Tutor
Company
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/22/2025
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Description
Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum, pro-rata
Edinburgh College of Art / Design
Guaranteed hours contract (60 hours)
Open ended (Permanent) contract
Role: Tutor at Edinburgh College of Art
Applications Are Invited For a Guaranteed Hours (GH), Open Ended Contract As a Tutor In Design And Screen Cultures On The Following Course
DESI11164 Objects of Desire – 60 hours (Semester 1 only)
The Opportunity
The School of Design at Edinburgh College of Art is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team as a Tutor. This flexible role will involve an average of 2-3 hours of teaching per week, in semester 1 only.
This role will support the delivery of the Design and Screen Cultures Course – The Objects of Desire (see link)
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxdesi11164.htm
Key responsibilities include leading seminars and group tutorials, providing live feedback as well as providing formative and summative assessment and feedback.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in Design and Material Cultures and a comprehensive understanding of the conceptual and historical aspects of craft and design. They must be able to teach in a seminar environment, working with students through a series of weekly seminar tasks and readings that compliment a series of weekly teachings, that are pre-recorded by the academic team and delivered through a flipped classroom model.
Click here to access the full job description: https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/jobdescriptionlibrary/ETsn5f6GDf5BlJZlVaxwjtABXHhycsA3_xRnLSm_My-jIw
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, and wish to particularly encourage applications from women and from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this level. As a member of our team, you will benefit from mentoring and development programmes, local EDI Committees and related activities, staff support networks such as Disabled Staff Network, Edinburgh Race Equality Network, Staff BAME Network, Staff Pride Network, and knowledge networks such as GenderEd and RaceEd.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 5 September 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held at a time to be determined later.
About The Team
Edinburgh College of Art is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. It comprises Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
Our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice.
Over 3,000 students and more than 800 staff study and work at ECA and we enjoy strong relationships with museums, galleries, archives, practitioners and industry partners in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
Grade UE06: £34,610 to £39,906 per annum, pro-rata
Edinburgh College of Art / Design
Guaranteed hours contract (60 hours)
Open ended (Permanent) contract
Role: Tutor at Edinburgh College of Art
Applications Are Invited For a Guaranteed Hours (GH), Open Ended Contract As a Tutor In Design And Screen Cultures On The Following Course
DESI11164 Objects of Desire – 60 hours (Semester 1 only)
The Opportunity
The School of Design at Edinburgh College of Art is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team as a Tutor. This flexible role will involve an average of 2-3 hours of teaching per week, in semester 1 only.
This role will support the delivery of the Design and Screen Cultures Course – The Objects of Desire (see link)
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxdesi11164.htm
Key responsibilities include leading seminars and group tutorials, providing live feedback as well as providing formative and summative assessment and feedback.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in Design and Material Cultures and a comprehensive understanding of the conceptual and historical aspects of craft and design. They must be able to teach in a seminar environment, working with students through a series of weekly seminar tasks and readings that compliment a series of weekly teachings, that are pre-recorded by the academic team and delivered through a flipped classroom model.
Click here to access the full job description: https://uoe.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/jobdescriptionlibrary/ETsn5f6GDf5BlJZlVaxwjtABXHhycsA3_xRnLSm_My-jIw
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or with substantial industry experience in craft and design.
- Experience of teaching within higher or further education settings with a proven ability to work confidently and effectively with a diverse student body.
- Proficient in delivering a range of teaching activities in the format of seminars and tutorials
- Strong, up-to-date knowledge of the conceptual and historical aspects of craft and design
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, and wish to particularly encourage applications from women and from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this level. As a member of our team, you will benefit from mentoring and development programmes, local EDI Committees and related activities, staff support networks such as Disabled Staff Network, Edinburgh Race Equality Network, Staff BAME Network, Staff Pride Network, and knowledge networks such as GenderEd and RaceEd.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 5 September 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held at a time to be determined later.
About The Team
Edinburgh College of Art is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. It comprises Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
Our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice.
Over 3,000 students and more than 800 staff study and work at ECA and we enjoy strong relationships with museums, galleries, archives, practitioners and industry partners in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
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