Personal Tutor - Adult Learners in Liverpool

Application Deadline: 20 July 2026

Department: Student Progress

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Liverpool

Reporting To: Inclusion Manager

Compensation: £25,301 - £27,421 / year

Description

Job Title: Personal Tutor - Adult Learners

Department: Student Progress

Salary: £25,300.81 - £27,421.29 (FTE: £27,598 - £29,911) / year; Job Type: Full time, permanent, 35 hours per week, term time only (40 weeks)

We are looking for a dedicated personal tutor to join our Student Progress department. The role demands ensuring adult students are making progress and achieving their targets and personal goals while enabling progression to higher levels of study or employment/apprenticeships. It is also important for the tutor to be an advocate for the student, bridge any gaps in learning and ensure pastoral support is in place for adult students.

Responsible to: Inclusion Manager

Key Responsibilities

1. To contribute fully to the mission and values statement of the College ensuring its effective implementation in all aspects of college life.
2. To support in the implementation of the student transition programme in partnership with the curriculum teams and ensure that induction provides each student with all the necessary course information and an awareness of where and how to access support to be successful on their course.
3. To support curriculum to ensure that students are enrolled on the correct programme of study through the implementation of progress reviews and, if appropriate, facilitate transfer to a new programme.
4. Where needed, establish small learner groups to support learners in developing the skills to enable successful progression.
5. To establish and maintain electronic individual learning plans for all referred and assigned students.
6. Meet with referred and assigned students for 1:1 Progress Reviews to monitor progress against Minimum Target Grades and attendance and to support students and action plan with them to ensure they achieve or exceed their targets.
7. To identify and make sure that appropriate curriculum interventions are put in place to monitor students who are at risk.
8. To facilitate student involvement, including the collection of student voice and feedback to staff and students.
9. Develop an effective and supportive partnership with relevant agencies and NOK (where applicable) to support wellbeing, engagement, achievement, and progression, and attend meetings and events as required to contribute to the improvement of student experience.
10. Take a full part in sharing ideas, resources, and good practice with curriculum teams to drive forward improvement to student experience.
11. Establish a purposeful and motivating environment where students feel safe, secure, confident, and valued and accept responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
12. Establish and maintain procedures with students that promote and maintain appropriate behaviour, communication, and respect for others while challenging discriminatory behaviour and attitudes, ensuring that all students comply with College’s policies and procedures.
13. To work with the work experience team to support students career ambitions and encourage work/industry experience.
14. To support curriculum in the accurate capture of destination data.
15. Supporting the completion of UCAS applications and the writing of references.
16. To collaborate with colleagues and address students’ English and Maths and study skills development.
17. To review own professional development needs and to participate fully in future training and development.
18. To contribute to funded projects within schools to strengthen student experience, progress and progression.
19. Support in capturing progression and destination information for adult learners.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

1. Educated to Level 3.
2. Excellent computer literacy – ability to use the current IT programs of the College.
3. Knowledge and understanding of pastoral provision (changed from tutorial provision to pastoral).
4. Minimum of Level 2 literacy and numeracy or willingness to complete.
5. High level of communication and interpersonal skills.
6. Ability to set high standards for students, colleagues and for themselves.

Desirable

1. A recognised Teaching qualification or vocational experience.
2. Professional qualification relevant to the subject area.
3. Engaged in Continuing Professional Development.
4. Experience of resource-based learning.
5. An ICT qualification.
6. Membership of a relevant professional body.
7. Experience of assessing students’ needs and planning curriculum for their benefit including Technology Enhanced Learning.
8. Good understanding of curriculum development to meet the training needs of employers.
9. Good understanding of quality assurance and improvement processes.
10. Fluent speaking in any of the mentioned languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Kurdish Sorani, Tigrinya, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

Please Note

This role may close earlier than the advertised deadline if we receive sufficient applications. Early submission is strongly encouraged.

Benefits

Benefits of working at the College

As a valued member of our College community, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, dedicated wellbeing support, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth and development.

Pension Scheme You'll be part of the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 20.20%.

Leave entitlement Up to 30 days annual holiday allowance, plus 1 wellbeing day. You’ll also benefit from 5 to 7 days statutory closure and 2 further days closure at Easter.

Employee Benefit Platform As part of your role, you’ll have access to the COLC Employee Benefits Platform, a one‑stop hub for a wide range of perks designed to support your wellbeing, work‑life balance, and everyday savings.

Health and Wellbeing All employees have access to the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a completely confidential support service available 24/7, 365 days a year. You also have access to an online wellbeing portal on which you can find self‑help resources, health assessments, articles, and guidance.

Travel We offer interest‑free loans to help you buy annual travel passes from Merseytravel and Merseyrail.

Flexible Working We offer flexible working options depending on business need to support our employees' work‑life balance.

Professional Development We’re passionate about helping you thrive, offering a mix of formal and informal professional development opportunities to sharpen your skills and accelerate your career.

College Benefits Our excellent sports and fitness facilities can be used free of charge by staff. You can also access discounted hair and beauty treatments at our Academy and Graduate Hair & Beauty Salons, and a staff discount at our Academy Restaurant.