Progress Tutor

Teaching Vacancies; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Elliott Hudson College is seeking a Personal Progression Tutor to mentor and champion students through their sixth form journey, providing personalised pastoral support and guiding progression to university, apprenticeships and careers.

Working closely with Alliance Leaders, parents and colleagues, you will deliver engaging tutorial programmes, monitor progress and help raise aspirations while supporting life chances across the college community.

Qualifications

• Ability to build meaningful relationships with young people and support their success.
• Excellent communication, organisational and mentoring skills.
• Experience of providing information, advice and guidance to young people and helping them achieve ambitious goals.
• Knowledge of post-16 education and progression pathways.
• A passion for education and improving life chances for all young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalised pastoral support and mentor students.
• Deliver engaging tutorial programmes and monitor student progress.
• Support students to progress to university, apprenticeships and careers.
• Collaborate with Alliance Leaders, parents and colleagues to raise aspirations.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication skills

Mentoring

Guidance & information

Commitment to life chances

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Elliott Hudson College, we are seeking to appoint an exceptional Personal Progression Tutor who is passionate about transforming the life chances of young people. This is a rewarding and influential role at the heart of our student support provision, where you will mentor, guide and champion students throughout their sixth form journey.

As a Personal Progression Tutor, you will play a pivotal role in supporting students to achieve outstanding academic outcomes, develop ambitious aspirations and successfully progress to university, apprenticeships and careers of significance. Working closely with Alliance Leaders, parents and colleagues, you will provide personalised pastoral support, monitor student progress and deliver engaging tutorial programmes that inspire students to fulfil their potential.

This is far more than a pastoral role. It is an opportunity to become a trusted mentor, advocate and role model, helping young people navigate some of the most important decisions of their lives whilst making a genuine difference to the communities we serve.

Potential applicants will have:

• The ability to build meaningful relationships with young people and a genuine commitment to supporting their success.
• Excellent communication, organisational and mentoring skills, combined with a positive and caring approach.
• Experience of providing information, advice and guidance to young people and supporting them to achieve ambitious goals.
• Knowledge of post-16 education and progression pathways, with a commitment to raising aspirations and achievement.
• A passion for education and improving life chances for all young people.

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to the local government pension scheme.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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.