Progress Coach at Gower College Swansea
Job Description
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our successful A level department and the wider College Learner Services team. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, inspiring and experienced individual to work to support staff in these departments.
- Full-time (37 hours per week)
- Fixed term until 31st December 2024
- £26,907 – £29,242 per annum
- Gorseinon campus
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver all aspects of our A level tutorial programme to full tutor groups including our newly established GOWER mindset programme as well as mandatory aspects of our tutorial programme (e.g. safeguarding)
- Conduct regular one-to-one sessions with a cohort of learners, focussing on their targets, goals and the support they need to achieve these
- Proactively work with learners to improve attendance, retention and attainment and address general behaviour issues, focussing on those ‘at risk’
About you:
- Hold or be working towards a degree or level 4 qualification
- Have 5 GCSEs grade C or equivalent
- Be prepared to work towards a peer mentoring qualification
- Past experience of teaching and/or working with young people
Benefits for you:
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
- A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
- 2 staff well-being days
- Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
- Discounted Sport Centre gym membership for £60 per year
- View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Please note that we are expecting a high volume applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
Benefits:
https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
