Inclusive Learning Administrator

About The Role

Apply your Administration Skills to Support Inclusive Learning and Empower Student Success

As an Inclusive Learning Administrator, based at EKC Sheppey college you will need to provide effective administrative support service for the inclusive learning department. You will work collaboratively with the Head of Inclusive Learning to ensure administrative processes are informed by smart working practices so they can be the best they can be to meet the changing demands of a busy department.

This will include supporting with annual reviews for students with an Educational Health Care Plan and liaising with the local Authority.

Salary: £26,398

Contract: Permanent

Hours per week: 22.5

Working Pattern:Wednesday 08:30-17:00. Remaining hours to be agreed with successful candidate.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees!

Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern (24 days FTE)
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

Full list of company benefits

We are seeking to appoint somebody with a good knowledge of IT including all Microsoft applications including Excel and be able to collate data quickly when needed.

In addition, we are looking for somebody:

• To work effectively with completing priorities to tight deadlines
• To work effectively with IT systems to upload and prepare reports
• Work effectively with financial documents and systems including ordering and invoicing.
• Attention to detail and able to identify issues in documents, processes and procedures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to keep accurate records (filing) and take accurate notes/minutes of meetings
• A good knowledge of assistive technology and its application to aid communication and learning and willingness to keep up to date with developments in this field
• Actively contribute to the College’s Safeguarding and PREVENT practice, procedures, culture and ethos
• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent.
• Administration of Medication Level 2 or willingness to undertake this in role.

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is under representation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.