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Functional Skills Specialist

Functional Skills Specialist

Vision West Nottinghamshire College

Nottinghamshire

  • Expired
Salary:
£26,129 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
14 October 2017

Job overview

There’s never been a more exciting time to join West Nottinghamshire College Group.  West Nottinghamshire College Group has grown from a local college to an international organisation with a reputation for dynamism and success.  The college group is made up of a number of separate companies all with education and training to the very highest level at their heart.     We embrace and encourage all those who are driven to better themselves, achieve their goals and reach new heights. Outstanding resources combined with exceptional tutors and student support means that whatever your ambition, we can help you to achieve it.  Vision Business Support Services Ltd (VBSS) provides high-quality support services to all aspects of the college group, VBSS is a subsidiary company of West Nottinghamshire College and provides an important service and plays a pivotal part in the success of the college and creating an exceptional learner experience.   JOINING OUR JOURNEY   When you join our college, our staff have access to numerous benefits and facilities:  • Pension Scheme  • Occupational Health Service • Childcare Voucher Scheme  • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision • Staff Development days/week (July) • Free confidential counselling service • Free car parking • On-site Butterflies Day Nursery (Derby Road) • On-site hair and beauty salon, Revive Spa, fine dining Refine Restaurant and Create Theatre   The team At Vision Business everything we do is focused on finding ways to wow and create great experiences that make for happy clients.  We work hard to truly recognise what matters to our clients and to make them feel uniquely valued and appreciated.  Our team members are professionals that take ownership and accountability for their influence and impact on our clients and who steer their behaviours by principle and positivity.  We are very proud of every individual within our team that makes this delivery of specialist services possible.  If this describes you, we would love for you to apply to join our exciting team.  Our focus The main focus of Vision Business is to deliver high impact consultative solutions that exceed the expectations of businesses and individuals who engage with us.  Apprenticeship delivery is at the heart of what we do and we make a substantial contribution to the Government’s apprenticeship strategy, we are a market leader in our field and everything we do is about maintaining and strengthening our position.  Aims and purpose of the job Our specialists are a distinctive mix of talent.  They are subject relevant, having gained significant expertise to know their subject inside out, being ‘credible’ in their field.  They are ingenious at imparting knowledge and skill to others, bringing alive and sharing their subject expertise in a way that will develop our apprentices to become experts in their own right.  They are equally comfortable engaging with the managing director of the business as they are the apprentice.    We measure our success by how many of our clients achieve their apprenticeship programme and are happy with the service.   We also measure how many of our employers value the services we provide to their business and the contribution our apprentices make.

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About Vision West Nottinghamshire College

Vision West Nottinghamshire College is a mixed, non-denominational further education college in Nottinghamshire serving students from the age of 16 and above. The college has approximately 1,200  full and part-time students attending every year. The college has six sites based in Ashfield and Mansfield. 

Vision West Nottinghamshire College was established as a Technical College in 1928. It was renamed Vision West Nottinghamshire College in 2011. Facilities across the campuses include an engineering innovation centre, art and design centre, sports hall, a hair and beauty training salon and a training restaurant for catering and hospitality students to train in. 

Principal and Chief Executive

Dame Asha Knemka DBE

Values and vision 

Vision West Nottinghamshire College’s vision is to be “A dynamic college for aspiring communities.” The college wants all students to receive a personalised, high quality education where their skills and confidence is developed to allow for them to succeed to the best of their capability. Students are nurtured to respect differences and become responsible young adults who adopt a professional and mature attitude to their work. The college’s motto is “Attaining excellence, reaching new heights,” and has won a number of awards over the years, including a Beacon status and a gold award in the Green Impact Students’ Union Awards.

Ofsted

“Most learners make good progress, contribute well to their community and develop a good range of skills that enhance their job prospects. Learners enjoy their courses in college and in the workplace and are encouraged successfully to raise their aspirations and adopt healthy lifestyles.” 

View Vision West Nottinghamshire College’s latest Ofsted report 

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