Personal Tutor - Maternity Cover

onlyFE; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension scheme (SYPA)

Hybrid and flexible working

30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

CPD opportunities

Employee wellbeing support

Job summary

The Sheffield College is seeking a Personal Tutor on a part-time, term-time basis (29.6 hours over 40 weeks) to support students through one-to-one guidance, attendance, and pastoral care. This temporary maternity cover runs until May 2027, with a pro-rata salary reflecting hours and weeks worked.

The role focuses on improving student outcomes and progression, including UCAS applications. You will deliver 1:1s, group tutorials, and enrichment activities, working to keep safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Experience in student support and pastoral interventions.
• Ability to track and record student progress using college systems.
• Experience supporting UCAS applications or progression planning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and record interview, enrolment and induction activities as directed by Head of Student Experience.
• Record late inductions on college systems and monitor starts.
• Record starter qualifications and diagnostic assessments to support progress.
• Set and monitor target grades with allocated students and coordinate with curriculum teams.
• Conduct 1:1s and pastoral interventions to mitigate risks and support progression.
• Signpost students to careers guidance and referral to internal transfers as needed.

Skills

Pastoral care

Student guidance

Job description

About Us

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

About The Role

This is a part time term-time role working 29.6 hours across 40 weeks. The salary range will be pro‑rate'd to reflect the hours and weeks worked.

This is a temporary maternity cover role due to end in May 2027, or when the original post holder returns to work.

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.

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.

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Frankie Pearson, Head of Student Experience – [e-mail].

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £33,824 - £38,026 per annum (this will be pro‑rate'd to reflect the hours and weeks worked) based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Alongside your salary, your pension is one of the most valuable benefits of joining the College. The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), administered locally by SYPA , provides financial security in retirement and support for your loved ones.

Our Full Benefits Package

• SYPA – with a generous employer contribution
• Annual leave -30 Days (222 hours)+ 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)-this includesa discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing support , including:
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa
• Occupational Health through PAM
• Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free parking is available at the majority of our campuses
• Hybrid and flexible working opportunities
• Continuous professional development opportunities
• A people ‑ focused working culture where you can grow and thrive

Further informationcan be foundon our Benefits and Career Development pages.

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

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. Please review ourRecruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidateswhich provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact [e-mail].

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.

Closing date: 28th September 2026

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

Where there are internal applicants at risk, these will be considered in the first instance