About the Role
This is a full-time, reduced year role: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year.
Join the Independent Learning (ilearn) team at Leeds City College as an ilearn Mentor.
The core of this role is to support students in developing essential independent skills to enhance their future prospects. You will achieve this by supporting students in both classroom and one-to-one settings, closely planning, differentiating, and delivering lessons to support curriculum skills needs and the overall student journey. As part of the team, you will provide a visible, welcoming, and supportive presence in iLearn hubs and other college study spaces across different sites and campuses.
Please note that we will be closed from 4pm on Friday 19 December and will re-open on Monday 5 January 2026. You are still welcome to apply for our roles during this period, and applications will be reviewed once we reopen in January 2026.
The interview for this role will be held in January 2026.
What You Will Do
Plan and deliver engaging workshops, support sessions, and one-to-one sessions (1-2-1s) to develop students' independent learning, digital, and general study skills.
Create high-quality, simple-to-use learning resources, induction materials, and guides for student use.
Effectively manage a student caseload, scheduling appointments and monitoring progress using internal systems (ProMon, Navigate).
Actively promote the development of Independent learning skills, along with English and maths skills, to all students.
Provide a welcoming and supportive presence, helping to maintain a positive, safe, and appropriate environment for study in ilearn hubs and other college study spaces.
Support students by maintaining hub-related resources, including books, Chromebooks, and e-resources.
About You
We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate the following essential requirements:
Possess English, Mathematics, and IT skills at Level 2 or above, or be willing to work towards this. A Level 3 qualification or equivalent work-related experience is also essential.
Proven, recent experience of supporting and resourcing effective learning strategies in a Further Education (FE) or Higher Education (HE) setting.
Significant experience of working successfully with diverse groups of students and within a team, in a supporting role for other service users.
Good knowledge and experience of technology and its use in supporting learning (e.g., Google Educator/Trainer or willingness to work towards this).
Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, and negotiating skills, with the ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes.
Ability to make sense of complex issues, identify and solve problems, and demonstrate effective action to affect the behaviour and decisions of learners.
A strong commitment to the promotion of equality, diversity, inclusion, the PREVENT agenda, and a safe learning environment.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.
Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We do not accept unsolicited CV’s and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any fee in connection with a candidate that has been submitted speculatively through any agency that has not been expressly instructed for a particular vacancy as part of our Preferred Supplier List.
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