Personal Development Tutor – Team Leader (EL417)

Contract Type: Permanent                        

Hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Location: Ellesmere Port and Chester Campuses

Do you have great communication skills, enjoy helping young people and supporting them?

We are seeking an inspiring individual to join our Personal Development Tutor Team at our Ellesmere Port and Chester Campuses as the Team Leader. This role involves line managing a team of Personal Development Tutors, delivering high quality and effective tutorials, monitor and ensure attendance is high, undertake group tutorials and 1:1s and work closely with curriculum areas and other departments to ensure good outcomes for all learners. This position will also play a key role providing pastoral, welfare and initial safeguarding support for learners and supporting the College to provide wrap around care for learners.

Do you have experience of leading a team?

This could be through;

• Previous work experience
• Previous line management experience
• Youth / community groups
• Voluntary group work
• Charity work

And have the following skills or experience?

• Leading, guiding, coaching and mentoring
• Chairing meetings
• Planning and implementing
• Setting and review targets
• Working to deadlines
• Reviewing with a view for continuous improvement
• Forming working relationships which result in positive outcomes
• Managing difficult situations such as safeguarding concerns, with a calm approach

Key Responsibilities:

• Line manage and support a team of Personal Development Tutors within the campus area in the delivery of a high quality, engaging, relevant tutorial programme and effective 1:1 reviews;
• Overview and ensure attendance is robustly challenged and monitoring arrangements are in place to support learners to attend;
• To carry a small caseload of learners and support them in group tutorials and 1:1s;
• Undertake a key role providing pastoral, welfare and initial safeguarding support for learners and support the College to provide wrap around care for learners;
• Act as a point of contact for referrals and to make appropriate referrals; and
• To work closely with curriculum and other departments to oversee the support and the quality assurance for attendance, progress and progression.

Key Person Specification Requirements:

• Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject (or equivalent);
• GCSE Grade C (4/5) in Maths and English (or equivalent);
• PGCE/Cert Ed/Level 3 Education and Training (or equivalent) or actively working towards one of the qualifications;
• Good understanding of the personal development themes covered in a group tutorials;
• Ability to deliver effective group tutorial sessions, including those on more sensitive topics;
• Awareness and understanding of what constitutes excellent pastoral, welfare and academic support;
• A clear understanding of the importance of student target setting, monitoring and reviewing to ensure achievement and a positive outcome for students;
• The ability to lead a team and ensure that departmental outcomes are achieved and
• Enhanced DBS check.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Benefits:

• Access to world-class facilities
• Access to new qualifications to support your career in education such as short online courses in the areas below. If you're interested in learning more about this, please email [email protected].
• Equality and Diversity
• Information, Advice and Guidance
• Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent
• Principles of Customer Service
• Financial support offered to obtain your teacher qualification
• Extensive upskilling and professional development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with generous employer contributions (28.68% for TPS and 21% for LGPS)
• Up to 51 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Christmas closure, and a dedicated Wellbeing Day
• Onsite fitness and childcare facilities
• Employee benefit platform
• Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants and hair and beauty salon
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Staff Awards