Teaching Assistant

Permanent, Full Time (36 hours per week)

Term Time Only (36 weeks per year)

Kingston College are looking for a Teaching Assistant to support and mentor adult learners studying a range of programmes across the School. This will include Access to HE programmes, Hairdressing & Beauty Therapy and Early Years and Counselling.

You will support learners to access the curriculum, providing a mix of in class support, 1-1 support and assignment workshop support, to ensure successful completion of their qualifications. This could include helping them develop skills in report writing, essay writing, understanding, time management, reading and writing.

We’d like our Teaching Assistant to have experience of a similar role, supporting/mentoring young people or adults within an educational setting. You will have good working knowledge of relevant legislation and Codes of Practice such as SEND and safeguarding and have good administrative skills to keep high quality written records of learners’ smart targets. You will communicate effectively at all levels and work well under pressure, to strict deadlines. The role will include evening work.

Closing date for the return of completed applications is 18th January 2024

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 27 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. The benefits package is to be pro-rated for part time staff.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to achieve and progress.

When you click on ‘Apply’, you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.