Overview
As a Student Advisor (Enrichment), you will be at the forefront of guiding students towards holistic growth and development. Your role goes beyond academic counselling; you will empower students to explore diverse opportunities for personal and professional enrichment, ensuring they thrive both inside and outside the classroom.
Proactively build positive relationships and rapport with students in the Student Support Centre and communal areas, modelling appropriate behaviours via informal and formal interactions. Provide friendly, accurate, and up-to-date advice, guidance, support, and signposting to learners in the Open Plan Student Support Centre from a 1:1 Support Desk on a rotational basis.
Assist learners in completing internal application forms for financial funds such as the 16-19 Bursary, 19+ Learner Support Fund, West London Trust Fund, and 24+ Bursary Fund. Provide break/lunchtime enrichment activities on a rotational basis in the designated communal areas, engaging with students to ensure that their leisure time is spent constructively and helping them maintain appropriate standards of behaviour.
Establish and maintain clear boundaries and expectations around attendance and punctuality, effectively challenge behaviour and regularly signpost students to support services, enrichment activities/events and employability opportunities. Take appropriate and timely action to safeguard students, providing consistent and professional service to all students. Identify and report any Safeguarding concerns using the College's internal and external procedures.
Responsibilities
* Proactively build positive relationships and rapport with students in the Student Support Centre and communal areas, modelling appropriate behaviours via informal and formal interactions.
* Provide friendly, accurate, and up-to-date advice, guidance, support, and signposting to learners in the Open Plan Student Support Centre from a 1:1 Support Desk on a rotational basis.
* Assist learners in completing internal application forms for financial funds (e.g., 16-19 Bursary, 19+ Learner Support Fund, West London Trust Fund, 24+ Bursary Fund).
* Provide break/lunchtime enrichment activities on a rotational basis in designated communal areas and help students spend leisure time constructively while maintaining appropriate behaviour.
* Establish and maintain clear boundaries around attendance and punctuality; challenge behaviour appropriately and signpost students to support services, enrichment activities/events, and employability opportunities.
* Take appropriate and timely action to safeguard students and report safeguarding concerns using College procedures.
What we offer
We value our team and offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work they put into supporting our learners. As a member of the support team, you will receive the following:
* Excellent Holiday Allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and college closure days at Christmas (3)
* Eye care vouchers
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Interest-free loans for Season tickets; Computers
* Contributory average salary with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)
* Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform
* Access to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Discount at the College's on-site hair and beauty salon
About West London College
At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, and Inclusion. We have three college sites across West London: Ealing, Hammersmith, and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to our students' education and their future. As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities.
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