Study Skills Mentor
Southport College
Sefton
- £24,888 - £25,281 pro rata
- New
- Salary:
- £12,239.69 to £12,432.96 per annum (£24,888 to £25,281 per annum FTE)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 January 2025
Job overview
The role
We are looking for a well-qualified Study Skills Mentor to provide essential support to independent learning at Southport College and King George V College.
As a Study Skills Mentor, you will play a key role in the smooth running of our Study Hub. The Study Hub offers a comprehensive range of learning resources, including books, magazines, and journals. Students and staff are able to utilise these spaces to facilitate learning and access support to improve their digital and academic study, as well as to complete assignments and prepare for exams.
Based in the Study Hub, you will facilitate student learning by guiding, advising, informing and demonstrating a wide range of digital and study skills. You will help students and staff to access, retrieve and use relevant learning materials, by delivering tailored study and digital skills sessions to groups and individuals. You will also research and promote interactive teaching and learning resources for students and staff to use to support their learning and development.
About you
You will be a personable individual, who can demonstrate a proven ability to facilitate learning effectively. You will possess a good understanding of study skills and the ability to help staff and students access resources including Microsoft Office, web-based media, Teams and other interactive resources. Possession of an ICT (or digital / media technologies) qualification at Level 3 is essential, along with experience of supporting learners.
For further details and to download an application form, please click the apply button.
Completed applications should be returned via email to personnel@southport.ac.uk.
Deadline for receipt of applications: Monday 6th January 2025 (10:00am).
Southport College and KGV College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all employees are expected to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records check, with Barred List check if appropriate, through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About Southport College
- Southport College
- Mornington Road, Southport
- Merseyside
- PR9 0TT
- United Kingdom
Southport College is a well established independent Further Education college providing a diverse programme of education and training to a variety of learners across the North West.
Working closely with schools across Sefton and West Lancashire, Southport College offers a School Links programme for over 250 14-16 year olds who combine studying vocational courses at Southport College alongside their GCSEs in school. Southport College is the area’s largest provider of vocational courses, with nearly 2000 full-time 16-19 year-olds studying a range of qualifications including BTECs, NVQs, CACHE awards, City & Guilds qualifications and the exciting new Advanced Diplomas, in a wide range of subjects from Hair & Beauty Studies or Forensic Science to Childcare or Games Design & Animation.
Southport College provides a range of part-time and full-time courses to over 3000 adult learners, many of them supported by their employers on courses delivered in the workplace through our Employer Services team. Many students choose to study university education at Southport College, following degree courses validated by Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Central Lancashire and Edge Hill University.
This is a particularly exciting time to be studying at Southport College. We have recently invested over £10 million of our own resources into improving the learning environment for all of our students with many exciting plans for the future, making sure that Southport College really is the first choice for training and education in the area.
Southport College’s mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality education and training for individuals and employers. Through inspirational teaching, outstanding support and excellent facilities, we aim to help every one of our learners reach their full potential and progress to success.
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