Part Time Learning Support Assistant

Essex County Council; Harlow; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Essex County Council's Adult Community Learning service seeks a Learning Support Assistant to help deliver sessions at ACL Harlow (CM20 1HA) and Ongar Zinc Arts (CM5 0AD). The role is annualised hours, 12.30 per week, with a pattern Mon-Wed and potential additional hours.

You will support tutors, monitor progress, and provide pastoral support to adult learners with diverse needs across courses.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level in English and Maths or equivalent.
• Possesses an Level 2 learning support qualification or willingness to undertake within the first year.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessment of a learner's attitudes, skills and knowledge.
• Support tutors to motivate students and ensure appropriate methods and resources are used.
• Maintain records of learning and attendance under tutor direction.
• Support tutors in delivery of academic and vocational courses.
• Assist learners with challenging behaviour in an educational environment.
• Provide pastoral support to learners within an educational setting.
• Support adult learners with difficulties across all curriculum areas.
• Specific annual targets and objectives defined within the performance framework.

Skills

Communication skills

Engagement skills

Pastoral support

Learner support

Education

GCSE English and Maths

Level 2 Learning Support qualification

Job description

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 12.30 hours per week / 641.32 hours per year, initially planned to be worked on the following working pattern.

Monday 10.30am till 1pm with a no 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

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 andobjectivesare 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.