Languages Assistant

• Job Title: Language Assistant
• Reports to: Subject Leader of Modern Foreign Languages
• Staff Responsibility for: None
• Contract: Part Time – Fixed Term Contract until 31 July 2024, working 1 day per week (day to be negotiated at interview)
• Salary: The salary for this post is £152 per day - Term Time Only.
• Start Date: Immediate
  
  

Overall Purpose of the Post

• To provide regular opportunities for students to speak individually or in small groups with a native Spanish speaker.
• To support students in developing and practicing languages skills necessary for the speaking examinations.
  
  

Key Duties

• Under direction of MFL teaching staff, to take responsibility for weekly speaking lessons with individual
  
  

students and/or small groups, amounting to 1 day per week.

• To provide topic-related materials that will stimulate discussion.
• To ensure that lessons follow the relevant examination topics.
• To ensure that lessons are conducted predominantly in Spanish.
• Under direction of MFL teaching staff, to practise specific examination skills and conduct practice
  
  

examinations with individual students.

Support for the College

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security,
  
  

confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

• Be aware of and support difference to help ensure everyone has equal access to the services of the college
  
  

and feels valued, respecting their social, cultural linguistic, religious, and ethnic background.

• Contribute to the college ethos, aims and development plan.
• Attend and participate in meetings as required.
• Undertake personal development through training and other learning activities including performance management as required.
  
  

General Requirements

This job description is a representative document. Other reasonably similar duties may be allocated from time to time commensurate with the general character of the post and its grading. The person appointed will be expected to work flexibly and the exact nature of the duties described above is subject to periodic review and is liable to change.

Employment conditions

RSFC belongs to the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) and as such has adopted the SFC’s agreed support staff conditions of service.