About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
- Part-time (18.5 hours per week)
- Term Time (38 weeks per year)
- Permanent
- £9155.64 - £9509.89 per annum
- Tycoch & Gorseinon campus
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent customer service to all staff, students and visitors.
- Engage with learners to ensure a well-ordered, safe, supportive, accessible and stimulating environment is maintained
- Respond enthusiastically and supportively to the enquiries of users
- Ensure the environment is clean, organised and conducive to a variety of learning styles
About you:
- Enthusiastic and willing to learn
- Self-motivated and also a good team worker
- Empathetic and inclusive
- Great people skills in dealing with difficult situations
- Flexibility to be between campuses is essential
Benefits for you:
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
- A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
- Staff support groups: menopause, LGBTQ+, time for talking
- 2 staff well-being days
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Please note that we are expecting a high volume applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.