Learning Facilitator (Digital & Academic Skills) Ref: ME2122078

Job Description & Person Specification

Learning Facilitator (Digital & Academic Skills) Ref: ME2122078

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: In the range of £20,160 -£22,285 per annum (Dependent on skills, experience and qualifications)

Reporting to: College Librarian

Primary Location: Northampton, Booth Lane Campus but will also be required to work at the Lower Mounts and Daventry sites

Closing Date: Noon, Sunday 12 June 2022

Interview Date: Tuesday 28 June 2022

Job share will be considered for this post

This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Northampton College

Northampton College is proud, as the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region, to have been ranked, in the 2018/2019 National Achievement Rates Tables (NART), as 7th out of more than 200 colleges for 16 to 18-year old education and training.  As a College, who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.

The College has a culture of high expectations and high achievement, with 95% of students passing their qualifications and 94% progressing into employment or further study.  The expertise, professionalism and commitment of all our staff is critical to the students’ and College’s success as we strive for excellence in everything we do and our ambition to be an outstanding College.    

Values

• Respecting and helping each other

• Engaging people through teaching with expertise and enthusiasm

• Developing people through learning

• Bringing out the best in each other

• Playing our positive role in our community

Working as part of the team

The Library Team are very proud to support Northampton College’s culture of high standards, an inclusive working and learning environment, and a professional committed workforce who are focussed on supporting our students to achieve the best they possibly can. 

Job Purpose 

Provide students and staff with excellent levels of support, advice and guidance in accessing wide range of learning resources in various formats, use of digital platforms and development of digital and academic skills.

Role Specification 

• Support students with their studies by providing a welcoming, stimulating, creative, safe and student focused environment at all times.

• Provide support to students and staff in the use of a range of standard software applications in accordance with the College Digital Strategy.

• Supervise group and individual learning activities.

• Conduct agreed range of tasks and responsibilities to support overall LibraryPlus Team’s objectives with strong focus on developing and delivering digital and academic skills at various levels.

• Provide support to students and staff in the use of a range of electronic resources and course related software packages

• Create guides and learning materials, both electronic and paper based.

• Contribute to creation of resources and activities to support literacy, numeracy and development of digital capabilities.

• Carry out processes relating to the library services daily operations: use of LMS ‘Heritage’, locating relevant resources, support enquiry service etc.

• Ensure that library environment is conducive to learning and lead a courteous and efficient service to all LibraryPlus users.

• Work alongside the Learning Technologist to collaborate, inspire and share ideas in e-learning throughout the college.

• Undertake training on a range of technologies which facilitate teaching and learning and disseminate the knowledge to colleagues in a way which encourages practical application to improve student independent learning.

• The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for this post. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to the post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of the responsibility entailed.