* Locations James Clerk Maxwell Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, GB (100% On-campus)
* Organization Edinburgh University Group
* Department Mathematics
* Apply Before 04/03/2025, 10:59 PM
* Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
* Criminal Record Check Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check required
* Work Duration Months 8
* Job Schedule Part time
* Grade UE04
* Number of Openings 3
* Job Function Administration
Job Description
College of Science and Engineering/School of Mathematics
Guaranteed Hours: 2 hours every fortnight during the university semesters
Fixed Term: 15/09/25 – 24/04/26
Number of posts: 3
We are looking for university students with an interest in teaching who will be in Year 3 of an undergraduate degree within the School of Mathematics in September 2025.
The Opportunity:
As a Maths Coach, you will have the opportunity to support, motivate and build the mathematical confidence of secondary school pupils by coaching them in mathematics through a bespoke online platform where communication is entirely text and drawing based. You will also receive training in relevant pedagogical models which you can employ in your coaching and use as tools to improve and reflect on your practice.
Your skills and attributes for success:
* An overall average of at least 60% in your Year 2 studies so far.
* An interest in mathematics education and teaching, particularly related to secondary school mathematics.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* 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.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:
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.
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 3 April 2025.
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.
About the Team
The School of Mathematics
The University of Edinburgh's School of Mathematics is one of the world’s leading mathematical sciences departments, home to world-class researchers and to an innovative educational environment for both undergraduates and postgraduates. We are proud to have a highly international faculty and students from around the world. As a School we value both the breadth and depth of our research and teaching.
We have around 110 permanent faculty and around 45 research fellows and research associates, who cover a broad range of research topics in pure and applied mathematics, operational research and statistics. The School has an enviable record of attracting prestigious fellowships and currently hosts, for instance, 6 ERC grant holders and 7 Royal Society University Research and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows. In the 2023 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects we are ranked 18th among the world’s best Mathematics departments. Together with the Departments of Mathematics and Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics at Heriot-Watt University, we form the Maxwell Institute; our joint submission to REF2021 was ranked 3rd in the UK for Mathematical Sciences by research power, based on the quality and breadth of our combined research.
The School delivers a world-leading educational experience for its students and is constantly exploring new evidence-based ideas in mathematical education in order to provide a stimulating learning environment. There are excellent possibilities for imaginative curriculum development, including online activities, and course design and delivery. The School teaches pure and applied Mathematics, operational research and statistics. We have approximately 1000 undergraduate students, around 210 MSc students, and our Graduate School has close to 160 PhD students.
Edinburgh is home to the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, one of the UK’s two major conference centres in the mathematical sciences and operated jointly by the University with Heriot-Watt University. Over the past 30 years the centre has established a superb reputation for hosting workshops at the highest scientific level on all mathematical topics, attracting many of the best mathematicians in the world to the UK.
The School is located in the James Clerk Maxwell Building which is situated on the King's Buildings campus, approximately 3 kilometres south of the city centre.
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