Adult Learning Support Assistant - ESOL
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | leicestershire, LE67 3EA |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7006 |
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council- ESOL
Work Location: Main location Hinckley Library (Wednesdays &Thursdays). Additionally, Coalville Library & Any other locality as required.
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: Grade 5 Grade 5 £25,191 - £25,590 per annum, (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 11.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Thursday 12th February 2026.
Interview Date(s): TBC
Learning Support Assistant - ESOL
This vacancy is an opportunity to work for the ESOL Curriculum as a ESOL Learning Support Assistant.
This is an opportunity for appropriately qualified and skilled LSA candidates to join the enthusiastic, committed, and experienced Leicestershire County Council, Adult Learning Service, ESOL team. We deliver high quality, accredited and non-accredited ESOL programmes to ESOL Learners from a range of cultural backgrounds across Leicestershire County in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
The curriculum team provides learning opportunities to help learners to be able to live in and contribute to a community and to find appropriate employment and enabling them to take a greater part in life in the UK.
About the Role
This role will be supporting the whole curriculum working alongside specific course tutors in delivery and development of language skills.
- A good level of English and maths is required to support learners achieve their aims. We would also be looking for some experience in supporting in an educational environment or similar.
- As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be working under the guidance of the curriculum coordinator and course tutors to support learners to achieve their learning outcomes. The successful candidate will be working with diverse groups of learners in a vibrant and engaging learning environment. The support could include assisting someone physically, helping with understanding maths problems, reading, organisation, writing or keeping focus.
Adult Learning courses are delivered in a variety of venues around Leicestershire and the successful candidate(s) may be required to work in more than one location.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have a good level of English and maths (i.e., Level 2 or above qualification in both)
- Have some experience (voluntary or paid) in supporting learning in an educational environment or similar
- Basic digital skills including use of emails and web pages
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under direction and on own initiative
- Understanding of the principles of safeguarding
- Have Qualifications, experience and knowledge
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Enter name and job title Ruby Chowdhury, Programme Manager
Telephone: 01163050491
To contact me by email, please click here
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus; communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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