Tutorial and Personal Development Officer
City College Plymouth, Kings Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QG14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 2 Positions Available 1x Term Time | Permanent | £26,274 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £30,236 Per Annum) 1x Term Time | Fixed Term Maternity | £26,274 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £30,236 Per Annum)
Contract type
- Fixed term - As required - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full time equivalent salary
- £26,274 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £30,236 Per Annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
2 Positions Available
1x Term Time | Permanent | £26,274 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £30,236 Per Annum)
1x Term Time | Fixed Term Maternity | £26,274 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £30,236 Per Annum)
Who we are
Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.
As one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and learner-centred Tutorial & Personal Development Officer to design, coordinate and deliver an inspiring tutorial and personal development programme. Working across the College, you will help learners develop the knowledge, skills, behaviours and confidence they need to progress successfully into employment, apprenticeships, higher education or self-employment. You will champion wellbeing, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, working closely with curriculum and support teams to ensure every learner is supported to achieve their full potential.
What Will You Bring to the Role
- Adapting: You will confidently manage a varied workload, respond positively to changing learner needs and priorities, and use information to continually improve tutorial delivery and learner outcomes.
- Collaborating: You will build positive relationships with learners, curriculum teams and support services, recognising individual needs and working collaboratively to provide timely support and meaningful personal development opportunities.
- Focused: You will remain calm and organised in challenging situations, make sound decisions that safeguard and support learners, and maintain high standards whilst delivering engaging group tutorials on a range of sensitive topics.
- Problem Solving: You will identify creative solutions to barriers affecting learner progress, evaluate information effectively and design engaging tutorial activities that prepare learners for successful futures.
What the college offers its staff
Benefits
City College Plymouth will offer you;
- Career development opportunities.
- Generous contributions towards your pension.
- Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.
How we recruit
We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.
After completing our online application form, you will be asked tocomplete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.
The College welcomes applications from service leavers and theArmed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.
The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on college website (opens in new tab)About City College Plymouth
- Organisation type
- FE College, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@cityplym.ac.uk
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