Work Experience Co-ordinator
Kingston College
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- £25,777 - £30,113 pro rata, including London allowance
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 August 2016
Job overview
Work Experience Co-ordinator BLUW39231
Permanent, Part Time (0.6)
Kingston College is one of the highest performing colleges in London, rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in February 2013. The College has reinvigorated its focus on improving the student experience, raising student aspirations and delivering consistently good and outstanding teaching, learning and assessment. As a major provider of further, higher and adult education to over 10,000 students, our staff have quality at the heart of everything they do.
Our Creative Industries School currently has an exciting opportunity for a Work Experience Co-ordinator, where you will ensure all our 16-19 learners gain meaningful work experience. This is a permanent, part time role.
Within the role of Work Experience Co-ordinator, you will build on our existing external partnerships and develop new ones whilst overseeing the monitoring and organisation of work experience for our study programme learners.
We are looking for someone who is an active enthusiast within the Creative Industries community. With excellent written and verbal communication skills, coupled with the ability to develop pro-active relationships, you will have outstanding organisational skills and a good attention to detail.
Candidates with a degree or relevant professional qualification are desirable, however this is not essential. What is important is that you have a creative industries background, high personal standards and are receptive to new ideas and initiatives.
Closing Date: 22nd August 2016
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About Kingston College
Kingston College is a major provider of further and higher education in Kingston upon Thames. Situated in a thriving riverside town centre, Kingston College provides students with a friendly and stimulating environment for study.
Kingston is both a vibrant Surrey market town and one of the liveliest royal London boroughs, situated on the banks of the River Thames, 12 miles to the south west of London. Boasting great shopping, a colourful café culture, riverside walkways, a thriving arts scene and great nightlife, Kingston provides something for everyone. There are convenient and reliable bus and train services to all parts of the borough and London Waterloo can be reached in around 25 minutes.
Our extensive range of courses offers academic and vocational training from levels one to six. Every year over 600 students take up places at top UK universities and thousands more gain professional qualifications and training. The College is very proud of its position as one of the top ten university feeders in London and the South East.
Kingston College has recently been awarded the matrix Standard and matrix Excellence Awards for organisations that have made exceptional progress against the standard. Matrix is a national quality standard which assesses an institution’s information, advice and guidance services and their level of customer service. Kingston College achieved whole college matrix accreditation in July 2008 in recognition of its excellence and impartiality with regard to its student support services. Matrix ensures that the right student enrols on the right course and, most importantly, enjoys the right support.
Our courses cover a spectrum of levels with content aimed at 16 to 19 and 16 to 24 year olds, adult education, higher education, short courses and courses for international students.
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