Job description
About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
- Part-time: 18.5 hours per week
- Permanent
- £13,310.50 - £14,648.50 per annum (Full Time Equivalent £26,621 - £29,297)
- Sketty Hall Campus
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out timely and regular progress reviews with learners, monitoring their attendance and progress against targets upon their apprenticeship programme
- Reporting and coordinating the communication of learner progress between the Accountancy team, the apprentice and their employer
- Work with external employers to maintain and develop professional relationships ensuring that our Accountancy provision meets their training needs within the apprenticeship
About you:
- Ideally hold or be willing to work towards an AAT qualification and A1 assessor/V1 verifiers’ award
- Hold Level 2 (grade A-C) or equivalent in Mathematics and English
- Familiar with all the administrative requirements of the apprenticeship programme
- Have a proven track record of assessing apprentices
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong team working and ILT skills
Benefits for you:
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
- A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
- Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Please note that we are expecting a high volume applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).