Job Purpose:
As a Personal Tutor, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and supporting students through their educational journey. Your core responsibility is to deliver tailored coaching and pastoral support to maximise each student’s potential. You will foster a motivational environment, helping students set and achieve aspirational targets, produce student progress reviews, while addressing barriers to success. The role requires flexibility, initiative, and a proactive approach to student engagement and progress.
Key Responsibilities:
- Pre-enrolment and enrolment
- Assist with student enrolment processes and induction activities in August and at the start of each academic year in August
- Contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the college-wide induction programme
- Tutorial programme
- Plan, deliver, and review an engaging tutorial programme aligned with college values and student needs
- Facilitate workshops on the Careers Education programme and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion topics
- Collect and act upon student feedback in line with college quality processes (e.g., Student Voice, Self-Assessment Reports
- Individual student progress reviews and action planning
- Conduct regular 1:1 progress reviews with students, setting clear and measurable targets
- Monitor student attendance, engagement, and attainment using college systems; implement interventions where necessary
- Support students in accessing enrichment activities and monitor their involvement
- Work with students to track their intended destinations (e.g., progression to further education, apprenticeships, or employment), and monitor their actual destinations post-college to assess success
- Proactively address concerns and referrals related to learner welfare or academic performance
- Signpost students to internal and external support services (e.g., Careers, Safeguarding, Counselling)
- Deal promptly with complaints raised by students and, where necessary, refer them to the next stage
- Communicate effectively with parents/carers and teaching staff to ensure cohesive support.
- Provide guidance and references to support student progression into further/higher education, training, or employment
- Record keeping
- Maintain accurate records of student interactions, targets, attendance, Directed Study, and progress using systems such as EBS/onTrack and Markbook.
- Ensure all administrative tasks are completed in line with college procedures and deadlines
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Contribute to self-assessment and continuous improvement processes within the tutorial framework.
- Ensure all tutorial activities align with college policies, standards, and best practice in student support
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- To carry out all duties in accordance with the College’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- To carry out any other duties as directed by your Line Manager.
Safeguarding
The College is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of learners and expects all who work with or on behalf of the College to share this commitment. All roles within the College therefore are subject to DBS regulations.
The College considers that the jobholder for this role should have a DBS Enhanced CHILD disclosure.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity in all of our activities and to encouraging access to our College from all groups irrespective of race, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation. We are working to create an environment in which cultural diversity and individual difference are positively valued in an atmosphere free from harassment and discrimination. We take our legal and moral obligations with respect to equal opportunities seriously and welcome dialogue with groups and individuals on ways in which our equal opportunities policies and practice can be enhanced.
Pay: £32,540.00-£35,567.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Transport links
Work Location: In person
