Deputy Head of Adult Pastoral and Learning Support

Leeds City College is one of the UK’s largest FE establishments with around 1200 employees and over 35,000 students. Offering a diverse curriculum within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment, our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions.

Leeds City College is one of the UK’s largest FE establishments with around 1200 employees and over 35,000 students. Offering a diverse curriculum within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment, our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education, which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions.

Leeds City College has a vacancy for an enthusiastic and passionate Deputy Head of Adult Pastoral and Learning support Teaching Assistant within the Department of Adult and Community Education.

The successful post holder will lead and manage the development and delivery of additional learning support, for adults. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring all adult students within the College receive high quality support that auditable evidence is available to support the claim, and work closely with MIS to make the claim in line with college targets. 

The successful post holder will lead and line manage a team of Teaching Assistants in the School of Adult, Community and ESOL, who will be assigned to deliver support and pastoral care to specified student caseloads. The post will ensure the staff are sufficiently trained and effectively deployed to deliver outstanding learning support and pastoral care, and drive high levels of student attendance, retention and achievement.  The post will be responsible for meeting attendance, retention and progression targets for learners with support needs, within the Colleges discrete adult curriculum.

Leeds City College is committed to Equality of Opportunity (ensuring everyone is treated fairly) and safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Leeds City College is committed to Equality of Opportunity (ensuring everyone is treated fairly) and safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check as well as mandatory pre-employment checks which may also include checking social media profiles. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please apply via the link.