Student Support & Recruitment Worker (Administrator) - Employment,career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Student Support & Recruitment Worker (Administrator)
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Bicester, Banbury, Aylesbury, Oxford, Northampton
Salary:    £14,331 - £18,768
Start Date:    TBC
Reference:    214426-BLUS8996



Student Support & Recruitment Worker (Administrator) BLUS8996
Location: HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester (OX25 1PZ)
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary: £14,331 - £18,768 per annum

As a Student Support & Recruitment Worker you will work to promote education to students, support them through assessment and enrolment and work closely with other agencies within the prison to develop and deliver support services. Using your excellent presentation, influencing and communication skills you will have the ability to quickly engage with students and to develop key agency partnerships. Ideally you will also have experience in customer service or promotions work and will have an eye for detail and good analytical skills.

Our client is a leading Further Education College providing a comprehensive range of vocational, academic, professional and higher education courses. The College also delivers the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) Phase 4 contracts for East Midlands, West Midlands and South Central, providing education to 35 prisons across these 3 regions.

HMP Bullingdon is a category C training prison with a category B local function. It has a maximum capacity of 1114 males. As part of our client's expansion in Offender Learning they require skilled professionals for various positions. They are looking for a talented individual to provide advice and guidance towards achieving their learning goals within their Educational delivery of vocational training, ICT, Functional Skills and Employability programmes.

As the successful candidate you will have:

Good basic general education including GCSE (or) equivalent) in Maths and English at Grade C or above.
Hold a teaching, administration or customer services based qualification at level 2 or above (desirable)
Information, Advice and Guidance Qualification at level 3 or above (desirable)
Proven experience of presenting to groups
Proven customer service or promotional experience (desirable)
Experience of working with students who may have little experience of education and training (desirable)
Good IT skills with experience of word processing, spread sheets, databases, email and internet systems.
Experience of ICT based assessment packages (desirable)
Accuracy and precision in written presentation

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 20th November 2013

Our client wants to develop a more diverse workforce and positively welcome applications from all sections of the community

They are committed to promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore require a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check.

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.



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