Technical Support Officer in Bakery 0.88 FTE

Tameside College; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS (on-site)

On-site gym

Health plan

Cycle to work

Costa Coffee on site

Restaurant and bakery on site

Retail discounts

Job summary

Tameside College invites applications for a Technical Support Officer in Bakery, based in Ashton-under-Lyne. This term-time position is 36 hours over 38 weeks and is a fixed-term maternity cover with potential extension to June 2027.

The role supports learners and staff within the Bakery/Food Studies department and contributes to a positive classroom experience. We seek enthusiastic, resilient candidates with a relevant Level 2 qualification (or equivalent) and strong communication skills who

Qualifications

• Relevant Level 2 qualification or equivalent.
• Ability to perform a technical support role to contribute to effective learning.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and administrative support to learners in Bakery/ Food Studies.
• Contribute to the classroom experience and learning environment.
• Support colleagues and ensure high standards across the department.

Skills

Technical support

Communication skills

Team player

Education

Level 2 qualification or equivalent

Job description

We are looking for a Technical Support Officer in Bakery to! This position is term time only, 36 hours over 38 weeks and is a fixed term maternity cover until March 2027 with the potential extension to June 2027.

Joining us as a Technical Support Officer in Bakery / Food Studies Department. You will provide technical support and will contribute to the classroom experience of our talented and enthusiastic learners, within a hardworking team with high standards. As a highly engaged and motivated Technical Support Officer, you will have a genuine desire to improve the life chances of our learners. Tameside College has an excellent reputation, and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives.

Bakery knowledge and Qualification preferred but not essential.

As a support colleague you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefit’s as well, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, Beauty treatments and haircuts, Health care cash plan via Simply Health, saving clubs via Manchester Credit Union, Cycle to work. Costa Coffee on site, Onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One, Retail discounts, Refectories on all sites.

What you’ll need:

- We are looking for enthusiastic, resilient and highly motivated individuals, with a relevant level 2 qualification or equivalent coupled with a thorough knowledge of the relevant curriculum and the ability to perform a technical support role to contribute to effective learning. You will provide physical, technical and administrative support and should be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.

About us:

Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton‑Under‑Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.

We believe in excellence and back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies

We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.