We’re looking for an experienced Student Support Officer. As one of our support colleagues you’ll go into the Greater Manchester Pension scheme with a generous employer contribution. You’ll enjoy some really great benefit’s too, for example, a great holiday allowance of 33 days which doesn’t include bank holidays or up to 3 efficiency days at Christmas, Costa Coffee on site, Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, dining experiences at out Restaurant at Tameside One, retail discounts, a cycle to work scheme, a cash health care plan via simply health and a savings club via the Manchester Credit Union. Here’s the standard bit: Joining the Progress and Welfare team, you will provide effective Pastoral and Safeguarding support to individual and/or groups of students. You will ensure that the support provided is in accordance with Safeguarding legislation, local Safeguarding Partnership guidelines and the Education Inspection Framework. What you’ll need : - A minimum of a level 3 qualification in a relevant subject i.e. Safeguarding and evidence of specific and recent areas of training such as Child Criminal Exploitation, Prevent or Mental Health. GCSE in English and mathematics minimum grade C or equivalent. About us: - Tameside College has an excellent reputation backed up with a ‘good’ Ofsted rating. This is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester, is 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 back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (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. Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised. Come join us on our journey to outstanding 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.