Acting Senior Tutor 1 - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Fitzwilliam College

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Acting Senior Tutor
Fitzwilliam College

Salary/stipend:
£55,000 to £75,000 (dependent upon experience)

Hours:
Full Time

Contract Type:
One-year fixed term post (academic year

Placed on: 9th February 2023

Closes: 5pm 10th March 2023

cover for Dr Paul Chirico who will be on sabbatical leave for the academic year from 1st September023.

Fitzwilliam is a modern, open-minded, inclusive academic community with a unique history. It is one of 31
colleges in the University of Cambridge. The College's identity is built upon our founding ethos to offer
opportunity to those left outside of the traditional structures of the Collegiate Cambridge system. Access to
education is in our DNA. We remain passionately proud and committed to this founding purpose. Coupled with
this is the College's commitment to providing an environment for academic excellence to flourish so that our
wider impact is felt in the life-changing higher education and ground-breaking research that happens at 'Fitz'.

Fitzwilliam has around 1,000 members including 485 Undergraduates, 340 Postgraduates (full time), 121
Postgraduate (part time), 63 Fellows, 57 Bye-Fellows and 105 staff members. The College has a strong
representation across all of the major academic disciplines and a good balance between arts and sciences and
occupies a seven-acre site between Huntingdon Road and Storey's Way. The site comprises new buildings built
between the 1960s and 2000s, incorporating the regency house 'The Grove' and extensive landscaped gardens.

The Acting Senior Tutor is responsible for the management and strategic development of both Undergraduate
and Postgraduate student academic and welfare activity of the College and for the work of the Directors of
Studies and Tutors, who perform a pastoral role. Undergraduate Admissions are the responsibility of the joint
Admissions Tutors; discipline is the responsibility of the Dean; the Bursar is the Safeguarding Officer.

Applicants must have held a position of responsibility and should have experience of handling complex pastoral
situations and of teaching and management/administration work in Higher Education. Preference will be given
- personal and communication skills, experience of working as part of a team, and effectiveness in managing
change.

The stipend for the Acting Senior Tutor will depend on the level of experience of the appointee and will be c.

£55-75k. The position carries membership of the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

The Acting Senior Tutor will be elected to a Fellowship of the College, or if a Fellow of another college, will have
the appropriate rights to enable the individual to fully undertake the role.

by writing to the Executive Assistant to the Master, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge CB3 0DG.

Application Procedure

Informal enquiries about the post are welcome. Please contact the Executive Assistant to the Senior Tutor

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Equality and Diversity

Fitzwilliam College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be
ourselves and succeed on merit. The aim for our community is to be truly representative of all sections of
society and for each staff member to feel respected and be able to give of their best.

Acting Senior Tutor (cont.)
Fitzwilliam College

Responsible to:
The Governing Body of the College.

Management role:
To be responsible, along with the Master and Bursar, for oversight and expedition of
normal College business.

Key relationships:
Master, Bursar, Deputy Senior Tutor, Financial Tutor, Wellbeing Co-ordinator,
Admissions Tutors, Dean (Discipline),Tutors, Directors of Studies, Student Services
Hub, JCR and MCR Presidents.

Salary/stipend:
c. £55,000-75,000 dependent upon experience.

Hours:
This is a full-time post. The Acting Senior Tutor may undertake teaching duties as part
of the full-time role at the discretion of the College Committee.

Tenure:
This post is offered on a one-year fixed term basis.

Holidays: 5.6 weeks' annual leave per academic year (inclusive of Public Holidays falling outside
Full Term). Leave is not normally taken during full term. Leave of absence should be
sought from the Governing Body.

Pension scheme:
The College offers contributory membership of the Universities
Superannuation Scheme (USS).

Sabbatical leave:
The postholder would not have a contractual entitlement to periodic Sabbatical
Leave.

Other benefits:
Fellowship of the College. Research-active Fellows are entitled to a research allowance
attract a service charge) may be available if required. All meals free.

Job summary:
The Acting Senior Tutor is the senior College Officer responsible for the management
and strategic development of both Undergraduate and Postgraduate student academic
and welfare activity in the College, working with the other senior College Officers, the
Master and Bursar.

Acting Senior Tutor (cont.)
Fitzwilliam College