Student Learning Advisor ESOL Threshold - Fixed term to October 2024
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29,289 to £31,937 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Isleworth, West London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | West Thames College |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
West Thames College is one of the most exciting and successful colleges of further and higher education in London and our vibrant campuses in Isleworth and Feltham have some of the best facilities in the country.
We have a reputation for giving excellent support to our diverse student population. Staff are well supported within a culture of continuous professional development and are encouraged to take on new and more senior roles within the college. Facilities across our campuses in Isleworth and Feltham are state-of-the art with good public transport links and free staff parking.
We are a values-based and highly inclusive college, serving a vibrant and diverse area, and making a positive contribution to wider social and economic agendas. We offer courses from pre-entry through to Higher Education, Apprenticeship and Traineeship programmes to meet the skills needs of our students aged 14 upwards.
At West Thames College we are committed to safeguarding our students. The safety of students continues to be a primary focus. We practice safe staff recruitment and check the suitability of staff and volunteers that work with young students or vulnerable adults. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The purpose of the post is:
To support the academic success of individual students by providing personal support through: regular guidance; tracking and target setting; referral to other support services as appropriate; contributing to student progression and career plans; contributing to the development of the skills, knowledge and attributes needed for work and life as an effective citizen. A key focus of this role is to provide individual support via one-to-one.
Full details of the post can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Please study the items in this person specification carefully and when completing your application form try to describe your knowledge, skills and experience in terms of those particular items:
1. Educated to L3 or equivalent.
2. Have a teaching qualification or be willing to obtain one within an agreed timescale.
3. Experience or aptitude for working successfully with young people to help ensure they achieve their goals – work in an education, youth or community setting an advantage.
4. Can build effective working relations with a wide range of individual students and groups of students and with their parents/guardians.
5. Can deliver well structured tutorial sessions to groups of students so they are actively engaged, learning goals are achieved and good punctuality, attendance and behaviour is maintained.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding and the ability to handle a range of safeguarding and wellbeing issues in accordance with college policy.
7. Demonstrate good teamwork and interpersonal skills, to enable good working relationships to be formed together with confident and effective personal judgement.
8. Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including one to one, and with groups of students.
9. Possess strong administration skills and a high level of personal organisation in order to work independently and within deadlines.
10. Can maintain confidentiality and show sensitivity to student needs in discussing personal and domestic problems.
11. Be willing to undertake training and development as required within the role.
12. Possess a Literacy and Numeracy qualification at Level 2
13. Possesses appropriate IT skills relevant to the post or be willing to undertake training.
14. Have an awareness and understanding of Prevent and Safeguarding initiatives and how to embed this in the curriculum with a willing to undertake further training.
15. Have an awareness and understanding of how equal opportunities will impact on this post.
We have a reputation for giving excellent support to our diverse student population. Staff are well supported within a culture of continuous professional development and are encouraged to take on new and more senior roles within the college. Facilities across our campuses in Isleworth and Feltham are state-of-the art with good public transport links and free staff parking.
We are a values-based and highly inclusive college, serving a vibrant and diverse area, and making a positive contribution to wider social and economic agendas. We offer courses from pre-entry through to Higher Education, Apprenticeship and Traineeship programmes to meet the skills needs of our students aged 14 upwards.
At West Thames College we are committed to safeguarding our students. The safety of students continues to be a primary focus. We practice safe staff recruitment and check the suitability of staff and volunteers that work with young students or vulnerable adults. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The purpose of the post is:
To support the academic success of individual students by providing personal support through: regular guidance; tracking and target setting; referral to other support services as appropriate; contributing to student progression and career plans; contributing to the development of the skills, knowledge and attributes needed for work and life as an effective citizen. A key focus of this role is to provide individual support via one-to-one.
Full details of the post can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Please study the items in this person specification carefully and when completing your application form try to describe your knowledge, skills and experience in terms of those particular items:
1. Educated to L3 or equivalent.
2. Have a teaching qualification or be willing to obtain one within an agreed timescale.
3. Experience or aptitude for working successfully with young people to help ensure they achieve their goals – work in an education, youth or community setting an advantage.
4. Can build effective working relations with a wide range of individual students and groups of students and with their parents/guardians.
5. Can deliver well structured tutorial sessions to groups of students so they are actively engaged, learning goals are achieved and good punctuality, attendance and behaviour is maintained.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding and the ability to handle a range of safeguarding and wellbeing issues in accordance with college policy.
7. Demonstrate good teamwork and interpersonal skills, to enable good working relationships to be formed together with confident and effective personal judgement.
8. Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including one to one, and with groups of students.
9. Possess strong administration skills and a high level of personal organisation in order to work independently and within deadlines.
10. Can maintain confidentiality and show sensitivity to student needs in discussing personal and domestic problems.
11. Be willing to undertake training and development as required within the role.
12. Possess a Literacy and Numeracy qualification at Level 2
13. Possesses appropriate IT skills relevant to the post or be willing to undertake training.
14. Have an awareness and understanding of Prevent and Safeguarding initiatives and how to embed this in the curriculum with a willing to undertake further training.
15. Have an awareness and understanding of how equal opportunities will impact on this post.
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