Roles & requirements
Appointments for summer residential schools will be advertised during February and March 2013. The schools will be held in June, July and August. Accommodation is provided, usually in standard undergraduate rooms, and you will need to be fully resident at the site throughout your appointment.
Schools will be held at the Universities of Bath, Nottingham, Sussex, York, Queen Mary College University of London. Modern language schools will also be held at Caen, Jena and Santiago.
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Applications from Open University associate lecturers, host University staff and other academics who have appropriate qualifications and experience are invited for these posts.
For tutor, senior tutor and group tutor positions, Open University associate lecturers with appropriate experience will usually be given preference over equally well-qualified external applicants (whether those applicants have successful residential school experience or not).
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Copies of the job descriptions for roles at Summer residential schools can be found below.
Module director (formerly known as course director)
Module director's assistant/academic assistant/foreign language assistant
Note: All posts are advertised on the Human Resources job website Job opportunities: Current vacancies (you will need an OUCU and password to access this site). Additionally, staff who have worked previously in this role will be invited to apply again.
back to topSchool directors and school administrators
School directors and school administrators are appointed for each residential school venue. The roles are open to OU salaried staff only; Applicants for the school director role must be grade 8 or above and for the school administrator role must be grade 7 or above.
These posts are advertised on the Human Resource jobs website Job opportunities: Current vacancies (you will need an OUCU and password to access this site). Additionally, staff who have worked previously in one of these roles will be invited to apply again.
Where an appointment involves an overseas school, the applicant must have proficiency in the spoken language.
The job descriptions for both roles are listed below for information:
Appointments are also made for assistant school administrator and office roles. These posts are advertised on the Human Resource job website Job opportunities: Current vacancies. Additionally, staff who have worked previously in one of these roles will be invited to apply again.
Regional centres (East Grinstead, Bristol, London and Nottingham) will recruit assistant school administrators and office staff for UK-based summer schools.
Assistant school administrator