Support Funds Officer - CS11320
Royal Leamington Spa College
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- £22,011 - £22,307 pro rata
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Apply by:
- 14 April 2024
Job overview
This role is based in the UK and will be working on site in our UK based College.
In order to comply with our mandatory pre-employment checks, the successful candidate will be required to provide original identification documents in person to our UK based HR Team.
This role is pro rata, so the salary you will be receiving is £13,725.59 - £13,910.17 per annum.
BACKGROUND TO THE POST
The administration of a number of different streams of financial support form part of the welfare provision within the Student Services directorate at Warwickshire College Group. Included in the directorate is the Welfare Team Guidance team along with the residential and nursery provision. Student Services provide a range of services to support student recruitment, retention, achievement, welfare and progression across all six colleges.
The postholder will report to the Head of Student Welfare
Essential Attainments:
✓Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience
✓Excellent IT knowledge and accurate data inputting skills
✓Excellent customer service skills with a customer focused approach
✓Good administrative and organisational skills
✓Previous experience of working with people of all ages or dealing with members of the public in a busy setting
✓A driving licence free of major endorsements and/or the ability to find alternative means of travel to attend business related activities that would satisfy the recruiting panel
Desirable Attainments:
✓Willingness to undertake training relevant to Welfare Team provision
Essential Skills and Knowledge:
✓Very good communication and interpersonal skills
✓Excellent telephone manner
✓Empathy and sensitivity when dealing with individual customer needs
✓An understanding of issues that affect students
✓Ability to work flexibly, use initiative and meet tight deadlines, even at busy periods
✓Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels and to appreciate the confidentiality of personal and management information
✓Work well as part of a team as well as when unsupervised, be adaptable and well organised and able to manage time effectively
✓Friendly, helpful and welcoming
✓Reliable and responsible
✓Enjoys dealing with people from all backgrounds and age groups
✓Ability to deal with financial calculations and excel spreadsheets for processing bursary fund applications
✓Ability to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of Equality and Diversity.
✓Ability to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults
✓Ability to demonstrate behaviours which support the Core Values of the College
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About Royal Leamington Spa College
- Royal Leamington Spa College
- Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa
- Warwickshire
- CV32 5JE
- United Kingdom
As one of the leading further and higher education colleges in the UK, with unique colleges across two counties, WCG aims to deliver learning experiences which lead to the development of wider skill bases and improved destinations for all of our students.
For our staff, we offer careers in teaching, educational support and pastoral care and brilliant opportunities within our professional Corporate and Commercial Services departments. The professional opportunities here are almost endless and can be full-time, term time only, or part-time.
Our 2018 Ofsted inspection highlights our success and strong focus both on students and on meeting industry needs. We are also the first college group in the UK to be granted Bachelor degree awarding powers alongside Foundation degree awarding powers by the Office for Students - meaning the academic quality and standards of our degrees are equal to any university. As a college group, our ethos is that it's not just about the vital qualifications and knowledge learners need to get ahead, but the essential transferable skills to help them on their next steps, whatever they may be.
WCG helps students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset by instilling enterprising and innovative skills and behaviours, which helps them to become successful in an ever-competitive world. That’s why we are always on the look-out for skilled professionals to share their valuable expertise and help to plug skills gaps in their field by teaching at our colleges.
WCG is committed to providing the best experience possible for our learners and staff within a supportive, friendly, high-quality and technologically-driven environment.
Take a look at our latest news at wcg.ac.uk/latestnews and you will see how our students are getting more from their college experience through studying with WCG.
If you share our vision and desire to improve career aspirations for future generations, we want to hear from you!
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