Part Time Learning Support Assistant

Essex County Council; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Essex County Council invites applications for a Part Time Learning Support Assistant based mainly at ACL Harlow, with some time at Ongar Zinc Arts. The role is annualised hours, 16.30 hours per week (849.89 hours per year).

The position supports learning sessions, monitors progress, and works within quality assurance frameworks to aid adult learners in Essex. Applicants should have GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent), plus a Level 2 qualification in supporting learning or be willing to obtain

Qualifications

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) in English and Maths or equivalent.
• Possesses Level 2 qualification in supporting learning or willingness to undertake within the first year.
• Ability to develop skills and knowledge within the role.
• Experience in a supportive role with adults.
• Experience in a customer-focused environment with good communication skills to engage with adults.
• Ability to encourage participation and engagement, ideally with adult learners.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the assessment of a learner's attitudes, skills and knowledge, attending to the needs of the tutor and class.
• Support tutors to motivate students, encourage participation, and ensure appropriate methods, materials, and resources are used.
• Assess progress and attendance, provide regular feedback, and maintain records under tutor direction.
• Support tutors in delivering academic and vocational courses.
• Support learners with challenging behaviour and with special educational needs and disabilities (1:1 and general).
• Provide pastoral support to learners within an educational setting.

Job description

Part Time Learning Support Assistant

Permanent, Part Time

£25,959 Per Annum, Full Time Equivalent

Location: Harlow

Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at 11.59pm

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

The Role

Based mainly from ACL Harlow (Harlow Library, CM20 1HA) but also working 1 day per week at Ongar Zinc Arts (Ongar - CM5 0AD) this is an annualised hour's role, offering 16.30 hours per week / 849.89 hours per year, initially planned to be worked on the following working pattern.

• Monday 9.30am till 2pm then 2pm till 4.30pm with a 2x15 minute breaks break.
• Tuesday 9.30am till 2pm with a 2 x 15-minute break
• Wednesday 9.30am till 2.30pm with a 2 x 15-minute break

Additional hours may be available for other days

Interview Date: Wednesday 18th November 2026

The Opportunity

Adult Community Learning (ACL) is ECC's provider of lifelong learning experiences for Essex residents. ACL offers qualifications to help people move nearer to, enter or progress within the workplace or gain skills to enhance life chances. The service focuses many of its programmes and activities on the hardest to reach communities within Essex. ACL learners have access to a diverse range of accredited and non-accredited courses which encourage creativity, healthy lifestyles, social inclusion, and engagement.

Learning Support Assistants will facilitate learning and contribute to the delivery of sessions to the quality standards required. Ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation, including student feedback, takes place during and at the end of the course, supporting any action taken. The role will co-operate with any quality assurance schemes.

Accountabilities

• Contribute to the assessment of a learner's attitudes, skills and knowledge, being attentive and responsive to the needs of the tutor and class.
• Support tutors to motivate students, encourage participation, and ensure that appropriate methods, materials, and resources are used in the sessions.
• Contribute to attending to individual learning needs, assessing progress and achievement, providing regular feedback and maintain records of individual learning and attendance under the direction of the tutor.
• To support tutors in their delivery of academic and vocational courses
• Support learners with challenging behaviour in an educational environment.
• Support learners with special educational needs and disabilities (general class and 1:1 support)
• Provide pastoral support to learners within an educational setting.
• To support adult learners with a wide range of difficulties and disability in classes across all curriculum areas.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE), in English and Maths or equivalent by experience. In addition, possesses a subject qualification at Level 2 in supporting learning, or a willingness to undertake the required qualifications within the first year.
• Ability to develop skills and knowledge within role.
• Experience of working in a supportive role with adults.
• Experience of working in a customer-focussed environment, with good communication skills to engage with adults.
• Ability to encourage participation and engagement, ideally with adult learners.