Dyslexia Coordinator
York College
York
- Expired
- Salary:
- £29,951 - £32,285 pro rata per annum plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 May 2015
Job overview
Ref: 129/0415
2 positions
We are seeking two Dyslexia coordinators to join the Learning Support Team to undertake a key role in the planning, organisation, assessment and delivery of support for students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities - particularly those with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia. The successful candidates will also contribute to the provision of additional learning support for students enrolled across all learning programmes.
The successful candidate will hold the advanced level 7 qualification related to aspects of support for students with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia and an Assessment Practicing Certificate (APC).Recent wide-ranging experience of working with students with specific learning difficulties, particularly dyslexia is also essential.
We encourage applications from people in under-represented groups who are looking for new and challenging career opportunities. To achieve this, black and ethnic minority applicants who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification will be short-listed for interview.
An enhanced disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
Closing date: 6 May 2015 (12 noon)
Interviews: 14 May 2015
If you would like to apply for this post please submit your application form by 12 noon on 6 May 2015.
Please note all applications must be made on the College’s job application form. CVs will not be accepted. To access the application form, please click on “How to Apply and Application Form” (on the College’s Vacancies web page).
Please read the attached guidance before completing your application form, in particular the section regarding the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
If you are returning your application form by post please ensure you add the correct postage for the size and weight of the envelope.
For further details, including information on how to apply, please visit: http://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/job-vacancies.html
Committed to equality of opportunity.
About York College
We are a “Good” college (OFSTED 2008) striving to be an “Outstanding College” by 2012. We are making excellent progress - in terms of our exam results, we are one of the top ten highest scoring Further Education Colleges in the country [Source: Times Educational Supplement 15th January 2010 – exam result statistics produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families].
Some Facts
- We are one of the major providers of education and training in Yorkshire and Humberside with an annual budget of c£30M.
- We are financially strong, being rated “Grade A”.
- In August 2007 we moved into a new purpose built campus on an attractive and accessible site (adjacent to the A64 and “Park and Ride”) on the southern edge of the City of York. At £60 million this is one of the largest single re-build programmes anywhere in the country and is a flagship for the sector nationally. OFSTED rate the college an “outstanding environment for teaching and learning”.
- In 2010/2011 we have 6,695 students, of which 4,269 are full time. In addition we have 601 on Higher Education programmes and 136 International students. Support for learners, in the form of a Learning Centre, guidance and counselling and individual support, is a strong feature of the College.
- We offer courses across the full range of Further Education provision, with the exception of Land Base Studies. The College has an extensive range of employer engagement activities. Strong links have been built with the business community over many years through our commercial and tailored training offer.
- We employ over 1,000 staff. Of these, 650 are salaried - employed on a full time or part time basis. We also employ around 360 part time variable hours staff, about half of which are teaching staff employed on a sessional basis.
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