Widening Participation Project Officer Secondary Tutoring

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

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Background

Based within Student Inclusion and Engagement the Widening Participation Outreach Team supports young people in making realistic, well-informed decisions about their future, challenging preconceptions, and helping them to develop the skills, knowledge and grades required to meet their aspirations. Working with target schools and colleges across London the team aim to remove barriers, improve attainment, and empower underrepresented learners to access and succeed in higher education.

Responsibilities The post holder will coordinate the successful delivery of the English and Maths Secondary Tutoring; recruiting, training, and managing City student tutors, monitoring progress and attendance of both pupils and tutor, tracking against budget and producing the project evaluation and annual report. The role will involve exploring additional tutoring activities with target Secondary Schools to complement the tutoring schemes and to meet the needs of the pupils and school. In addition, you will coordinate the successful delivery of the Maths revision day events at City, tracking against budget, and producing evaluation reports for each event. Person Specification

An understanding and up to date knowledge of the widening participation agenda and barriers to entering HE is essential. Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding issues is key to the role. Experience of working with young people in a school or youth work setting is required.

The post holder will have experience in planning and delivering projects with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills as well as the ability to manage relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Additional Information

Closing date: 16th March 2025 at 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 27th and 28th March 2025.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

Please note that this role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

At City St George’s, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week.

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