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Senior Progression to HE Advisor
Job Description:
* Across our Bury St Edmunds sites - Abbeygate Sixth Form and West Suffolk College
* 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Fixed Term contract until 31st July 2025
* Salary: £30,295 per annum - £33,944 per annum
This is an exciting opportunity to spearhead our neaco partnership, supporting our team with the day-to-day coordination of the project and actively driving participation. As an advisor to a variety of students, you will support our learners with impartial advice and guidance to help them achieve their personal and academic objectives. This role is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of students, and we welcome applications from ambitious professionals looking to take the next step in their career supporting HE.
The successful candidate should demonstrate a sound understanding of UCAS requirements and processes, FE, and/or HE, alongside confident communication skills, with the ability to foster strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:
* Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
* Family friendly policies and flexible working
* Access to our employee assistance programme
* Employee wellbeing initiatives
* Free parking
* Canteen
* Company Events
* Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes.
* Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
* Funded subject course development for your role
* Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
* Career progression opportunities available
West Suffolk College is one of the country's leading further education and apprenticeship providers. Our apprenticeship results have consistently remained above the national average. We offer many degrees, HNCs and HNDs at our focused and inclusive University Studies Centre. We have around 13,000 students including nearly 2,000 apprentices studying with us.
As a College, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.
This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support, and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives, and employee assistance.
This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]
Completed application forms should be made via our recruitment portal - if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Closing Date: 8:00am on Tuesday, 1st October
Interviews: To be held shortly thereafter
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website.
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