Gaelic Language

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06: £30,619.00 - £35,308.00 Per Annum Pro Rata**

**CAHSS / Literatures, Languages and Cultures / Celtic & Scottish Studies**

**Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Part Time: Annualised, 17.5 Hours per Week Over 10 Months (Annualised Equivalent 0.42 FTE)**

**Start Date: 01/09/2023
We are looking for a **Gaelic Language & Culture Teaching Assistant. **This post holder will be primarily contributing to elements of teaching within several clear and established programmes by provision of tuition in specific areas of these courses to groups of students (typically undergraduate).

A key purpose of the role is to stimulate language use and progression to fluency among students in order to further understanding of the key language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and to assist students in drawing key learning points from course materials.

**Your skills and attributes for success:
- Hold a degree relevant to the teaching area.
- Have an understanding of the basic principles of teaching, learning and assessment.
- A capability to lead groups, which may have been gained through experience as a demonstrator or other appropriate means, including explaining concepts in a clear and understandable manner.
- Sufficient knowledge of the topic under discussion to lead discussion adequately, taking account of the needs of the specific group, including detailed explanation of how the topic relates to the wider area of study.

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.

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