Personal Tutor for Higher Education

There's never been a more exciting time to join the Sheffield College!
As an area of growth, this role is part of our new Higher Education offering, helping students grow in confidence and realise their potential through learning.
The role of Personal Tutor is ideal if you:

• Want a varied role where you can get involved in all kinds of exciting projects while being based across two bustling campuses. Working closely with Learners, curriculum teams, parents & external organisations
• Are looking for the perfect first step into a student-facing role and have long-term aspirations to progress within education to a teaching or student experience position
• Passionately believe that learners from all backgrounds & situations, however complex, should have the right to an excellent level of education, and want to work with them to break down barriers and build success

Day-to-day you will be responsible for:

• Delivery of high-quality and impactful student contact time through a mix of group tutorials tailored to the group, and further 1:1s or small group tutorials.
• Play a key role in ensuring all learners have the best possible experience at the college through induction, tutorial and enrichment activities.
• Check that all academy students' wider support needs are being met, including SEND
• Improve outcomes for all academy students through formal 1:1s, pastoral interventions & Academic Support
• Improve and maintain positive destinations for students
• Ensure robust and appropriate parent/carer liaison
• Actively promote and embody the college's FREDIE values of fairness, respect, equality, diversity and engagement

After your first year with us, success would look like:

• Built relationships & trust with students to help them engage (or re-engage) with their learning
• Increased attendance, achievement and positive destinations for all academy learners
• Have effectively worked with the HoSE as well as external organisations
• Enthusiastically engaged with the college's dedicated CPD programmes to develop your learner-facing skills
• Built Strong working relationships and supported colleagues where possible

We're open-minded & welcome all applicants who believe they can succeed. Though ideally, you will:

• Have an understanding of the HE landscape and be able to provide academic support to students
• Be empathetic and understand the barriers to learning that young people from a diverse range of backgrounds can face
• Be able to make well-reasoned decisions that are in the best interests of both the learners and the college in delicate situations
• Be excited to develop your skills and further develop professionally
• Be excited to bring fresh ideas to the table and help us constantly improve

We're a passionate and dynamic team, looking for enthusiastic people to bring even more new ideas, spirit and creativity to the area.
We also offer outstanding pension, benefits & annual leave packages
Apply now if you're looking to join a healthy work culture with talented people who celebrate each other's success while embracing each other's differences.
Whether you want a hand with the application form or a friendly chat about what it's like to work with us, please don't hesitate to drop us an email or give us a call and we'll be happy to help in any way we can.
Tel: 0114 260 2600 Ext: 2302 Email: [email protected]
We appreciate your interest and look forward to getting to know you!
Next steps
Closing date: 14/01/24
Shortlisting 15/01/24
Interview: w/c 15/01/24
As a Leaders in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.
Also, as a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us via the details above.
We are an employer who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.
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