Become a tutor for COMPOS

• Each tutor is assigned 8-10 students per tutorial group, and you can have up to three groups.
• Attend training before tutorials begin.
• Make initial contact with your students and organise a regular weekly tutorial time, in coordination with the administrators
• Determine a suitable video call app, online whiteboard tool, e-pen and surface or tablet for everyone in your group (we can provide some options)
• Use the lesson plans provided, and/or your own materials, to plan an interactive, weekly, online tutorial based on the assignments

• Deliver an interactive weekly tutorial
• Promptly mark work and give feedback to students when they submit their assignments
• Act as a mentor and role model for the students who will be curious about life at university and STEM careers
• Communicate with your students regarding tutorials, assignments and answer their assignment-related questions

• Return attendance, grades and other needed data to COMPOS administrators as required
• Abide by our code of conduct, data protection and safeguarding procedures
• Attend any training required for the role including safeguarding training

You will be employed by the University of Oxford and paid as a casual member of staff at an hourly rate currently £21.95, which covers all marking time as well as tutorials. We assume four hours work a week to prepare, tutor and do any marking. Your supervisors are the Lead Tutor and Lead Academic Coordinator.

All tutorials begin in late-October or early November. The non-examined year groups (Yrs 10 and 12) complete the programme in mid-July and should receive approximately 27 tutorials. The examined years (Yrs 11 and 13) complete their programme in February and March, and should receive at least 15 tutorials. You are expected to tutor from the start of the programme through to the end, which may be February or July depending on the year group of your students. You will deliver at least the minimum number of tutorials.

You can take holiday if required, but should catch-up any missed tutorials. We break for two weeks at Christmas and one week over Easter.

We're looking for tutors who:

• Are second year of undergraduate or above and studying for, or have, a degree in physics or a physics-related subject such as engineering.
• Can tutor mathematics and physics to the level of a very capable 18-year-old student.
• Have a strong interest and passion for maths and physics.
• Are friendly and approachable to ensure your online tutorials are enjoyable.
• Are organised and can plan tutorials, mark and return work on a regular basis.
• Are familiar with using video call apps and online learning platforms (such as Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas, etc.).
• Are familiar with using whiteboard apps (such as Miro, iDroo, etc.).
• Willing to learn through offered training, observations, and to receive feedback from the team to support your tutoring.
• Can deliver a tutorial in fluent English, we welcome applications from international tutors with English as an additional language.
• Can pass a DBS check to work with secondary students (which will be arranged if you are accepted).

Applications are reviewed from April-August as the programme commences in mid-October. You must be able to confirm that you have the right to work in the UK.

You will be invited to an online interview and asked to present a short piece of teaching in a tutorial style. You will be asked some basic questions about physics and maths to check your ability to present well and explain ideas. We are looking for people who communicate clearly, have good subject knowledge, and can make an online tutorial fully interactive and interesting. We advise against a lecturing-style of tutoring.

We ask for references to confirm your qualifications and reliability, and we must carry out an enhanced DBS check according to our safeguarding policy.

We advertise positions on the University of Oxford website, through contacts at other UK universities, on Indeed.com and welcome email enquiries.

Please contact Dr Rachael Hawkins via our main email address: compos [at] physics.ox.ac.uk for an informal discussion or to enquire about the role.