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Chichester College have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Pastoral Support Tutor at our Northbrook, Shoreham Airport Campus. You will join us on a part time, permanent basis and in return, we will offer a competitive salary of pro rata of £26189 - £28,621 per annum (Grade I).

The Pastoral Support Tutor role:

Do you want a rewarding role, making a real difference to learners’ lives during their time at College?

We are recruiting for exceptional individuals to join our outstanding Pastoral Support team as a Pastoral Support Tutor to provide pastoral and academic support to our full-time learners on a 1:1 and group basis including weekly sessions of the tutorial programme. The work you do as a Pastoral Support Tutor will support and motivate our students to achieve their full potential at college, ensuring they have an outstanding and fulfilling experience at college.

Key Responsibilities of our Pastoral Support Tutor:

Motivating each individual learner within a caseload and to monitor their progress against their learning goals.

Encouraging each student to engage personal evaluation, reflection and target setting, using value added to measure progression (where appropriate).

To set, in partnership with individual students, course teams and other stakeholders (including, for example, employers, social care and parents) challenging SMART targets to support progression.

Fully utilising College information systems to record, monitor and track learners within a cohort of tutees.

Rigorously tracking and monitoring the attendance of each student within a cohort of tutees across all elements of their programme (including Maths and English as appropriate) and, where necessary, take action to improve poor individual performance. This will include sustained liaison with the student and key stakeholders.

Rigorously tracking and monitoring the attendance of each student identified ‘at risk’ and take appropriate action to rectify poor individual performance.

Where appropriate, providing individual support through the Student Referral Process in line with the CCG’s Positive Behaviour Policy.

Identifying student needs and facilitating access to appropriate services to support achievement, such as additional support, careers advice and the enrichment programme.

Our ideal Lecturer in Pastoral Support Tutor should have the below skills and experience:

Educated to Level 3

Experience supporting students post 16

An understanding of the study needs and options and progression opportunities for post 16 learners

An understanding of SMART target setting

Experience delivering learning advice to students in a 1:1 or group

The ability to communicate to a diverse range of people at all levels, verbally and in writing

Closing date for applications: 16th May 2024

The Chichester College Group has seven colleges, Anglia Examinations, First Steps Childcare Group, Chichester English School and 2,600 staff spread across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. This makes us the largest college group in Sussex, providing high quality learning opportunities for over 25,000 students every year.

We offer generous pension schemes, hybrid working opportunities, college closure days over the Christmas period (which is not deducted from annual leave entitlement) plus the option to purchase up to 10 days additional leave, and discounts at onsite facilities such as gym membership and nursery fees at certain campuses

If you would like to learn more about our Pastoral Support Tutor role, then please click ‘apply’ today!

Suitable candidates will be invited to interview as and when they apply. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

The Chichester College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, which may include a check of the barred lists and any relevant overseas checks. We vigorously pursue all references and safeguarding checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with young people.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We are an equal opportunities employer