Personal Development Officer (Enrichment)

at  Bradford College

If you’re an enthusiastic and motivated team player with a genuine ability to engage with people and want to join a great team, then please apply for our Personal Development Officer role.
At Bradford College our staff are working together to transform lives and aiming to provide our students with an outstanding experience. Our Personal Development Officers are responsible for designing and delivering a broad enrichment offering that develops the personal and essential life skills of students and therefore, as a Personal Development Officer, you will support them to build their cultural and social capital to empower them to realise their potential in work and life.

Responsibilities include:

• Organise, coordinate and deliver a wide range of events and activities to develop the essential life and personal skills of students, and engage students in this process;
• Develop resources for extracurricular activities, inductions, tutorials and personal development plans and deliver these to a high standard;
• To provide opportunities for students to develop their cultural and social capital;
• To engage Bradford College students in activity which will enable them to extend their personal and employability skills;
• To actively work with curriculum teams in design and delivery of inter-departmental enrichment events and activities;
• Organise and deliver initiatives and events that recognise and celebrate the successes and achievements of students;
• Model and encourage positive behaviours and supportively challenge poor student behaviours.
• Contribute to the planning of the departmental budget;
• To ensure all activity delivered and student engagement is appropriately recorded;
• Contribute to and report against data;
• To actively support peers across the department;
• Network, collaborate and build relationships with external organisations and stakeholders;
• Supporting students’ Union activities including signposting and encouraging student engagement;
• Supporting key events such as induction and open days;
• Raise purchase orders in line with college policies and procedures where required;
• Contribute to the triage of all Student Services functions;

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• Organise, coordinate and deliver a wide range of events and activities to develop the essential life and personal skills of students, and engage students in this process;
• Develop resources for extracurricular activities, inductions, tutorials and personal development plans and deliver these to a high standard;
• To provide opportunities for students to develop their cultural and social capital;
• To engage Bradford College students in activity which will enable them to extend their personal and employability skills;
• To actively work with curriculum teams in design and delivery of inter-departmental enrichment events and activities;
• Organise and deliver initiatives and events that recognise and celebrate the successes and achievements of students;
• Model and encourage positive behaviours and supportively challenge poor student behaviours.
• Contribute to the planning of the departmental budget;
• To ensure all activity delivered and student engagement is appropriately recorded;
• Contribute to and report against data;
• To actively support peers across the department;
• Network, collaborate and build relationships with external organisations and stakeholders;
• Supporting students’ Union activities including signposting and encouraging student engagement;
• Supporting key events such as induction and open days;
• Raise purchase orders in line with college policies and procedures where required;
• Contribute to the triage of all Student Services functions