<div><h3>About the role</h3><p>If you are looking to further your career at a groundbreaking and award‑winning college, we’d love to hear from you!</p><p>We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our dedicated Access Advser team within Learning Support. You will have a caseload of students who you will manage from application to progression, ensuring their support needs are delivered, reviewed and adjusted where appropriate. The ultimate goal will be to help the student become more independent in their learning, relying on strategies they have learned so they can achieve, thrive and progress.</p><h3>Benefits</h3><p>New College Durham offers a wide range of benefits to enhance your professional development, take care of your health and well‑being and help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance. On top of this, our flexible benefits scheme lets you choose from a comprehensive selection of benefits and rewards to meet your individual needs.</p><p>Support and benefit options include:</p><ul><li>Hybrid working for greater work/life balance</li><li>Family‑friendly policies including Flexible Working, Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave, and Special Leave</li><li>Generous annual leave package and option to purchase additional annual leave</li><li>Training, support and the opportunity to develop your professional skills, including three full days each year exclusively to staff development</li><li>Free car parking</li><li>Reduced price for gym and beauty treatments</li></ul><h3>About the college</h3><p>New College Durham is a great place to work. It is a high‑performing and financially outstanding college. We are continually investing in new facilities and resources to benefit our students, such as our new development, T.H.E HUB. Staff who are new to teaching in further education may be eligible for the Levelling up premium payment for FE teachers here at New College Durham; please check GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) for more details. New College Durham is one of the leading Further Education colleges in the North East and continues to be at the forefront of new initiatives, being one of the few colleges in the North East to offer all the new T‑Level programmes. We focus on providing training and education that creates the best outcomes for our students, giving them the edge in their chosen industry.</p><h3>Inclusive and safeguarding</h3><p>New College Durham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment. We are committed to a fully inclusive and diverse community. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates. We particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. As an inclusive employer, the following recognitions demonstrate our commitment to our workforce and the community we serve:</p><ul><li>Disability Confident Status</li><li>Mindful Employer</li><li>Dying to Work</li><li>Better Health at Work – maintaining excellence</li></ul><h3>Compliance and application information</h3><p>New College Durham has further signed up to the AOC Mental Health and Well‑Being charter, as well as the AOC EDI Charter. We pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students; to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks. Before applying for a role with New College Durham it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a person who is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please see below: DBS code of practice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note that Curriculum Vitae (CVs) will not be accepted.</p></div>