Family Learning & Community Engagement Officer
Hertford Regional College
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £23,685-£25,380 pro rata – Actual salary £10,615.62-£11,375.32
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 7 September 2016
Job overview
18 hours per week (1 post), Monday to Friday, Term time only + 2 weeks; Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2018
Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata per annum.
Location
Arlesdene Children's Centre, Cheshunt - HRT UK
Greenfield Children's Centre, Waltham Cross - HRT UK
High Trees Children's Centre, Turnford, Broxbourne - HRT UK (Primary)Broxbourne East Children’s Centre Group, Hertford Regional College
As the Family Learning & Community Engagement Officer for the Children’s Centre Group at Hertford Regional College, you will report directly to the Head of Centres. You will be required to have proven experience of working on projects or organising events, preferably from within the educational or Children’s Centre sector.
We are therefore seeking a dynamic, creative and motivated individual to join our team, who has the ability and skill to engage positively with parents, children and a range of professionals. You will promote the engagement of parents/carers in learning, development and volunteering opportunities, whilst co-ordinating the adult learning provision and the parents voice focus groups. You will work within a team to improve outcomes for families, particularly in relation to maximising opportunities for them to learn new skills and develop and achieve their aspirations. Having a solid understanding of family life and the complexities this can sometimes bring, safeguarding matters and the core purpose of children’s centres will be essential.
You will be required to develop and maintain tracking systems that evidence impact and progression achieved across the Children’s Centre Group. Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working with a range of internal and external partners to develop new programmes or services are essential to perform this role.
Hertford Regional College is a vibrant, dynamic further education college who are the Lead Agency for the Broxbourne East Children’s Centre Group. The Group consists of 3 children’s centres (Arlesdene, Greenfield and High Trees), who are committed to working effectively to engage with over 3000 children under 5 years and their families. Our passion for supporting our communities and inspiring children and their parents to achieve their personal aspirations is focused within our strategies, and we are working hard to make these visions a reality. The post will be based at the High Trees sites, although flexibility of working across the group, working occasional evenings and weekends will be essential.
Hertford Regional College will provide you with some of the best in house training and staff development opportunities to maintain your continuous professional development. Hertford Regional College can offer you free parking, a defined benefit Pension scheme, on site refectory with subsidised coffee outlet, a gym, a library and access to state of the art facilities for staff and learners. As a member of our team you and everybody living at your home address will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme, promoting wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for young children and their families and to provide high quality services to support others to achieve their aspirations? If so, apply now!
To find out more about HRC, please visit our website: www.hrc.ac.uk
Please note
All Candidates will receive either a notification to attend an Interview or an email to advise that they have been unsuccessful. This will be sent to the email address supplied upon application.
Please ensure that you outline in the Supporting Statement how your Experience, Skills and Qualifications meet those outlined in the Person Specification, only candidates that fully outline the above will be selected for interview.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any vacancies when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist.
All positions are subject to a DBS (formerly CRB) check and your start date will be dependent upon receipt of satisfactory DBS clearance.
Closing Date: 8 September 2016 @12 noon
Interview Date: 20 September 2016
If you wish to contact us, please email: hr@hrc.ac.uk
About Hertford Regional College
- Hertford Regional College
- Scotts Road, Ware
- Hertfordshire
- SG12 9JF
- United Kingdom
Hertford Regional College is the largest college in the area and offers the widest range of courses available.
Around 12,000 full or Part-time students chose to study at the College last year and although many of our students come from the immediate area, the reputation of the College also draws students from further afield.
During the year there are many different types of students studying at the College.
- Studying Full-time Further Education courses
- Studying Higher Education courses
- On day-release from their employers
- Attending college to gain qualifications to enable them to be better qualified at work
- Retraining for a new career
- Attending just because they want to learn
We are an Associate College of the University of Hertfordshire and have strong links with employers in the area. Our tutors are well qualified, often with current or recent experience of working in the subject they are teaching, and are focused on helping students to achieve success. Our success rates are above the national average for colleges.
There are opportunities to progress from “starter” courses to more advanced courses at either of the main College centres in Ware and Broxbourne or at other community centres. You can study Full-time or Part-time – during the day, in the evening and on Saturdays. The College provides just the right atmosphere to enable you to learn and study in an adult environment amongst others of your own age with the same interests and aspirations as yourself. College students in a recent Ofsted inspection praised the “friendly and supportive staff”.
The main College centres are in Ware and Broxbourne and there are also the smaller NextStep centres in Waltham Cross and Bishop's Stortford. Part-time courses are offered at these centres plus numerous other venues, such as schools and community centres, throughout Broxbourne and East Herts.
Amongst the top-class facilities you will find when you come to the College are:
- Well equipped Learning Resource Centres containing numerous books and periodicals, PCs and other learning tools
- Over 700 PCs around the College either in open plan workshops, learning areas, or classrooms
- A TV Studio
- Workshops and laboratories
- A refectory and shop offering drinks and snacks
- A large student centre
- A 40 seat licensed restaurant
- Specialist hairdressing and beauty therapy salons.
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