Personal Progress Tutor

Personal Progress Tutor 

West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds 

37 hours per week, 38  weeks per year 

o Role 1 – Permanent - 239903

o Role 2 – Fixed Term until  12/08/2023* - 239902

Salary: £21,080 to £23,173 per annum pro rata for part-time posts (Actual salary £17,300 - £19,018 per annum) 

West Suffolk College is one of the country’s leading further education and apprenticeship providers. Our apprenticeship results have consistently remained above the national average. We offer many degrees, HNCs and HNDs at our focused and inclusive University Studies Centre. We have around 13,000 students including nearly 2,000 apprentices studying with us.

We are looking to appoint a supportive and dedicated Personal Progress Tutor to join our department, working as a member of the cross-college team to deliver effective tutorial entitlement, learner support and guidance, and targeted intervention activities with challenging students. 

This rewarding role would be suited to somebody with the ability to engage and relate to learners, and a genuine passion to support them in their progress.  The successful applicant will have previous experience of providing support to learners in a similar capacity, and will have a sound understanding of tutoring.  

As a College, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees.  Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview. 

This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance. 

This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

*Please state in your application which role you would like to be considered for 

For further information please contact our recruitment team at: recruitment@wsc.ac.uk 

Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@wsc.ac.uk – if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.  

Closing Date: 8.00am on Thursday 21st July 

Interviews:  Interviews will be week commencing 25th July 2022

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.

The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.  For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website – www.wsc.ac.uk/privacy-and-terms