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New College Swindon is a vibrant and dynamic college with a dedicated team of academic and support staff. Across all our campuses staff work collaboratively to support students of all ages from across Swindon and Wiltshire.

Benefits

As well as ongoing support, training and development opportunities there are a range of benefit for our staff including:

Membership of the Teachers or Local Government Pension scheme (more details below)
Generous holiday entitlement
Portal offering shopping discounts, financial advice and life skills
Discounted treatments at the College hair and beauty salons
Subsidised gym membership at both campuses
Cycle to work scheme
Optical Care Vouchers for eye tests
Generous sick pay entitlement
Access to ‘Togertherall’ – a mental health support portal

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Pension Schemes

Members of teaching staff are eligible to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme to which the College contributes 28.68% of salary while all other staff can join the Local Government Pension Scheme to which the College contributes 21.7% of their salary.

Holiday Entitlement

Teaching staff receive 11 weeks annual leave
Management have an annual leave entitlement of 35 days
Minimum of 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years for Business Support staff
Plus all recognised Public Holidays
Also an additional 5 College Efficiency days over the Christmas break without using your annual holiday entitlement. The actual days are identified annually in the College calendar.

Family Friendly and Wellbeing Support

We offer a range of family friendly policies including:

Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
Flexible and agile working
Menopause policy
Access to confidential advice and support in a range of services through our Employee Assistance Programme

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

We are committed to supporting the continuous professional development of all staff, and encourage personal and professional career growth. Following a series of mandatory training modules undertaken by all staff, there is a range of developmental opportunities including:

Individual continuous professional development – every member of staff is encouraged to identify personal development goals and our Training and Development funding can support a range of internal and external courses
Management and leadership development as appropriate
Opportunities to develop your career through agreed support
Potential to be involved in cross-college projects and initiatives
Wednesday morning sessions either in team/departmental groups or full cross-college activities
Each year there are four days set aside for staff development events
For teaching staff there is a dedicated team of Teaching and Learning Coaches to support identified developmental needs