Inclusive Education Adviser

Role Description

Department

Student Success is part of the Student Education and Experience Directorate, and brings together teams with a focus on inclusive education, disability inclusion, student partnerships and widening participation. Student Success includes the following teams:

• Disability Services
• Inclusive Education 
• Apprenticeships 
• Digital Accessibility
• Access and Participation Monitoring and Evaluation

Role

Joining  the Inclusive Education Team you will contribute to the delivery of academic student success projects as part of the University’s Access and Participation Plan (APP).  Key areas of work include the No Gaps project, decolonising and diversifying the curriculum,  inclusive assessment and feedback, inclusive curriculum and pedagogies, and building student-led learning communities. You will have a commitment to student partnerships and to working collaboratively with academic departments to develop inclusive learning, teaching and assessment approaches.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Knowledge and understanding of inclusive learning, teaching and assessment principles, pedagogic approaches and current research within an HE environment.
• Knowledge of co-production principles and/or models and approaches to working with students as partners.
• Ability to develop and deliver pedagogic guidance and support on inclusive learning, teaching and assessment principles and approaches to academic staff across a range of subjects.
• Ability to manage, monitor and evaluate education and student experience projects.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Jess Penn, Deputy Head of Inclusive Education by email: jess.penn@york.ac.uk

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum (essential) criteria for each position will be offered an interview.  Read more about the University of York’s commitments under the Disability Confident scheme.