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Learning Support Worker Coordinator
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | South Gloucestershire and Stroud College |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REQ001311 |
Summary
Learning Support Worker Coordinator
Role Information:
Reference: REQ001311
Location: Filton Campus
FTE Salary: Up to £28,416.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: Up to £25,923.88
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year
SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Term-Time Only Contracts will incur a salary adjustment if the start date is after 1st September.
Financial Rewards and Benefits:
-Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
-Competitive Pension Scheme- Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 17.9%.
-Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
-Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
-Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
-Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
-Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
-Free Annual Eye test
-All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union
-Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
-Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
-Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
-Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.
Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
-Supporting the ALS Manager in the creation of the Overview of support
-Ongoing management of timetable changes
-Management of a team of approx 25 LSWs
-This will include all line management responsibilities including overseeing the yearly appraisal process, regular 1-to-1s and team meetings
-Curriculum liaison
-JLO’s & Learner walks
-To drive up the quality and consistency of support across college
-Manage the return and accuracy of staff timetables for audit purposes
-Supporting the funding and Audit Manager with collection of evidence for audit purposes
-Oversee completion of staff admin & tracking of support.
-Creative and review the individual LSW timetables
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
-GCSE Maths and English grade C or above
-Strong line management experience
-Experience of managing difficult and challenging situations
-Experience or demonstrable knowledge of FE
-Experience of timetabling staff
-Experience of effectively managing staff absence and appraisals.
-Knowledge or experience of working with SEN/vulnerable young people and adults
-Excellent computer literacy
Please apply online by: Tuesday 5th August 2025
Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed
If you have any queries please contact hrservicedesk@sgscol.ac.uk
SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.
Role Information:
Reference: REQ001311
Location: Filton Campus
FTE Salary: Up to £28,416.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: Up to £25,923.88
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year
SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Term-Time Only Contracts will incur a salary adjustment if the start date is after 1st September.
Financial Rewards and Benefits:
-Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
-Competitive Pension Scheme- Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 17.9%.
-Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
-Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
-Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
-Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
-Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
-Free Annual Eye test
-All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union
-Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
-Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
-Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
-Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.
Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
-Supporting the ALS Manager in the creation of the Overview of support
-Ongoing management of timetable changes
-Management of a team of approx 25 LSWs
-This will include all line management responsibilities including overseeing the yearly appraisal process, regular 1-to-1s and team meetings
-Curriculum liaison
-JLO’s & Learner walks
-To drive up the quality and consistency of support across college
-Manage the return and accuracy of staff timetables for audit purposes
-Supporting the funding and Audit Manager with collection of evidence for audit purposes
-Oversee completion of staff admin & tracking of support.
-Creative and review the individual LSW timetables
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
-GCSE Maths and English grade C or above
-Strong line management experience
-Experience of managing difficult and challenging situations
-Experience or demonstrable knowledge of FE
-Experience of timetabling staff
-Experience of effectively managing staff absence and appraisals.
-Knowledge or experience of working with SEN/vulnerable young people and adults
-Excellent computer literacy
Please apply online by: Tuesday 5th August 2025
Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed
If you have any queries please contact hrservicedesk@sgscol.ac.uk
SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.