To facilitate the learning process by supporting staff and students in an effective learning environment
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To provide direct support to teaching staff by maintaining and promoting lively working environment and practices
- To work with and ensure that staff and students have access to studios, workshops, equipment as required
- To prepare and assist in activities ensuring all materials and equipment are prepared in readiness for practical sessions and retrieved after the activity has ceased
- Maintain and repair specialist equipment and be responsible for the security of equipment and tools
- To assist with the supervision of students working on project work
- Be flexible in supporting the sections requirements and cross college tasks
- Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge
- Be responsible for ordering requisitions and storekeeping
- Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required.
Qualifications
Desirable Criteria
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Qualification in required area
How Identified: Application
Experience
Desirable Criteria
How Identified: Application
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
- Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word and Excel
- Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role
How Identified: Application/Interview
STAFF BENEFITS
- Career average pension scheme
- Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
- Purchase loans for computers and bikes
- Staff discount at the College’s Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
- On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
- Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance
- Free on-site parking
- On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
- An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
- A cycle to work scheme
- Discounted public transport tickets
- Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 35 days (From 1st August 2026) plus bank holidays
- Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays
- Two Health and Wellbeing days per year
- Subsidised bistro and refectory
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.
