Curriculum Assistant


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Slough, SL3 8BY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	27 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Nov 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Windsor Forest Colleges Group is looking for a Curriculum Assistant to join our Adult Learning for Independence and Employment (ALFIE) team, supporting learners at our Berkshire College of Agriculture campus on a permanent, part-time basis.

This Curriculum Assistant – ALFIE position is a part time, permanent position working 20.5 hours a week on a term time only basis for 38 weeks a year (paid for 44.48 weeks per year). This position is on scale H of our support staff pay scale offering a salary between H19 £13,983.22 up to H22 £14,881.69 (H19 £29,586 up to H22 £31,487 FTE) depending on qualifications and experience.

Whilst we are flexible on the working pattern for this role, applicants should be aware that this role may involve working between 8am and 4:30pm Monday – Friday.

As a Curriculum Assistant within our ALFIE team, you will provide vital administrative and operational support across the department. Your key duties involve tracking student attendance, updating Individual Learning Plans, and managing the complete end to end enrolment process, from handling application paperwork and benefit details to updating systems such as EBS.

A central responsibility of this role is overseeing safeguarding compliance for external support staff across our sites. This includes processing DBS checks, verifying identification and maintaining live compliance trackers. You will also coordinate student trips, transport, open days and departmental events like graduation, while delivering great customer service and producing our termly newsletter.

Alongside these key areas, you will handle day to day office duties by minuting meetings, managing diaries, raising purchase orders, preparing learning materials and supporting classroom setup. Crucially, you will help promote a safe, inclusive learning environment, safeguard student welfare and support the values of the Group.

Please pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the application, making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.

What the college offers its staff

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), currently offering 24.3% employer contribution

• Free onsite parking at all sites

• Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff

• Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses

• Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Family friendly policies supporting work life balance

• Onsite coffee shop and cafeteria

• Health and wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at our Langley College site

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance and offers of employment may be subject to these checks: - Childcare disqualification - Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) - Medical - Online & social media - Prohibition from teaching - Right to work - Satisfactory references - Suitability to work with children You must declare any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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