The Vacancy
The post holder will support to offer residents across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland a unique employment journey, supporting them via a suite of varied activities provided by the partners on the project, ensuring they adopt positive routines suited to their specific needs and move positively towards employment.
They will do this by supporting the removal of barriers to employment, building confidence and motivation to look for work, and progress with basic skills.
The post holder will work collaboratively with employability delivery teams to provide access to a bespoke employment journey for local residents, who are hardest to reach providing them
As an employee within NCG, all employees are required to promote, uphold and demonstrate through personal example, our values and behaviours.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare, adapt, organise and maintain learning resources and/or equipment.
Set up the learning environment and undertake the day-to-day maintenance of equipment.
Support employability team responsible for the effective and efficient organisation and delivery of high quality learning programmes.
Undertake a range of administration and project duties as well as proactively engaging with communities across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Prepare for instructing and supervising, the learning experience and the learning environment.
Produce and carry out as directed, the organisation and administration appropriate to the learning situation including the marking of registers and the submission of other returns and records.
Complete and maintain accurate records for project outcomes.
Contribute to the learner’s personal development and responsibility for their own learning, and encourage resilience.
Support individuals and groups through the process of learning and associated training sessions and referral routes.
Attend team, school and other appropriate meetings as required.
Standard Responsibilities for all positions in NCG
Participate in any staff review/performance management processes involving the identifying and meeting of training needs for self and others.
Take appropriate responsibility to ensure the health and safety of self and others.
Pursue the achievement and integration of equal opportunities throughout all activities.
Undertake any other tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the level of this post.
Comply with all NCG policies and procedures
NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
About Newcastle College
Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.
We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.
We’re proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country’s leading college groups and we’re a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK. Newcastle College’s vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.
Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you’ll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.
Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.
At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.
Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.
1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.
NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.
No agency applications will be accepted.
NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
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About Disability Confident
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