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:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy External Funding Team in the College as the Multiply Project Administrator.
Multiply is a new government-funded programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. It is a free provision aimed at anyone over 19 years of age that does not have GCSE Math's at grade C to build their confidence with numbers and gain a qualification (if applicable) to be able to secure employment and/or training.
37 hours per week
Fixed term until December 2024 (Secondment considered)
£22,982 - £25,017 per annum
Tycoch and Kingsway campus
Key Responsibilities:
- You will ensure the collection and collation of all paperwork to support the effective roll out and delivery of the Multiply Project.
- Working closely with relevant staff, you will be required to maintain information on project outcomes and targets and also the financial aspects of the project.
- You will also be responsible for ensuring that appropriate systems are established to support the delivery of this project.
About you:
- Experience of processing large volumes of paperwork and working in a busy office environment is essential
- Excellent IT skills, particularly Excel.
- Experience of administering externally funded projects and working with external partners would be desirable.
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)
- 2 staff well-being days
- Discounted Sport Centre gym membership for £60 per year
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.