Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Our greatest asset is our people. That’s why Nottingham College’s promise to you is vast. We believe in changing lives through excellence in education and employment.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to become part of our new Pastoral team at Nottingham College, supporting our students to become ‘Future Ready’.
As a Pastoral Tutor, you will work closely with your specific curriculum area delivering an effective and efficient group tutorial programme. This will include facilitating sessions designed to develop personal characteristics and social skills, employability skills, and provide students with the support and guidance to enable them to achieve success, develop their potential and progress to their next level.
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You will play a pivotal role in ensuring a student experience is of the highest quality and support students to broaden their experiences and take advantage of opportunities from a college wide perspective and beyond.You should be passionate about student’s achieving their potential and be proactive in putting the mechanisms of support in place to make sure we prepare students not only for college life but also for life and work beyond college. You will be responsible for looking after a number of tutor groups, delivering group tutorials, meeting with students on a 1-1 basis (where appropriate), supporting attendance and liaising with parents/guardians. You will work closely with the Manager for study programmes and the Tutorial Leads in shaping our Tutorial provision for all levels of students.
As a Pastoral Tutor, you should hold GCSE A*- C in English and Maths or equivalent. You should also be able to demonstrate evidence of managing groups of students, good ICT, and administration skills.
As this is a post requiring group delivery of tutorials, there is an expectation that you will hold a relevant teaching qualification or be willing to work towards one.
The ideal candidate will have experience and a passion for the pastoral care of students and be able to signpost students to the most appropriate support mechanism efficiently.
This post will have a training/induction period and then ongoing training throughout your time with the college to ensure we maintain the highest standards of education for our students and professional development for our staff.
The post will be shortlisted against the essential and desirable criteria at application stage from the person specification. Please ensure that you have a look at this specification attached to the Role Profile and complete your application directly from this, as these specifications are an integral part of the selection process.
For further details on this post which the job description and person specification cannot answer for you, please contact Sam North, Study Programme Manager at sam.north@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk or Debbie Ball, Tutorial Lead at Deborah.Ball@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk
Interviews/assessments are planned for w/c 24 July 2023.
Our values mean we work together, as One Team. As One Team in our commitment to creating an inclusive environment, promoting inclusivity and respect with a culture that supports our college community of staff and students to achieve their full potential and celebrate all aspects of diversity. Achieving our aim to be an employer of choice will be through striving to lead an environment that is free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.
We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results. We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities that we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that successful candidates may need.
Nottingham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks including employer references and an enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
