone or video call to discuss.