Sessional Dmzaa Regional Co-ordinator - South East, United Kingdom - BIAZA

BIAZA

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South East, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Sparsholt College Hampshire

South East
Contact:

Sector:

Education
Type:
Paid
Contract type:
Parttime
Salary:

- £24.27 per hour (including multiplier, admin time and holiday pay) (pay review pending)
£24.27 per hour (including multiplier, admin time and holiday pay) (pay review pending)

You will assist Sparsholt College with the organisation and delivery of the Diploma in the Management of Zoo and Aquarium Animals and Volunteer Programme courses.

This will include the following key duties:

Being the supportive and responsive point of contact for students in the region.
Conducting face to face and remote tutorials for students in the region.

This can involve travel to 10+ collections across the region, however most are done over Teams.

Conducting one tutorial per term, per student in the region, as a minimum to provide suitable guidance and support.
Recording student tutorials and progress on the college electronic systems (a laptop is provided).
Responding to student enquiries and need for support.
Communicating effectively with the Curriculum Leader for Zoo Animal Studies regarding student progress and grade tracking.
Carrying out communication between students and Assessors in the region.
Operating 'Ledge' the virtual learning environment for students in the region.
Administering the process of recruitment of students onto courses from collections within the region.
Assisting with annual induction day(s) by communicating with students and preparing an appropriate venue at Sparsholt campus.
Administering for the annual Test in the region including invigilation and access arrangements as authorised by the college.
Grading and providing feedback for Unit 31 (Husbandry Portfolio) for students in the region, within a 15 working day turnaround timeframe.
Attending two Coordinator's meetings a year and provide feedback to the college.

Requirements:

The post holder will:

Have considerable experience and understanding of working in the zoo or aquarium industry.
Be based around the Sparsholt campus area geographically.
Be able to promote the college values as well as those of this BIAZA led training provision.
Ideally have the DMZAA qualification themselves or have other specific experience of this course.
Ideally have experience of assessing on vocational programmes.
Hold, or being willing to gain, relevant qualifications for such assessing.
Be expected to be selfmotivated and a good communicator.

The specific hours involved in this role depend on the student intake each year.

Currently there are 28 students with each requiring 3 tutorials per year (one per term), lasting between 30 minutes - 1 hour max.

Portfolios take approximately 45 minutes to an hour to mark, and each student is required to create one portfolio during the two-year course - which is graded at the end of second year.

As well as this, there is around 2 hours of admin time per week to enable communication with students to facilitate adequate support.

The Summer term is the busiest time in this role where tutorials, support and portfolio marking are completed. There are also two meetings to attend per year (typically November & May).

Closing Date: 27 February 2023

Application packs are available from:

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