Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Health & Social Care

Reporting to: Associate Director-Curriculum & Quality

Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Pension: Local Government Pension

Join Our Team 

We’re excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a committed Personal Development Lead to join our Health & Social Care department. This pivotal role involves managing and implementing strategies within the faculty to ensure learners benefit from a high-quality experience in developing their personal growth, behaviours, and attitudes, while being an integral part of our thriving academic community.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

As a Personal Development Lead, you will:

• Collaborate with the department’s management team to raise standards through the effective and high-quality delivery of the pastoral support system.
• Implement and manage the College’s Student Disciplinary and Attendance Policies and procedures across the department.
• Act as the first point of contact as duty manager for the department.
• Directly line manage and oversee the Attendance Officers, ensuring that student attendance and punctuality monitoring activities are well-coordinated and standardised across the faculty.
• Line manage the faculty’s administrators, supporting the organisation of parents’ evenings and the production of student report cards.

What We’re Looking For: 

We seek candidates who:

• Hold a minimum of a Level 3 qualification.
• Have GCSEs at Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a commitment to undertaking any mandatory training relevant to the role.
• Possess a management qualification (desirable).
• Have experience in FE management (desirable).
• Have experience of managing a team (desirable).
• Have experience in behaviour management and de-escalation (essential).

What’s in it for you? 

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Competitive salaries.
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Dedicated teaching & learning coaches for new staff.
• On-site staff parking available.
• Contributions to a variety of role-based pension schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension and NEST Pension.
• On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee.
• Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
  - 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family).
  - Occupational Health.
  - Free flu jabs.
  - Free gym membership for all staff.
  - Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments.

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work for Us page.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Kirsty Tate, Associate Director-Curriculum & Quality  K.Tate@mbro.ac.uk  

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early! 

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

SAFEGUARDING 

At Middlesbrough College, we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to ensuring equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and fostering good relations among all members of its community, and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Please see attached job description - Personal Development Lead