At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments and for our employ.....
At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments and for our employees, this is no different so why not come and join us? With recent investments in our already outstanding facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for you.One of our key strategic aims is our unrelenting focus on our people-first culture, ensuring you feel valued, empowered, and recognised for your individual contributions and expertise whether that be in a teaching capacity or a professional services team. All colleagues within the College contribute to the success of our students and we actively work to eliminate any barriers at work, ensuring you have the opportunity to thrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Learning Assistant to join our college community.
What we offer:
Our people-first ethos provides a highly supportive, flexible approach to enable you to excel within your role and to reach your full potential. In return, you can expect the following:
• Two-week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter on top of a generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles).
• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %
• Membership to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 28.68%
• Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)
• Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy
• A menopause policy outlining support available
• A person-centred annual appraisal focusing on your wellbeing and CPD
• Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme plus lots more!
• The 'Right to Disconnect' from work outside of your normal working hours
• A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy
• An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes
• Welfare Rooms at all our sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces
• A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year to recognise your hard work.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join us. As a disability confident employer, we take a trauma informed approach to our work, support the Care Leavers covenant, and have been awarded accreditation as a College of Sanctuary for refugees.
You can have a look here at our Staff Benefits Booklet for even more.
About your role:
Successful candidates will be committed to and passionate about delivering an effective, high quality additional learning support service. Knowledge of Additional Support services, including Education, Health and Care plans is positively received, although a commitment to personal and professional learning is most important, so do apply if you are yet to learn about this fully. You will join a committed team, who work closely with students and other college staff, to reduce barriers to learning and increase opportunities towards improved outcomes.
It is desirable that you are qualified to L3 in your general education, or working towards this. However, we welcome applications from people with experience in a variety of areas, including youth work, mental health, learning disabilities and other support roles.
You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excelling working relationships with colleagues, students and stakeholders both internally and externally.About us:
We have four main sites across the city with state-of-the-art facilities. Further future investment in our estates is now allowing us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students and local communities, delivered by our fantastic community of colleagues.
At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level and we provide education and training to approximately 10,000 students each year.
More information about the College can be found on our website.
City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.
Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant Information for more information about the role and what it’s like to be part of our team.
Closing date: Wednesday 11th Dec
Interview date: Tuesday 17th Dec
