MASH Peer Tutor

Number of positions: 10

Start date: 22/9/25

Rate of pay: Casual Demonstrator (CW6) pay grade, £16.46/hour + holiday pay (£18.45 total)

Hours required: Estimated two or three hours per week, on average, during teaching weeks only. Session times are currently not known.

Job description:

MASH is the University’s mathematics and statistics help provision as part of the Mathematics Resources Centre. We provide daily drop-in support for all students, and dedicated sessions for Year 1 students studying Mathematics modules, led by a team of peer tutors.

Peer tutors will work in small teams to deliver drop-in support during teaching weeks. We surveyed our peer tutors in 2024 and 100% of respondents said they enjoyed working for MASH.

Essential skills and qualities:

· You must be a student within the mathematics department, including dual honours (a computer science student applying only to work in the Python drop-in is also acceptable)

· You must be a year 2/3/4 undergraduate or a postgraduate with a mathematics undergraduate background.

· Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

· Good verbal communication skills.

· Ability to explain complex mathematical concepts.

· Empathetic.

· Good organisational skills and attention to detail.

Method of application: 1) Please complete this form

2) Please email your full examination results to date; this must either be a transcript generated via SAMIS or a screenshot from SAMIS: http://www.bath.ac.uk/student-records/transcripts/. If SAMIS is unavailable, email transcripts@bath.ac.uk to request your transcript.

Deadline: Monday 31st August 2025

Interviews: Monday 7th and Wednesday 9th September (via MS teams)

Decisions: Friday 11th September

First day: Friday 26th September, this is a (on campus) training session. You will need to attend a very brief in-person ‘right to work’ check before, or on, the first day of work, this requires you to have your passport with you.

Queries: If you have any queries, please email mash@bath.ac.uk.