Personal Tutor

The Sheffield College; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sheffield College seeks a Personal Tutor to support student outcomes through tailored interventions at its Hillsborough Campus. You will engage directly with students, ensuring their academic and personal development through effective communication, organizational skills, and a commitment to diversity. The role offers a collaborative environment within a forward-thinking educational institution, and rates of pay are competitive.

Benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with Nest - 3%

20 Days Annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays

Employee assistance programme through Bupa

Free eye tests for VDU users

Free Parking available

Qualifications

• Experience supporting students in an educational setting.
• Ability to conduct one-on-one intervention sessions.
• Understanding of student welfare and development.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the academy’s enrolment and induction processes.
• Ensure accurate recording of student progress and support needs.
• Conduct 1:1 sessions to assess student pastoral needs and strategies.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Organizational Skills

Education

Teaching Qualification

Job description

About us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About the role

Working for our subsidiary company Sparks Teaching Services as a Personal Tutor, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our ambitions to provide all students with the best possible experience at the College. This role will help improve outcomes for all academy students through formal 121s and other pastoral interventions, participation and satisfaction rates and maintaining positive destinations of students, including through internal progression and UCAS applications.

As a personal tutor you will be responsible for increasing the breadth of SHAPE (Staying Safe, Health and Well-being, Active Citizenship, Progression and Careers and Equality Matters). You will be required to improve outcomes for all academy students through formal 121s and other pastoral interventions, focussing on those with protected characteristics and in priority groups.

This role will be based at our Hillsborough Campus at 30 Livesey Street, Sheffield, S6 2ET.

Main Responsibilities:

• Supporting the delivery and recording of the academy’s interview, enrolment and induction processes, as directed by the Head of Student Experience.
• Provision and recording of late induction for appropriate students, on agreed college electronic systems.
• Ensuring student starting points, including qualifications on entry and diagnostic assessments, are accurately recorded, shared and effectively utilised to support student progress.
• Ensuring that target and aspirational grades, which have been discussed and agreed with all allocated academy students, are recorded on agreed college electronic systems.
• Contributing to student progress against recorded starting points and target grades by working with curriculum teams to ensure appropriate pastoral interventions are implemented, monitored and updated.
• Completing Right Choice Reviews for appropriate students, in line with college guidance, recording completion on agreed college electronic systems
• Appropriately signposting allocated academy students to careers support and guidance and refer any student identified through the Right Choice Review process, or other processes, to the Head of Student Experience for managed internal transfers.
• Completing and recording further pastoral 1:1s with allocated academy students, in line with college policy, assessing pastoral risk and engaging the allocated Student Mentor where the risk level is increased to high.
• Checking that all allocated academy students wider support needs are being met referring them appropriately to support teams.
• Delivering 800-830 hours of high-quality student contact time through a mix of mandatory group tutorials tailored to the group, and further 1:1s or 1 to small group tutorials.
• Ensuring high student attendance at group tutorial sessions and enrichment events above the college and academy attendance targets.
• Planning and embedding bespoke academy enrichment activities which meet student need, utilising cross-college resources.
• Supporting the Academy to facilitate a ‘student first culture’ by listening and responding effectively to students by supporting the selection of student representatives for each group allocated
• Ensuring robust and appropriate parent / carer liaison and communication for all allocated academy students, including supporting open events and parent / carer consultation meetings and evenings.
• Completing internal progression processes to ensure all allocated academy students have an agreed progression destination.

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered an hourly rate of pay of £18.21.

Our benefits

• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with Nest - 3%
• Annual leave -20 Days(148 hours)+ 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)-this includesa discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing, we offer
  • Employee assistance programme through Bupa
  • Occupational Health through PAM
  • Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free Parking is available at majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits andCareer Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us.

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is?committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply:Please follow this link -https://jobs.sheffcol.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=8317802c4A&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=1508433Kzg

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 13th July 2025

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.