Student Engagement Officer - Prenton, United Kingdom - Birkenhead Sixth Form College

Birkenhead Sixth Form College

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Prenton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at an outstanding Sixth form College in a role where you will run and coordinate a range of enrichment opportunities and careers events for our 16-19 students to ensure they have a positive and exciting student experience.

Specifically, you will be involved in:

Organisation and promotion of a wide and rich 'Do More, Be More' clubs and societies programme.
Organisation and delivery of sports sessions as part of the enrichment programme
Organisation and promotion of a student volunteering programme, including an annual fair
Organisation and promotion of Futures Day
Organisation and promotion of a work shadows and work experience programme
Organisation and distribution of weekly Student Bulletin
Organisation and management of a student Enrichment Leaders Team
Organisation and Promotion of an exciting Visiting Speakers Programme
Ensuring that all opportunities are of an exceptional standard and participation is high, especially from students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Ensuring all activity is driven by a sound evidence base with a focus on the range, quality and take up of extracurricular activities.

We are looking for a fixed term appointment to cover the maternity leave of the Student Engagement Officer.

Your role is to motivate and engage our students to participate in a high quality, exciting enrichment and careers programme.

You will work closely with the pastoral and marketing teams where you will find a real team ethos and support.

about the College.
You will be joining a highly successful, innovative, and nationally recognised sixth form college.

The College was awarded the UK Sixth Form College of the Year by the TES in 2018 and this followed being graded outstanding in all areas by OFSTED in December 2016.

All staff play a vital role in the experience that students have with us and ultimately their success.

The College currently has a 16 to 19-year-old student population of 1400 and is oversubscribed.

The College is committed to its core values of
Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and
Thoughtfulness, and these values shape everything we do.

Our ethos is centred on the scientific evidence that tells us that everyone can achieve success through purposeful hard work as opposed to the talent myth, and this enables learners to make rapid progress unshackled by any limits previously placed upon them.

how to apply.

If you are ambitious and determined to make a meaningful difference in one of the country's leading sixth form colleges then we would be thrilled to have you join our team.

1.
Please complete the Application Form for Support Staff which is available on the College website.
- a)_ _Please outline why you have applied for this position and what you believe makes you suited to the position._
- b)_ _Why is a student engagement programme for enrichment and careers important in a sixth form college?_
- c)_ _Please explain what experience you have with 16-19 students and what strategies you would use to drive engagement with a voluntary enrichment programme?_
- d)_ _Please identify your IT skills and explain the importance of these skills in this role._
- e)_ _Select one of the college values and describe ways you demonstrate this in your day to day work._

closing date:
Friday 15thSeptember - 12 Noon

Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary contract

Salary:
£18,647.00-£19,979.00 per year

Schedule: