Personal Learning Coach

New College Durham; Framwellgate Moor; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading further education college in Framwellgate Moor seeks a Personal Learning Coach to provide essential support to students. The ideal candidate will have experience working with students and an understanding of learning barriers. This role emphasizes wellbeing and time management, ensuring that students receive the guidance they need. Attractive benefits include hybrid working options and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working for greater work/life balance

Generous annual leave package

Free car parking

Reduced price for gym and beauty treatments

Training and professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting students with their learning.
• Understanding of barriers to learning and strategies for support.
• Ability to assist with wellbeing and workload management.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-college support for students.
• Assist with time management and workload.
• Guide on accessing additional support if required.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Organised

Committed

Understanding of barriers to learning

Time management

Job description

Overview

If you are looking to further your career at a groundbreaking and award-winning College, we’d love to hear from you!

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, organised and committed Personal Learning Coach (PLC) to join our successful team to provide cross college support for students. In addition to this the successful candidate will ideally have a track record in working with students, have an understanding of barriers to learning and strategies to support with this. PLCs also offer support with time management, workload, well being and where to get additional support if required. This role is term time only and salary is pro rata'd.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross college support for students and assist with time management, workload, wellbeing and guidance on where to access additional support if required.

Benefits

• Hybrid working for greater work/life balance

• Family friendly policies including Flexible Working, Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave, Special Leave, and Remote Working

• Generous annual leave package and option to purchase additional annual leave

• Training, support and the opportunity to develop your professional skills, including three full days each year exclusively to staff development

• Free car parking

• Reduced price for gym and beauty treatments

About us

New College Durham is a great place to work. It is a high performing and financially outstanding college. We are continually investing in new facilities and resources to benefit our students, such as our new development, T.H.E HUB.

New College Durham is one of the leading Further Education colleges in the North East and continues to be at the forefront of new initiatives, being one of the few colleges in the North East to offer all the new T-Level programmes.

We focus on providing training and education that creates the best outcomes for our students, giving them the edge in their chosen industry.

New College Durham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive and diverse community. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

As an inclusive employer we are recognised for Disability Confident Status, Mindful Employer, Dying to Work and Better Health at Work – maintaining excellence. New College Durham have further signed up to the AOC Mental Health and Wellbeing charter, as well as the AOC EDI Charter.

Safeguarding and applying

We pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students; to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks. It is important to note that it is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please see below; DBS code of practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please note that Curriculum Vitae (CVs) will not be accepted.