Job Description

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Description

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Key Responsibilities

1. To provide direct support to teaching staff by maintaining and promoting lively working environment and practices.

2. To work with and ensure that staff and students have access to studios, workshops, equipment as required.

3. To prepare and assist in activities ensuring all materials and equipment are prepared in readiness for practical sessions and retrieved after the activity has ceased.

4. Maintain and repair specialist equipment and be responsible for the security of equipment and tools.

5. To assist with the supervision of students working on project work.

6. Be flexible in supporting the sections requirements and cross college tasks

7. Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge.

8. Be responsible for ordering requisitions and storekeeping

9. Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required.

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Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Qualifications

Essential Criteria
Dependant on area
Desirable Criteria
How Identified: Application

Experience

Essential Criteria
Dependant on area
How Identified: Application/Interview

IT Skills

Essential Criteria
Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word and Excel
Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role
How Identified: Application/Interview#

About Hopwood Hall

We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. Both campuses have ample free parking and subsidised restaurants.



We offer staff a range of benefits including free gym membership at our Middleton Sports Arena and generous holiday entitlement.

We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).



This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.

STAFF BENEFITS

Working at Hopwood Hall College comes with a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and sick pay entitlements.

Other benefits include:

Career average pension scheme Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena Purchase loans for computers and bikes Staff discount at the College's Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus) Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance Free on-site parking On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed) An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site) A cycle to work scheme Discounted public transport tickets Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 28 days plus bank holidays Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays) * Subsidised bistro and refectory