CLEAR CONTENT LIMITED
Study Skills Specialist (SpLD)
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Study Skills Specialist (SpLD)
Edinburgh, Sunderland
£30.00 + £3.62 holiday pay per hour
The Role
Clear Links Support is recruiting for One-to-One Study Skills Specialists to support students with a Specific Learning Difference (SpLD) studying in Edinburgh and Sunderland.
You will be working with students to provide strategies to develop the study skills required when studying in higher education. This can include developing skills in time management, essay planning and studying online, as well as strategies to develop students' memory, organisation and referencing skills.
Pay: £30 per hour plus £3.62 holiday pay per hour.
We offer:
- Flexible working hours to suit your availability
- Competitive hourly pay rate, plus holiday pay per hour (£3.62 for this role)
- Continuous Professional Development allowance
- Free CPD accredited online training on relevant topics
- Workplace pension scheme
- A dedicated team of office staff and a single point of contact to support you in the role
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Requirements
Applicants must be available to provide in person support at either University of Edinburgh or University of Sunderland. We expect work to be available from September 2025.
Applicants should have membership (full or associate level) of at least one of these professional bodies: PATOSS, BDA, PASSHE, The Dyslexia Guild.
It is desirable that applicants have experience in a similar role within the last five years. Applicants should also have an understanding of the impact of disabilities in the further/higher education context.
Applicants must be able to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
By the start of employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. This post is also subject to satisfactory references, a background check under the PVG Scheme for work in Scotland, as well as other applicable pre-employment checks.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and are positive about the employment of disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised vacancy will be contacted to discuss their application further.
If you may need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please indicate this on the application form. We will contact you to find out how we can best support you if your application is progressed.
If you require this job advert or the application form in a different format please contact us on supportallocation@clear-links.co.uk.
We aim to process applications within 7 working days but during busy periods this may take longer.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills