Progress and Destination Tutor

Colchester Institute; Colchester; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Colchester Institute is seeking a Progress and Destination Tutor to support students and help them achieve their goals. You will run weekly personal development sessions, monitor attendance and progression, and guide students through work-related experiences across several curriculum areas.

The role is term-time, 14.4 hours per week, and permanent within Colchester Campus. The successful candidate will build strong relationships with learners and staff, delivering tailored support and

Qualifications

• Experience of working face to face with different age groups, especially 16–19.
• Ability to motivate, mentor and support individuals toward goals.
• Calm handling of difficult situations and conflict.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment.
• Collaborative work across teams to achieve common goals.
• Strong written and spoken English for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support induction and orientation to help learners identify destinations and barriers.
• Focus on late-enrolment or disengaged students in early weeks to keep them on programme.
• Monitor attendance, behaviour and learning, applying policy when needed.
• Assist in arranging 30 hours of work-related placements per student.
• Deliver and adapt personal development sessions (progression, employability, safeguarding, etc.).
• Use Google Classroom to deliver parts of the development programme.

Skills

Face-to-face delivery

Mentoring

Conflict resolution

Student engagement

Data entry

Education

Level 3 English/Maths qualification

Coaching/mentoring qualification

Job description

• British values

Join Colchester Institute - Where Your Career Makes a Difference

At Colchester Institute, we believe in the power of education to transform lives and communities. As one of the leading providers of education and training in the region, we are proud to offer a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking working environment.

We are seeking a Progress and Destination Tutor to join our team. In this role you will work closely with curriculum and teaching teams to provide tailored support to students, helping them stay engaged, achieve their potential and progress towards positive destinations. You will deliver engaging weekly personal development sessions covering a range of topics, adapting resources and discussions to meet the needs of different student groups and curriculum areas.

You will also manage a caseload of individual students, monitoring attendance, identifying barriers to engagement and providing targeted support to help learners overcome challenges and succeed. Working flexibly across one or more curriculum areas, you will build positive relationships with students and colleagues, making a real difference to the student experience and contributing to the College's retention, attendance and achievement.

Job title: Progress and Destination Tutor

14.4 Hours per week, 38 weeks per year (Term Time Only)

Permanent

Colchester Campus

About the role:

• Supporting students with their induction and orientation to the College, in liaison with other curriculum staff, to help them to identify their planned destinations and any barriers to learning, supporting the 42-day focus process leading to increased retention.
• To have a particular focus in the first few weeks of the academic year on students who enrol late, or who show signs of disengagement or detachment in the early stages of their study programmes, to keep them on programme.
• Reviewing students’ overall attendance, punctuality, behaviour, and attitudes to learning, taking swift and appropriate action as necessary, including the use of the College attendance and / or disciplinary policy, supported by programme leaders and other involved teaching staff.
• To support the course team and students with to find, secure, record and complete, 30 hours of work-related experience placement in line with college processes.
• Delivery, developing and adapting Personal Development sessions and resources in line with a co-ordinated College approach to ensure the most appropriate delivery for your students but not limited to:
• Progression
• Employability
• Safeguarding
• Preventing Radicalisation
• Staying safe
• Bullying and Harassment
• British values
• Using relevant software such as Google classroom to deliver aspects of the Personal Development Programme, especially work experience and employability.
• Developing a personal understanding of each tutee by holding regular one to one tutorials (non-academic) and supporting them to complete all parts of their Programme of Study to the requisite level, including maths, English and Work Related hours.

Essential Experience:

• Experience of working face to face with different age and client groups, but particularly with 16-19 year olds.
• Experience of supporting, motivating and mentoring individuals against goals.
• Experience of handling difficult situations, including confrontation, in a calm and effective way.
• Proven experience of working in a busy environment, managing conflicting priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Proven record of willingness to take initiative, adapt and being proactive.
• Proven record of working positively and collaboratively across internal teams, management, key stakeholders and colleagues developing and maintaining positive working relationships. Working together towards the same end goal.
• Experience of working with various forms of communication including email, texting and telephone
• Direct experience of inputting data into databases, accurately and with good use of English.

Essential Qualifications:

• Education to level 3 or above and/or a professional qualification in mechanical and/or electrics or equivalent
• Minimum of Level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics GCSE 4+ or C and above / CSE Level 1 / O-Level C or above / Level 2 Adult Numeracy or Literacy or equivalent
• Level 3 or 4 mentoring / coaching qualification or willingness to achieve.

Why join us?

At Colchester Institute, we value our staff and invest in their growth. Joining us means becoming part of a vibrant community dedicated to excellence in education and training. If you are passionate about making a difference and inspiring the next generation, we would love to hear from you.

We do not engage with recruitment or search agencies unless they have been officially contracted in line with our PSL.