Location: HMP Channings Wood
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary: Up to £30,500 FTE per annum (£18,300 pro rata) - subject to experience
HMP Channings Wood Education Department have an exciting new opportunity for a Distance Learning Facilitator to join their Milton Keynes College Prison Services team.
You will work collaboratively with the Education Manager and wider education and prison teams to promote, facilitate, and support access to higher level learning programmes that maximises engagement and progression. This is a historically successful role that has allowed many learners to gain level 3 and degree level qualifications to support employment options on release. A key element to the role is the management of the course application process which is based on Open University and Prison Education Trust funded course options. Th ideal candidate will therefore possess excellent communication and organisation skills to effectively manage prisoner applications as well as deal professionally with both prison and outside organisation administration.
Part of the role is to promote higher level learning options within the prison and assess applications based on prisoner suitability and ability to engage on these courses. Tutorials with outside lecturers will also need coordinating in a timely fashion to meet course requirements as well as forwarding completed course work in the correct manner and in line with course timings. There will also be regular periods where course materials will be sent by post and electronically for learners to complete assignments etc. You will therefore require excellent IT skills and experience of supporting learners and their needs through the coordination and management of all these elements to the role.
OUR BENEFITS
- 30 days annual leave plus 3 additional company closure days during the festive season
- Birthday off
- College organised day working in the Community
- UK Bank Holidays (entitlement will be pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Generous pension scheme
- Professional development opportunities, including professional qualifications
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) accessible 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
- A variety of amazing discounts with NUS Card, Blue Light Card and our reward and recognition platform
- Employee wellbeing platform
- Access to a variety of EDIB related Employee Networks
Part Time Distance Learning Facilitator - Prison Education - HMP Channings Wood employer: MK College
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