Please note this position is for internal applications; only current Activate Learning Employees will be considered for this role.
About the role: Transition and Retention Advisor
We are looking for a Transition and Retention Adviser to join our Student Support and Safeguarding Team at Bracknell College.
The post holder will predominantly support our Looked After Children (Children we Care for), Young Carers, Care Leavers and learners who require transition support from school. The post holder will liaise with internal and external services to ensure students are supported throughout their learner journey to stay on programme and achieve positive destinations.
You will work alongside a strong team of like minded individuals in the wider Student Support team, including the Safeguarding Advisers, College Counsellors and Behaviour and Welfare Officers, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary partners, who all share a passion for seeing these barriers overcome and young people progress into employment or higher education
This is a permanent, full-time position based at Bracknell College.
What do you need to be successful as a Transition and Retention Adviser at Activate Learning?
You will have experience of working with young people or vulnerable adults within a school/youth work/college or relevant environment, along with an understanding of the issues that present as barriers to participation in education.
You will have knowledge about children who are ‘Looked After’, Care Leavers, or Young Carers, and an understanding of the statutory and community support available to them e.g., Social Workers, Personal Advisers, Virtual Schools, etc.
You will be an excellent communicator, with a creative approach to achieving engagement and participation, and be able to collaborate across a large organisation to improve outcomes for our vulnerable learners.
About you:
1. Experience of working with young people or adults at risk
2. Skilled at engaging young people who may be reluctant to engage
3. Strong administrative and organisational skills
Internal applicants - What do you need to do next?
Please download and complete your internal expression of interest, and then click apply to submit this and your CV in one document. As you prepare this, make sure you include the below points to make sure your application is as suitable as possible:
4. Detail why you would like to be considered for the role
5. Explain what skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience you have which make you a suitable candidate for the role
6. Detail what attributes you have which make you a suitable candidate for the role
We highly recommend that you speak with your manager in advance of any interview so that they are aware of your aspirations and can facilitate your progression.
Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits. Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.
Applications are encouraged from all candidates who meet or exceed minimum criteria, regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity. Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage, please contact the talent team directly.
Note: Some positions may require a legally mandated health surveillance check for exposure to hazardous conditions.
Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Activate Learning, have no authority to enter an arrangement. Recruitment agencies engaging with Activate Learning Talent Team will be on our PSL.