Enrichment and Engagement Co-ordinator
Reference: SOU1002440
The Vacancy
Southwark College, part of NCG is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Enrichment and Engagement Coordinator to work with our students. The ideal candidate would be able to start by August 24, but we would consider later start dates for exceptional candidates. Based at our Southwark College site, close to Waterloo Station, the successful candidate will be part of team of a large Student Experience Department that supports both our 16-18 Study Programme students and our Adult students.
The Enrichment and Engagement Coordinator would manage, analyse and plan the development of an enrichment programme to ensure that all students have a wide range of opportunities. A key part of this role would be to support the Student Union and the students who have been nominated to roles within the Student Union. Key to this is our belief that college services and activities are learner led, and we encourage learners to have an active voice within the college.
The main duties of the post holder are:
- To schedule, plan, cost, and deliver an annual programme of enrichment events across the college that enhance and enrich learners’ skills, behaviours, and attitudes.
- To take an active role in coordinating and supervising enrichment activities in the Atrium and classroom areas, including managing equipment and resources while on duty to ensure learner safety.
- To develop and maintain the consistency of the development of Learner Voice and its associated components. This would include support the Student Union and its student nominees.
- To arrange and lead specialist group activities & engagement for learners around key themes of the enrichment calendar and college Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Behaviour’s calendar in year.
- To work as part of an inter-disciplinary team to maximise learner participation, and to promote positive learner behaviour and attitudes.
About Southwark College
Southwark College is a large further education college in London, offering an exciting range of work-focused courses that give our students the skills and experience they need to develop their employment potential. We provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.
We’re proud of our success in achieving excellent results and producing knowledgeable and successful students, but we’re built on our staff and our success is down to recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. Helping our young people and adults to fulfil their potential and often transform their lives through education requires dedication, patience and the ability to think differently. That’s why we set out to recruit staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome.
We’d love you to join the team if you want to make a real difference to the lives of students, local employers and the wider Southwark community. In return, we’ll provide you with a range of development opportunities, benefits and support to help you fulfil your role.
Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.
At Southwark College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.
Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.
1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
As part of the NCG Group, Southwark College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.
NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.
To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.
NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
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Telephone: 0191 226 6390
Email: NCGRecruitment@ncgrp.co.uk