Learning Facilitator - Skills Academy

LEARNING FACILITATOR - SKILLS ACADEMY
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £26,539 - £28,083 per annum (pay award pending)

As an award-winning college, we are looking for exceptional people like you to join our team. We truly value our support staff who have a key role in supporting and developing our students.

This is a "hands-on" role in our teaching workshops and your priority will be assisting and supporting groups of students and the lecturer. In a typical day, you’ll be:

• Supporting lecturers to deliver practical sessions.

• Ensuring tools, machinery, and workshops are maintained and clean, and are complying with all health and safety requirements.

• Mixing materials, stock taking and ordering of materials and equipment

• Demonstrating skills to small groups or individuals

Relevant industrial experience would be invaluable, along with experience of sharing your skills in an educational/training environment. The ability to communicate effectivley with young people and adults and enthusiasm to help them achieve their qualification is essential. The Skills Academy has a wide and varied curriculum however we are looking for a new member of the team to predominantly work with 14-19 year old’s.

You’ll enjoy a friendly and supportive workplace with excellent benefits that includes:

• A 25-day annual leave entitlement, plus 8 Bank Holidays and 10 college closure days (plus an additional 5 days of leave after 5 years of service with us)

• A well-respected pension scheme (West Yorkshire Pension Fund with an employer contribution of 18.4%)

• Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working

• Superb opportunities for training and development, including progressing into teaching.

So, if you’d like to make a difference and be part of a unique organisation that supports one of the largest and most exciting employment sectors in the UK, we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: Friday 23rd February 2024

Please note that all applications should be completed online. Please visit the vacancies section of our website or press APPLY and we shall send you our application link.

Please note this position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and in line with KCSIE (2023) an online check will be conducted on information available in the public domain. The College is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is also committed to the Prevent programme and the requirement to prevent people being drawn into terrorism and expects all staff to share these commitments.