Community Development Worker

Location: Worksop (may be required to work at other college campuses as/when required)

Salary: £26,352 (£21,366.48 pro-rata) per annum + benefits

Hours: Part time (30hrs per week, all year round)

Contract: Fixed term until 31 July 2025

Our client’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider, and this is at the heart of everything that they do. To help them achieve this they are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join their existing teams. To be a part of the team they will expect you to be committed to their values too.

The Role

They are looking for a proactive and professional individual who will be responsible for a number of key duties including co-ordinating the groups community learning provision in line with funding requirements and will assisting the coordination of a range of other activities throughout the academic year such as Awards Evenings and Community events.

You will be committed to providing an excellent customer service to both internal and external clients, whilst producing a high level of accuracy, excellent organisational skills and a flexible approach to work.

Through a proactive, enthusiastic and customer focused approach you will help the College achieve its mission to provide skills for the future of their students and community, through outstanding teaching and learning. Your work will ultimately lead to increased enrolment numbers, highly accurate data, meeting funding requirements plus positive development of the College reputation.

Skills and Qualifications

• You will have experience in working in customer focused and community development role, preferably in a Further Education environment.
• You must be able to communicate well with others and those in your team.
• You should be organised, with experience of a wide variety of IT packages, including Microsoft and Google.
• You must have a proactive approach and good customer service skills.
• You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths or be willing to work towards.

Department Info

The Community Development Worker is a key part of the College’s Community Learning Team, supporting both learners and staff throughout the academic year. This role is extremely important in assisting the Community team to achieve its goals which link into the College’s mission.

Benefits

• Access to local government pension
• Up to 44 days annual leave per year (pro-rata for part time workers) including closure during Christmas period
• Access to their gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of their sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth by to £200 per referral made

To Apply

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