Casual Learning Facilitator - Art, Design and Media

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Salary Casual Rate: £25.47 per hour

Basis Casual

Job profile for Casual Learning Facilitator
- Art, Design and Media

Baltic Campus 12/08/2026 Casual Learning Facilitator
- Art, Design and Media

The job requirements are detailed below.

Salary Casual Rate: £25.47 per hour Contractual hours 37 Basis Casual Region North Package Casual Job category Teaching Date posted 17/06/2026 Job reference VV2116

Job Description
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Candidate

We are looking for a Casual Learning Facilitator to work across our Art, Design and Media department based at our Baltic Campus. We are looking for a pro-active, inspiring and caring individual who can motivate and encourage students to make excellent progress towards their academic and career ambitions.

As a Learning Facilitator, you will offer excellent pastoral, learning and general supportto learners. You are the heart of the department, liaising closely with teachers to track andmonitorprogress, as well as providing group and one-to-one support to learners. You will support the development of learner’s personal,socialand work ready skills through tutorials covering a range of topics including hot topics such as developing resilience, knife crime, county lines.

You will alsobe required to support the curriculum leader and manager to improve learner punctuality, attendance, retention,achievement and success.

This is a key position within the department, requiring an individual who has a strong industry background, a strong work ethic and a passion for developing our future workforce. We are looking for a dynamic,pro-activeand inspiring individual who can motivate our learners to make excellent progress towards their academic and career ambitions. As such, you willbe required to liaise with employers to negotiate appropriate placements for business students and will visit learners on site tomonitorattendance.

You must be inspiring, dedicated, flexible and enthusiastic with excellent communication, digital and organisational skills. You must also be able to plan effectively and meet deadlines set. It would be a bonus if you had some experience in mentoring,coachingorteachingyoung people.

If you have a teaching or assessing qualification that would be great but if youdon’tand are willing to work towards this, we can support you in doing so.

About Gateshead College

At Gateshead Collegewe’refamous for education with Employment Edge,industry inspired education that combines high quality learning with real world skills. This means giving our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in work and life and supporting them to be the best they can be.

This means putting everything we’vegot into making sure our students are the most employable and this is what makes our college such an exciting place to work.

From bringing industryexpertiseinto the classroom and working hand in hand with businesses, to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and supporting students to develop personally as well as professionally,we’reall about creating experiences that will set learners up for life

If you share our ambition,we’dlove to hear from you.

In return we can offer avalues-drivenorganisationand the chance to work with brilliant people who put students first.

You’llbelistenedto and will have opportunities to make an impact. Weprioritisehealth and wellbeing and your work life balance will be respected.

Our inclusive culture meansyou’revalued for beingyourselfand diversity is celebrated, and our commitment to being a sustainableorganisationmeans we always try to do business the right way to make our community better for everyone.

At Gateshead College, everyone has the opportunity to help learners succeed.

It’sthis clear purpose and shared effort that makes us sucha great placeto work – we hopeyou’llthink about joining us.

Our Benefits :

• Mental health and wellbeing support, with 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme and counselling services.
• Career average pension with the Teachers
  
  Pension Scheme .
• Travel support including subsidise don site parking, discounted public transport scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Retail and travel discounts.
• Volunteering Days.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Interviews will be held Friday 21st August 2026.