Personal Progress Mentor (PPM)

Teaching Vacancies; Leicester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual increments

Pension scheme

Eyecare vouchers

Job summary

WQE in Leicester is seeking Personal Progress Mentors to support students across two campuses. The role is full-time term-time and involves guiding students to achieve their potential, with emphasis on pastoral care and academic progress.

You will work across campuses and contracted provisions, collaborating with staff to maintain a high standard of student experience and learning community.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people.
• Ability to work in a friendly and professional manner with students and staff.
• Strong planning, organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the academic progress of students and guide them to reach their potential.
• Provide pastoral support and act as the key contact for students during college life.
• Coordinate with staff to support student progress andWellbeing.

Skills

Experience with young people

Planning skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Friendly and professional manner

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please see attached Job Description

What the college offers its staff

Thank you for your interest in this post at WQE.

We believe that this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, offering a real opportunity to make a difference in this thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our work with students; their academic and wider achievements, their learning experiences, the support they receive in relation to their academic progress, their learning environment and their wider experience of college life. The College operates across two closely located campuses, next to the University of Leicester on University Road and a smaller campus at Regent Road.

Personal Progress Mentors are a team, created from a number of our current staff drawing on their expertise in supporting and guiding students as well as new staff who have joined the College.

We are committed to providing excellent pastoral support for our students and are therefore expanding our pastoral team. We are pleased to be reducing the student caseload for individual postholders as well as increasing the leadership capacity within the team.

Personal Progress Mentors oversee the academic progress of students to ensure they achieve their full potential at the College and guide them to get the most from their time at the college. They provide the key point of contact for the students they coach, guide and support in all aspects of their college life.

The successful applicant will have experience of working with young people, the ability to work in a friendly and professional manner with students and staff and strong planning, organisational and communication skills.

This is a full time term-time, permanent post commencing as soon as possible.

Locations

• University Road/Regent Road campus OR


• At our contracted provisions of Studio 79 (Church Gate/St John Street, Leicester City Centre) & LCPA (Garden Street, Leicester City Centre), with also some time spent at the UR campus to interact with the team

The salary will be on the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff pay scale 7 - 10 which ranges from £25,951 to £27,733 per annum pro-rata. The actual starting salary for this post is £22,525 but may be negotiated based on experience.

Benefits

• Annual incremental pay increases, linked to performance, within the pay scale range


• Pension - Automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff (if applicable), both of which are generous defined benefit pension schemes


• Eyecare voucher scheme

We have an active and enthusiastic staff wellbeing group who meet regularly and are committed to adding value to our life at work where possible, as well as ensuring a strong sense of community, wider opportunities and mutual support exist in our workplace.

Finally, I would like to thank you for the time taken to consider joining our team here at WQE and in making an application if you decide this is the right step for you.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Paul Wilson