CORNWALL COLLEGE GROUP
Job Description

Post title:Personal Learning Adviser

Hours:3 days per week over 52 weeks per year, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday preferably

Based at:East Locality, Duchy College Stoke Climsland

Reports to:Senior Learning Adviser

Grade/salary scale: CC29 - £22,187

Terms & Conditions Support Staff Contract

Campus Base:Duchy College, Stoke Climsland

The Cornwall College Group’s core purpose is ‘Making Learning Work’ and we pride ourselves on being ‘The Career College’.

Our evolving strategic intent is to enable inclusive access to a high quality, career-led curriculum, developed in partnership with learners, employers and key stakeholders in Cornwall and beyond.

Primary Purpose:

  • To ensure ahigh quality learner experience through the learner journey on programme and on toprogression into further/higher education, training or employment.
  • To ensure that all learners receive their full entitlements (in line with our USP; Universal, Specialist and Personal promise) to high quality teaching, support, personal and employability development.
  • To fully integrate support for learners, including case-conferencing, progress reviews,tutorials, pastoral, welfare and disciplinary,championing the needs of learners, mainly those aged 16-19 on study programme provision.
  • To facilitate high quality group tutorial provision on a range of health, citizenship, student life, safeguarding and employability topics
  • To be an active and collaborative member of thelearner journey team and curriculum cluster teams, taking shared ownership for the strategic objectives of The Cornwall College Group.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

  • Coach and develop learners to achieve their ambitions and expectations.
  • Collaborate with other key managers/staff to deliver aworld class learner experience.
  • Champion learner voice and feedback to develop and improve the quality of the learner experience.
  • Contribute to and follow up on group case conferencing with curriculum colleagues.
  • Act as curriculum and learner support for pastoral care, disciplinary and welfare issues, including liaison with external agencies and parents/carers where necessary.
  • Support the delivery and share responsibility for the clustertargets for attendance, retention, achievement and progression.
Person Specification

Personal Qualities:

  • Ability to engage and communicate with leaners, parents, colleagues and external agencies.
  • A clear vision for the role with an obvious passion in the delivery and development of that vision.
  • A strong commitment to our values and mission demonstrating this commitment consistently through behaviours and actions.
  • A passion to innovate in the delivery of services across The Cornwall College Group.
  • Committed to the continuous professional development of self.

Skills, Ability and Competencies

  • Able to facilitate “brilliant learning” through group tutorial activity.
  • Brilliant people skills, with the ability to challenge and encourage others.
  • Outstanding ability to build collaborative working relationships with learners and colleagues.
  • A respectful and inclusive attitude to learners and colleagues, promoting equality and diversity and safeguarding through actions and behaviours.
  • Flexibility to work at any College site/travel, and work additional hours to meet the requirements of the post.

Experience, Education, Knowledge & Qualifications:

  • A proven track record of work in a similar role to support, train, coach, mentor or teach young people aged 16-25.
  • A teaching/training qualification or willing to work towards achieving on appointment.
  • Sound knowledge of employability and safeguarding.
  • Good knowledge of learner welfare support related issues
  • A minimum of alevel 3 qualification in a related discipline or significant equivalent experience.
  • GCSE English and maths at A-C grade (or equivalent) are essential

Special conditions

The focus of this role would be to act as the advocate and champion of the learner and for this reason, it would not normally be appropriate for the post holder to also cover a role where they would be responsible for teaching or curriculum management responsibilities for a learner who would also be part of their Learning Adviser cohort.

College Values / In addition to job role competencies Cornwall College values are embedded in all roles. Therefore, all employees will be expected to review the College values document and ensure they understand how the values apply to their role and the wider organisation.
Consistent
Can do
Courageous
Creative
Connected
Caring
Celebrating

Please note: All employees of Cornwall College are required to undertake mandatory Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Data Protection and Equality & Diversity Training. All statutory checks governed by “every child matters” will need to be completed before commencing employment and contracts will be dependent on these.

Lead Senior Learning Adviser - February 2017