Education Administrator - Winchester, United Kingdom - Milton Keynes College Prison Services

Milton Keynes College Prison Services

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Winchester, United Kingdom

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EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR

Location:
HMP Winchester, Romsey Road, Hampshire, SO22 5DF

Hours:18.75 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary:
Up to £11,500 pro rata (£23,000 FT) per annum

Apprenticeships:
Development opportunities are available through Apprenticeship standards

Reporting To:
Education Manager

IN SHORT**Milton Keynes College have a new vacancy for an administrator to join the education team based at HMP Winchester. The administrator will act as an ambassador, promoting education to maximise the recruitment of students onto learning programmes and supporting their learning goals within the prison. In addition, you will be a point of contact for prospective and current students of The Open University. You will be responsible for administrative processes, data entry and maintenance related to the learning experience, liaising with students and supporting their journey towards gaining higher education qualifications in a flexible way. You will also need to deliver inductions to prisoners and administer English and maths assessments.

As a successful administrator, you will provide appropriate guidance to students when selecting courses and support the education allocation process by delivering a range of ICT/paper based initial assessment and screening assessments.

You will also be confident in promoting the benefits of education and be actively involved in all aspects of student recruitment and programme marketing, working in partnership with HMPPS and other agencies to develop and deliver support services for our learners.

The role is exciting and varied with an opportunity to help others transform their lives through learning; help raise expectations and aspirations of students who reside in a long-term high security establishment.

OUR BENEFITS**- 25 days annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)

Generous Pension Scheme
Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card
Employee wellbeing platform with options to book free activities

ABOUT HMP WINCHESTER

HMP/YOI Winchester is a busy Category B/C Local prison housing both sentenced and remand prisoners from the age of 18.

The Education Department delivers relevant short courses that help prepare learners for employment upon release in three different Education areas in the prison.

Courses include:
English and Maths Functional Skills (Entry 1 to Level 2), ESOL, ICT, Art, Cookery, Employability Skills, and Barbering.

We also work closely with our prison colleagues to provide embedded Employability skills in the prison workshops for Carpentry, Recycling, Textiles and Enterprise Services.

The Education department runs morning and afternoon lessons, Monday to Thursday, and Friday mornings.

Lessons start at 8:15am and 1:45pm respectively and tutors are expected to be in the department at least 15 minutes before the start of the lesson.

Morning lessons last 3.25 hours (until 11:30) and afternoon lessons are 2.75 hours (until 16:30).

_ For further information about this opportunity, please refer to the attached document_