Pastoral, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Manager

Tameside College; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in Ashton-under-Lyne is seeking a Manager to lead a team of Progress Tutors. The successful candidate will enhance student attendance and retention by implementing career strategies and delivering quality career activities. Applicants should have recent careers guidance experience and a Level 6 qualification or be working towards it. This role offers a chance to inspire and motivate staff while making a difference in students' lives within a supportive and vibrant learning environment.

Benefits

Local Government Pensions Scheme

On-site gym

Beauty treatments and haircuts

Healthcare cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite bakery products

Discounts at campus facilities

Qualifications

• Recent experience of providing careers guidance in a relevant setting.
• Knowledge of careers frameworks such as Gatsby Benchmarks.
• Experience with the issues facing young people with barriers to their learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Progress Tutors to improve student attendance and retention.
• Implement the careers strategy and deliver high-quality careers activities.
• Motivate and inspire the team of Advisors.

Skills

Leadership

Careers guidance experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Motivational skills

Education

Level 6 qualification in Careers Guidance

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced student support practitioner/ manager? Are you looking for your next step in your career? Would you like to work for one of the best colleges in Greater Manchester? Would you enjoy leading a small team? Do you have knowledge and experience of Safeguarding? If so, we would like to hear from you and encourage you to submit an application for this position.

College Overview

At Tameside College, our personal development is rated as outstanding and we have effective strategies for supporting our students and enabling them to progress to their next steps and reach their full potential.

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity, which will be based at our Clarendon Sixth Form campus. We are looking for a Manager to lead a small team of Progress Tutors and a number of support interventions to improve student attendance, behaviour, retention, safeguarding and progression.

Opportunity

This post offers a brilliant opportunity for a motivated and inspiring individual who enjoys making a difference through improving the lives and futures of the young people attending Tameside College.

Benefits

You'll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefit's as well, Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road, Beauty treatments and haircuts, Health care cash plan via Simply Health, saving clubs via Manchester Credit Union, Cycle to work. Costa Coffee on site, Onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One discounts, Refectories on all sites.

Responsibilities

Here's the standard bit: You will lead a very strong team and play a pivotal role in implementing the careers strategy, design and deliver high quality careers activities across the college. You will be working closely with teaching and support staff to develop students' careers and progression. You will provide line management, motivate and inspire a team of Advisors to enable them thrive in their role.

Qualifications

Resilience and a highly innovative and motivated approach to careers service delivery, recent experience of providing careers guidance in a relevant setting and coordinating a range of progression related activities. You will need up to date knowledge of careers frameworks such as Gatsby Benchmarks, careers resources, a broad range of qualification structure and progression routes. The successful candidate will hold a Level 6 or above qualification in Careers Guidance (or you will be working towards it). You will also have experience of the issues facing young people with barriers to their learning and progression.

About us

Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people's lives. We're based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college, with a sixth form centre, that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional learning experience.

Our Values

We believe in excellence and this is underpinned throughout the college with high expectations, a professional and inspirational working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching and learning. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a motivated, inspirational, supportive and friendly environment. Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Safeguarding

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Compliance

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.