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Z227 Student Mentor - REQ02207

Gloucester

Reference: REQ02207

Description: £27,557.36 - £28,868.44 (Salary to be pro rata’d depending on hours)
Up to 37 hours per week, 38 weeks term time only. 1x Full Time and 1x Part Time role

Gloucestershire Professional Services (GPS) is recruiting for Student Mentors to join the Student Support Team based at Gloucestershire College.


The Student Support Department at Gloucestershire College is dedicated to empowering students with the resources, guidance, and opportunities they need to thrive academically, personally, and professionally. The department is comprised of several interlinked teams, including Student Mentors, Employability, Student Services, Careers, Outreach, and Enrichment. Each team plays a vital role in supporting students throughout their journey, working collaboratively to provide a seamless and holistic experience. From one-on-one mentoring to helping students develop employability skills, offering tailored career advice, and organizing enriching extracurricular activities, our department ensures every student feels supported and inspired.


Our day-to-day work is dynamic and student-focused. Whether meeting students for Student Development sessions, delivering employability workshops, coordinating outreach programs, or planning engaging events to enhance the student experience, our team operates with a shared goal of creating a welcoming and inclusive environment. Our focus is on students being retained, achieving and building their resilience for work. The department is based across multiple Gloucestershire College campuses in Gloucester, Cheltenham, and the Forest of Dean, with flexibility for hybrid working arrangements to meet the diverse needs of our students. We also offer adaptable roles and working hours, ensuring our team can deliver exceptional support while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.


To work with academic and support teams to support and improve the retention, achievement and progression of our learners. To help learners prepare for their next steps through an inspiring programme of employment preparation, work related activities and experiences. To help learners evidence progress on personal development skills, attitudes and behaviours as they prepare for their intended destinations.


The purpose of this role is to design, with students, a personalised programme that meets their individual needs to ensure they have the best possible opportunity to be successful, in gaining the qualifications and skills to achieve meaningful employment or further study.


In doing so ensuring appropriate referral support and strategies to empower students to be confident, resourceful, resilient and independent.


Don't meet every single requirement?

We are committed to creating an inclusive and flexible working environment, that promotes diversity. if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the job description (but you do meet the essential criteria) or you are seeking an alternative working pattern, please apply anyway - you may just be the person we are looking for.

A career with us means much more than just a salary - we know that our people are our greatest asset; 96% of our employees are proud to work at the college and 90% of students would recommend GC as a place to study.


We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:


Please note that existing members of staff seeking redeployment will be given priority for all roles where they meet the essential criteria on the person specification.

We reserve the right to close this advert before the stated closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we would recommend an early application.

Region:

Location: Gloucester
Salary: *GBP*27,557.36 - *GBP*28,868.44 per annum
Package: 27 days annual leave, increasing to 32 days after 5 years, plus an additional 3 days during Christmas closure and auto enrolment into the Peoples Pension matched contribution scheme.
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time

 

How to apply:

Please review the Job Description and further details on our safer recruitment screening process to find out more about this role and apply online to join our team by clicking on Apply Now. Please click on Search then scroll down to find the vacancy.

Closing date for applications: 2025-06-02

Salary: *GBP*27,557.36 - *GBP*28,868.44 per annum

Hours Per Week: 37

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