Automotive / Motor Vehicle Technician (Technical Support Officer in Motor Vehicle) Joining us as a Technical Support Officer in Motor Vehicle (Automotive / Motor Vehicle Technician). You will provide technical support and will contribute to our talented and enthusiastic learners student’s practical experience, within a hardworking team with high standards. As a highly engaged and motivated Technical Support Officer, you will have a genuine desire to improve the life chances of our learners. Tameside College has an excellent reputation, and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. As a support colleague you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefit’s as well, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, Beauty treatments and haircuts, Health care cash plan via Simply Health, saving clubs via Manchester Credit Union, Cycle to work. Costa Coffee on site, Onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One, Retail discounts, Refectories on all sites. Here’s the standard bit: You’ll be responsible for assisting our team of teachers with the delivery of our mechanical based practical sessions. You will need to have provable experience of working in the automotive servicing industry on a wide range of vehicles, being able to repair and fix basic light vehicle issues. It is preferable that you have good knowledge of Health and Safety in the Automotive environment. Part of your remit will be assisting in organising the workshops and stock ordering as well as keeping all practical areas clean and of a high standard. What you’ll need: - We are looking for enthusiastic, resilient and highly motivated individuals, with a relevant level 2 qualification in vehicle maintenance or equivalent coupled with a thorough knowledge of the relevant curriculum and the ability to perform a technical support role to contribute to effective learning. You will provide physical, technical and administrative support and should be a strong team player with excellent communication skills. About us: Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience. We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment in the new Automotive Skills Centre (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment. You will be experienced and be a strong team player with excellent communication skills. Come join us on our journey to outstanding Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview. Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. We look forward to receiving an application from you (This role may close early please submit your application early to avoid disappointment) Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CV’s forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions.