Job Description

Salary

39,930 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Package

42 days (310.8 hours) annual leave + 8 bank holidays (59.2 hours)
28.68% Employer Pension Contribution into Teachers Pension Scheme

Date posted

29/05/2025

Job reference

RR00000297

About us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About

the role

We have high aspirations and standards for ourselves and our learners, and this role will be key in supporting the college's mission to transform lives through learning and ensure our students get the qualifications and skills they need to prepare them for success in both work and life.

As an Advanced Practitioner you will specifically support our aims and ambitions of enabling all students to succeedby coaching, mentoring and supporting teaching staff and assessors to improve and enhance their pedagogical practice, leading to high quality teaching, learning and assessment.

Ideally you will have experience of teaching in this subject area.

Main Responsibilities:

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:Deliver high quality teaching in specialist area of 561 hours, ensuring an outstanding experience and outcomes for those that you teach and setting a standard of excellence for colleagues Maintain strong learner outcomes for attendance, retention, achievement and progress Provide individual support and coaching to staff in line with their observation and individual development plan Provide supportive visits, observation, walk throughs and other quality review activities to inform wider TLA and quality improvement support across the assigned academy area
Induct and mentor new delivery staff to the assigned Academy ensuring they meet college expectations and enable them to plan and deliver sessions which provide high-quality teaching Supporting new teachers through their induction and delivering on internal teacher training programmes Work collaboratively with Academy leadership team to lead professional development and CPD sessions Work collaboratively to plan and deliver specialist sessions and lead CPD as part of the college development days and communities of practiceprogramme Support staff in reflecting and documenting their professional learning, including CPD log and dual professionalism activity Keep up to date with sector research, technological developments and inclusive practices to ensure currency and credibility with the individuals and teams that you support Contribute to self-assessment and quality improvement planning, ensuring interventions have measurable impact Take responsibility for own professional development and continually updates as necessary, participating in appropriate staff development activities as required including the Professional Development Review To promote a positive image of the College and the work that is carried out across its various services To comply with all legislative and regulatory requirements Preparing documentation for inspections, visits of awarding bodies and funding agencies and assisting constructively with the demands of external inspectors, assessors, verifiers, examiners etc.
Maintaining professional standards of behaviour and ensuring that the learning environment is of optimum benefit to all students. Undertake other duties within the scope of the role to support continuous improvement


If you want to find out more about the role please contact Noel Kulasingham, Head of QTLA - Noel.Kulasingham@sheffcol.ac.uk

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of 39,930 per annum.

Our benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with TPS - 28.68% Annual leave - 42 Days(310.8 hours)+ 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period Health and wellbeing, we offer + Employee assistance programme through Bupa
+ Occupational Health through PAM
+ Free eye tests for VDU users
Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses


Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confidentemployer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant,we're pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply:

Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@sheffcol.ac.ukCVs are currently not accepted.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 12th August 2025

Please be aware - If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.