Recruitment and Selection: Job Description and Person Specification for Assistant Tutor for Student Experience at University of Northampton

This report discusses the recruitment and selection process in human resource management with a focus on the job description and person specification for the role of Assistant Tutor for Student Experience at University of Northampton. It includes the company overview, job overview, roles and responsibilities, qualifications, and person specification. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of recruitment and selection in managing human resources.

Managing Human
Resources (Task 1)

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Job description.................................................................................................................................1
Person Specification.........................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3

Introduction
Human Resource Management can be defined as the employee management within an
organization. It includes the several functions and activities which are at the responsibility of the
human resource people. Such as recruitment and selection, on boarding and induction, training
and development, performance appraisals, exit interviews and many more. The following
discussion is based on the recruitment and selection domain of the human resource management.
Recruitment and selection can be defined as the process of looking of the candidates in order to
fill the vacant position in the company. It includes the screening of the candidates with the
process of interviews and selection techniques for final selecting of the candidate. It helps in
selection of the right candidate for the right job in a strategic manner in a systematic way. Job
description and person specification are the parts of recruitment and selection tools which helps
in attracting the best skilled candidates towards the organization. It includes the summary of the
entire job specifications so that candidate can overview the same for applying for the job. The
following discussion is based on the job profile of assistant tutor for student experience at the
University of Northampton. The below report prepares the job description and person
specification for the same with conclusion.
Job description
Company Overview University Of Northampton based in England, United Kingdom. It was
established in 1999. University is now moving to the new waterside
campus and looking for the Assistant Tutor for Student Experience
(Level 4 Business and HRM).
Post Assistant Tutor for Student Experience (Level 4 Business and HRM).
Job overview University is expected the full-time role would assist the lecturing
teams in Business and HRM to render academic study skills and
subject assistance to current level 4 students.
The role will also include undertaking personal tutoring,
administration support and 100 hours of teaching for level 4 subjects.
It would also impart towards the student experience for level 4
students, studying on Business and HRM programmes, at the
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University of Northampton. The role would be offered on a fixed term
contract for one year commencing in August 2021.
Roles and
responsibilities
 Meeting with the teachers to discuss about the lessons plans
and agendas
 Must have the knowledge of all the lessons plans while
interacting with the students
 Interaction must be in a way which conveys the educational
material
 Maintaining classrooms sessions by handling disturbances and
providing guidelines for the same
 Reporting and documenting the activities to the senior staff
 Grading students on their merits
Qualifications  Graduation with degree in an education field of business and
HRM and level 4 type of studies
 Verbal and written communication skills
 Robust interpersonal skills
 Organisational and prioritising skills
Person Specification
Essential Desirable
Qualification
Education to level 4 Yes
Minimum to level 4 qualification in business and HRM Yes
Evidence of continuous professional development Yes
Experience
Tutoring young people Yes
Working within a school or university Yes
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Management strategies and challenges Yes
Delivering specific intervention programmes Yes
Knowledge and skills
Monitoring and tracking the progress Yes
Creating positive educational environment Yes
Handling complicated situations Yes
Managing conflicts and workloads Yes
Overcoming communication barriers Yes
Personal Attributes
Resilience Yes
Strategic and creative Yes
Problem solving behaviour Yes
Excellent communication skills Yes
Professional, loyal and honest Yes
Change management Yes
Team management Yes
Conclusion
It is concluded that recruitment and selection is an important part of the human resource
management. This is because it helps the organization getting the experiences and best talented
candidate who can manages the operations of the company in a more effective and efficient
manner. It provides the competitive advantage to the firm because employees are considered as
the greatest assets of the company and hence their needs are to be taken care of within an
enterprise in order to improve productivity and performance within an organization. Therefore, it
is important and essential to learn about the formulation of job description so that candidate can
better summarise all the requirements for the application of the job. It is necessary and
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significant to study about the person specification so that the detailing of the skills can be
summarised by the candidate for better suitability to the role. Hence, the above report covers all
such areas in order to better understand the conception of recruitment and selection domains in
human resource management.
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