To develop skills and knowledge in order to provide peer assisted learning support to students starting out at UWE, in partnership with the PAL Office.
1. To assist in providing support to students on particular programmes and/or to support students adapting to life and study at UWE.
2. To facilitate learning, run workshops and mentor students in small group and/or one to one situations.
3. To develop skills in order to carry out the required support, e.g. facilitation, training and mentoring, by attending requisite training sessions.
4. To maintain records of attendance and to reflect upon the sessions offered, making effective use of computerised office and learning technology systems.
5. To develop skills to promote and deliver effective sessions relevant to students’ needs.
6. To offer advice and guidance to students in a mentoring role and according to defined procedures, including referring to other UWE services, as appropriate.
7. To organise and prioritise own work to ensure it is completed to an agreed timeframe.
8. To undertake a formal qualification that informs/supports the role, e.g. unit accreditation for an Institute of Leadership and Management award.
9. To work effectively as a member of the PAL community, including meeting with Senior PAL leaders to review progress.
10. To build and maintain effective working relationships with contacts in other services and in faculties.
11. To solve day to day problems as they arise following clearly defined guidance.
12. To comply with the University's equal opportunities policy, and use this role to promote equal opportunity wherever possible.
13. To take reasonable care of your own health and safety and comply with rules and guidance relating to health and safety matter.
14. Any other reasonable duties that fall within the scope of the post as allocated by the line manager following consultation with the post holder.
Skills and Experience
1. To be studying on a UWE programme.
2. Has the desire and willingness to gain mentoring/facilitation experience
3. Basic IT skills, with experience of email, MS Office Word and basic databases.
4. We expect all PAL Leaders to demonstrate the following personal qualities, which will be assessed through the recruitment and selection process.
* Empathy
* Resilience
* Reliability
5. In addition, we are looking for PAL Leaders who will be able to demonstrate all, or most of the following skills:
* Good listening and communication skills
* Experience of supporting and helping others
* Initiative and resourcefulness
* Effective self-organisational and time management skills.
Experience of coaching/mentoring others.
Hours
Between 1 to 3 hours per week during term time depending on PAL scheme
Hourly Rate
£12.00 per hour plus holiday pay
Location
All campuses
Additional Information
Great opportunity to:
- learn how to mentor students and facilitate small group sessions.
- develop the soft skills employers look for e.g. leadership, communication.
- connect with other students
- engage with added employability opportunities e.g. giving talks at internal and external conferences, undertaking the ILM Level 3 in Effective Mentoring qualification (paid for by the PAL Office)
- earn while you learn.
Any offer of employment will be subject to a valid right to work check and attendance at mandatory PAL Leader training. Please note that we reserve the right to withdraw an offer of employment if a candidate does not pass their current year of study.
Application procedure
Visit Be a PAL Leader on the UWE Bristol website and view details about the role, including the qualities and skills required and which scheme you are eligible for.
Apply via our online application form from 5 Feb 2024 to 5 May 2024. If you wish to apply to be a Wellbeing PAL leader, a separate application form will be made available on the ‘Be a PAL Leader’ webpage in April 2024.
No interviewing involved due to large number of candidates required, but the selection process is undertaken by both the PAL Team and PAL Coordinators (designated academics within the Colleges).
For additional information about the role or and guidance on completing the online application, please attend one of our PAL Leader Information sessions. The date and locations can be found on the UWE Events page.
Please contact pal@uwe.ac.uk for more details.
5 May 2024
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