Student Support Officer
Sandwell College
Sandwell
- £19,638 - £22,750 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 August 2020
Job overview
Location: Central Campus, Sandwell, West Bromwich
Working Hours: 37
Salary: £19,638 - £22,750
Sandwell College is a fantastic leading organisation. We are a large, successful, richly diverse and growing college based on the outskirts of Birmingham. We have achieved significant success over recent years and we have further, big ambitions for the future with just under 6,000 students currently studying with us.
We offer competitive pay and excellent rewards including:
Excellent annual leave for Lecturers plus bank holiday allowance
Competitive pension scheme
A variety of health and wellbeing programmes
Discounted gym membership
Progressive career development and training with regular ‘Appreciation Days’
As the ‘Further Education College of the year 2019’, we are looking to appoint a Student Support Officer to join our successful team to help support and assist with managing student behaviour and encouraging attendance among our learners. The College has been relentless in its efforts to improve the quality of student behaviour and extending support to the learners in a variety of ways. This exciting opportunity is permanent and full-time.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dedicated Student Support Officer who has a can-do attitude and committed to assisting with the development and attendance of our learners.
If you have good communication skills, the ability to work with learners in a way that allows them to be successful at College then we would welcome an application from you.
To be successful you must have a First Aid at Work Certificate and demonstrate the ability to respond to incidents/ accidents when required. You will also ideally hold a GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above and an SIA qualification.
Closing date is the 25th August 2020. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date.
To view the job description, please refer to the attached document. For further information, please contact: HR@sandwell.ac.uk
Interviews: First stage interviews will take place End of August/beginning of September 2020.
Sandwell College is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects the diverse community we serve and positively encourage applications form all.
Attached documents
About Sandwell College
About Sandwell College
Sandwell College is a great place to work; a large, successful and growing College that has achieved significant success over recent years and has further, big ambitions for its future.
It has two state of the art campuses in West Bromwich accessible through excellent transport links and, following a successful merger with Cadbury Sixth Form College, has an exciting presence in Birmingham.
The majority of the College’s full-time students are aged 16-18, studying courses designed to give them skills for the modern workplace in a learning environment fully equipped with a specialist automotive centre, beauty and hairdressing salons, computer suites, construction workshops, engineering and science laboratories, fashion and photography studios, a sports hall and a 170-seater theatre.
Principal
Graham Pennington
Values and vision
Sandwell College aims to help students achieve their goals and take their next step, whether that be further progression with the college, Higher Education, or employment and training. It also aims to offer its students first class guidance and support and to do everything it possibly can to help them succeed, driving innovation and quality forward.
Sandwell College’s objective is to give young people the best possible transition from school to college and get them into top universities and careers. It is also strongly committed to creating opportunities for its adult learners by working closely with local and regional businesses, both large and small, to help them develop a skilled workforce.
Ofsted
“The large majority of students make good or better progress. Students develop very good personal, social and employability skills that prepare them well for further study and for the world of work. Teaching and learning are good, and often outstanding. Students benefit from the college’s excellent teaching, study and social spaces, with very high quality resources and equipment to support learning.”
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