Personal Tutor

An exciting opportunity has arisen to for a Personal Tutor to join our Academic Support team at the Joseph Wright Centre. For this role at Derby College as we are looking to recruit experts to deliver valuable tutorial sessions to our students and work alongside our teaching staff. If you’d like to come and take a look at where you might be working, reach out to us and we will arrange for you to have a tour of our fantastic campus.

The Opportunity

The role will include delivery of the contextualised tutorial programme as well as conducting one to ones with students. You will be delivering topics such as Prevent, positive relationships, progression sessions and study skills. You will also be promoting opportunities to students such as wider tutorial events, seminars, guest speakers and industry events.

About you

You will be a committed person with a desire to deliver to, and work with, a range of students and levels from level 1 to 3. You will have knowledge of the range of tutoring and student tracking methods needed to ensure stimulating learning experiences. You will also have experience working in an FE environment, and delivering pastoral advice and guidance services to young people.

The Benefits

• 34 days holiday (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 20.5% employer contribution
• Free onsite parking
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors - free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reasonable adjustments, or about the role, please contact us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

Safeguarding statement

DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  An online search of the preferred candidate is completed to help to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the college may need to explore with the candidate further. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Recruitment Agencies - We have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list.

Please note that unfortunately, this role is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system. Applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home Office website for further information.

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