Assessor in Plumbing

**Job Title**:Assessor in Plumbing**

**Salary**:£21,300-£32,900 per annum**

**Contract**:NSG Training Advisor, Full-time, Permanent**

**Hours**:37 hours per week**

**Annual Leave: 3**0 per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays**

**Pension**:NEST Pension Scheme**

**About the role**

The Assessor is responsible for a caseload of learners participating in training. Assessors contribute to the design and delivery of learning programmes and assessments, to enable participants to successfully achieve their qualifications to include full Apprenticeship standards. Assessors liaise closely with Employers and have a key role in developing learners to achieve their learning goals and inspiring them to overcome barriers.

**About the College**
- Middlesbrough College is the largest General Further Education College in the Tees Valley with a £120million campus in the heart of Middlehaven. Within the campus there is a main building for full and part-time vocational study, a dedicated Sixth Form, a STEM Centre, a Higher Education Centre, a Digital Centre and the new £14million TTE Technical Training Centre opens in September 2024. Additionally, there is an Adult and Community Learning Centre close by which provides training to hundreds of adults and ESOL students each year with a new purpose-built Centre opening in the Centre of Middlesbrough in the next few years.
- We support the training of over 2000 apprentices across a 75-mile-wide area of the North East from Newcastle down to York working across a range of sectors partnering with over 1000 employers.
- The College provides excellent facilities for approximately 13,000 students from across the region and whilst we are very proud of our campus and the equipment our students have access to, we are clear that it is the experience and dedication of our staff that make a positive difference to the lives of our students, helping them to achieve their educational goals and progress into work, higher education, or apprenticeships after they complete their programmes.
- The College was Ofsted inspected in February 2024 and was rated Good with Strong Skills and six Outstanding features. The College also won the Careers & Enterprise Company Award for Excellence in Careers and Enterprise at the Association of College’s Beacon Awards in March 2024.
- We employ over 1000 staff and are committed to our staff’s development using an interactive online system called Thrive. We have a wide range of continuous professional development opportunities including a bespoke Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) programme for our aspiring and existing leaders. Opportunities to achieve Assessor and Teaching Qualifications as well as role specific Professional Qualifications and training opportunities for Business Support staff linked to their role.
- Our teaching staff are supported through our Taking Teaching Higher strategy that focuses on ensuring practitioners have the skill set to utilise up to date evidence-based practice, innovate through technology enhanced learning and have access to relevant continuous professional development opportunities.
- The College offers free membership to its gym for all staff as well as discounted rates in the Hair and Beauty salons, and staff sports sessions such as five aside football, Pilates, and badminton. The College has an employee assistance programme that provides support to both staff and their families and a wellbeing group that meets regularly to champion wellbeing activities for all staff.
- Level 3 or equivalent in Plumbing & Heating - Essential
- English and Maths GCSE grade 4/C or above
- or equivalent - Essential
- TAQA or A1 assessor qualification, or willing to work towards
- Desirable.
- Teaching qualification - Desirable.

For more details of requirements, please view the attached Job Description for the role.

**Safeguarding our students**

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment.To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please follow this link: Revised Code of Practice for Disclosure and Barring Service Registered Persons (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Further relevant links:
Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy

Recruitment of Ex Offenders Policy

**Want to know more?**

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At Middlesbrough College, our focus is to equip people with the skills and training to progress into their chosen careers. That’s why, 96% of full-time students that study with us, secure employment, an apprenticeship, or access to further study at College or university.

It’s a fantastic time to join Middlesbrough College. We boast excellent achievement rates for vocational courses and for apprenticeships.

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