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Job Title: Senior Learning Support Assistant 

Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes  

Hourly rate:  

Contract Type: Permanent 

Full time/Part Time:  

Term Time only post: Yes 

Advert Closing Date: 31/08/2025 

Job Overview

As the main Further Education College in Jersey, our mission is to equip young people with the skills they need to be successful in education and in the world of work.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our successful Learning Support Department as a lead key worker, assisting students with a diverse range of learning difficulties and disabilities to be successful on their vocational education programme and to develop their literacy, numeracy and study skills.

The team regularly engages in CPD and wellbeing activities, with lots of opportunities provided to share best practice within and beyond the team.

We are looking for someone who;

  • Is a great communicator and proactive.
  • A team player.
  • Has great enthusiasm to enable all students to achieve their very best.
  • Can encourage and motivate learning.
  • Can engage learners with lesson content and outcomes.
  • Has awareness and empathy for how learning difficulties and disabilities can impact on learning and the self-esteem of learners.

Experience is desirable, however the ability to establish a good and meaningful rapport with learners is key.

Full training will be given.

If you would like an informal chat about the position before the 11th July please contact Desiree Madelin; desiree.madelin@highlands.ac.uk or on 01534 608585 or past this date over the summer Eileen Buicke-Kelly Eileen.Buicke-Kelly@highlands.ac.uk

Jersey Public Service Careers

 

Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.

 

To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.

 

Extraordinary, every day.

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