Learning Advocate
36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year to cover term times
Actual salary in the range of £21,559 - £23,470 per annum
Based at Uxbridge Campus
Learning Advocates are at the heart of supporting individual or small groups of learners with their GCSE and Functional English and maths. This is an enhanced support role and can be extremely useful for individuals considering developing into teaching. You would support Computing and IT learners outside of their classes, working closely with the English and Maths teams and vocational curriculum staff. This will involve planning support sessions and providing regular feedback to supported learners to enable them to develop confidence and make progress in their English and maths classes.
Ideally, we are looking for someone that has a passion for maths and / or English. You should have a good level of numeracy and literacy skills, and have some experience of supporting young people with numeracy or literacy needs in an educational environment. You will have good communication skills, be well-organised and be able to motivate and build good working relationships with young people.
This is a full time position; however we welcome applicants who wish to work on a part time/job share basis.
Closing date: 13th February 2023
Uxbridge College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.