As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a Academic Development Practitioner ?
This role is term-time only, 25.9 hours per week, working 39 weeks per year.
Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.
Day to day duties of the role
* Work in partnership with faculty teams to design, plan and deliver responsive and flexible academic development and transition programmes to prepare learners for higher levels of study and/or continuation of learning.
* Track, monitor and report on learner attendance and progress.
* Promote and deliver a portfolio of individual support services that contribute toward organisational performance indicators, including retention, continuation and progression.
* Maintain communication with faculty teams to respond to learning support needs and provide timely interventions.
Required skills and qualifications
* Experience in planning and delivering structured sessions to groups of learners.
* Experience in providing one-to-one learner support.
* Good level of technical ability and competent user of technology.
* Skills in managing classrooms and expectations of learners.
For full details about the role and its responsibilities, please view the job description and person specification attached above.
Benefits
* Generous holiday entitlement
* 2-week Christmas closure
* Potential for hybrid working opportunities
* Dedicated staff welfare officer and wellbeing champions
* Generous pension scheme
* Local and national staff discounts
* Free parking across sites
* Various staff committees including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Autism and Menopause
* Focus on staff wellbeing
* Wellbeing@weston hub
* Eye care including free eye test and a contribution towards glasses
* Annual staff conference with guest speakers
* Employee assistance programme - available 24/7, 365 days a year
* Training and development opportunities with a focus on progression
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please be aware that Weston College reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Due to the volume of recruitment, we are unable to offer feedback to any unsuccessful candidates.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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