Progress Destination Tutor

Colchester Institute Corporation; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester Institute is seeking a dedicated Progress and Destination Tutor to support students across campus in achieving their chosen destinations, whether further study, an apprenticeship, or employment. You will run weekly personal development sessions, manage a caseload, and partner with staff to remove barriers to success.

The role includes term-time hours (38 weeks, 37 hours/week) with potential part-time options.

Qualifications

• Experience with face-to-face work with 16-19s and other age groups.
• Proven record of mentoring individuals towards goals.
• Experience handling difficult situations calmly and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support induction and orientation to help students identify destinations and barriers to learning.
• Focus on late enrollees and disengaged students to keep them on programme.
• Review attendance, punctuality, behaviour and attitudes; escalate as needed.
• Deliver weekly tutorial sessions on progression, employability, safeguarding, and British values.
• Develop Personal Development Group Tutorial sessions aligned with college approach.
• Use Google Classroom to deliver Personal Development elements, including work experience and employability.
• Hold regular one-to-one tutorials to support non-academic aspects of study.

Skills

Face-to-face with students

Mentoring and motivation

Calm handling of difficult situations

Priority management in busy settings

Team collaboration and liaison

Education

Level 3+ qualification

GCSE English & Maths (2+)

Mentoring/coaching qualification (4)

Job description

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 staff across the campus to provide appropriate support to students, helping them successfully progress towards their chosen destination, whether that be further study, an apprenticeship or employment. You will deliver a weekly programme of personal development sessions covering a range of centrally agreed themes, facilitating discussions, managing activities and adapting resources to meet the needs of different tutor groups and technical subject areas. You will also manage a caseload of individual students, monitoring their progress, behaviours and attitudes, while providing targeted support to learners identified as ‘at risk’ to help them overcome barriers, reach their full potential and achieve their chosen destination.

Job title: Progress and Destination Tutor - Public Services and Sport

Full Time, Term Time Only, 38 weeks a year, 37 hours a week. Part time hours available too. Please note: the salary advised is for a full time, term time only position. 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.
• Delivering weekly tutorial sessions on cross-college themes, and in line with a centrally produced tutorial programme including, but not limited to, progression; employability; safeguarding; preventing radicalisation; staying safe, bullying and harassment; and British values.
• Developing and adapting Personal Development Group Tutorial sessions and resources in line with a co-ordinated College approach to ensure the most appropriate delivery for your students.
• Using relevant software such as Google classroom to deliver aspects of the Personal Development Group Tutorial 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 relevant subject area 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.