Transition Team Leader

Role: Transition Team Leader

Location: Wellingborough Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £29,316 and £34,394 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays,People’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent
- Full time

This is a UK based contract
, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK
. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

We are currently seeking a Transition Team Leader to join our Specialist Provision department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Team Leader, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Student Engagement & Transition Support - Build positive relationships with at-risk learners, providing mentoring, interventions and targeted support to improve attendance, engagement, confidence and successful progression into education, employment or training.
• Behaviour, Wellbeing & Personal Development - Promote positive behaviour, resilience and emotional wellbeing through restorative and trauma-informed approaches, helping students overcome barriers to learning and develop independence, self-awareness and personal values.
• Employer Engagement & Progression Opportunities - Deliver enrichment, social action and employer engagement activities, support work placements and transitions, and help students understand progression pathways and employment opportunities.
• Partnership Working & Student Advocacy - Work collaboratively with curriculum, pastoral, SEND, safeguarding teams, parents, carers and external agencies to provide holistic support and ensure student voices influence programme development.
• Monitoring, Reporting & Safeguarding - Track student progress, attendance, destinations and intervention outcomes, produce regular reports, uphold safeguarding responsibilities and contribute to equality, diversity, quality improvement and continuous professional development.

• Qualifications & Professional Development
  - Level 3 or higher youth work/teaching qualification, GCSE Maths and English, with a commitment to safeguarding, mental health training and ongoing professional development.
• Student Support & Engagement Experience
  - Experience teaching, coaching or mentoring young people, providing careers guidance, improving attendance and motivation, and supporting learners' personal, social and employability development.
• Communication, Organisation & IT Skills
  - Strong verbal and written communication, organisational, project management, decision-making, analytical and IT skills, with the ability to work effectively to deadlines.
• Relationship Building & Inclusive Practice
  - Ability to build positive professional relationships with students, colleagues and stakeholders, whilst promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, safeguarding and trauma-informed approaches.
• Professionalism & Adaptability
  - Able to work independently and as part of a team, handle sensitive information confidentially, maintain professional boundaries, adapt to changing priorities and support learners to achieve their full potential.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: on a date to be confirmed

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We…