College Information

Working at TyneMet College V1.3 Last updated: Jan 2017

College information

Tyne Metropolitan College, known as TyneMet, was formed in 2005 by the amalgamation of North Tyneside General FE College and Tynemouth Sixth Form College.

TyneMet delivers education and training provision in all 15 Sector Subject Areas through a wide range of qualifications from Entry Level to Foundation Degree. There are three campuses, all within the Borough of North Tyneside. Queen Alexandra Campus in North Shields caters for A Level provision and also hosts the Creative Studios and TMC, Benton, provides the base for Construction provision. The majority of vocational teaching takes place at the Coast Road campus in Wallsend. Apprenticeship provision is also delivered off-site for a variety of employers in the region.

The College is judged to have “Outstanding” partnership working by Ofsted. A wide network of partnership arrangements exist which both enhance learning opportunities and the students’ learning experience. The College is committed to working in close partnership with North Tyneside Council to develop the skills base of the Borough and contribute to its economic regeneration and prosperity.

TyneMet’s Mission is “Raising Aspirations; changing lives.”

Our Vision is: “To excel in everything we do so that more individuals, businesses and communities actively plan their futures in partnership with us.”

Alongside this, the College has a set of values to encourage the behaviour we need to achieve our vision and strategic objectives. These are:

 Aspiration  Excellence  Inclusion  Innovation  Partnership  Professionalism

HR Contact Details: HR Department, Tyne Metropolitan College, Battle Hill Drive, Wallsend NE28 9NL [email protected] | Tel 0191 229 5151 (24hr answerphone)| www.jobs.tynemet.ac.uk

Lifestyle and Work Life Balance

The College recognises that balancing work life and home life is very important and tries to help manage the balance between the needs of the College and its staff having reasonable control over when, where and how they work. The College also provides a number of employee benefits to help staff get the most out of their leisure time, some of which are outlined later in this information.

Holidays

The College holiday year runs from 1st September to 31st August, with staff being entitled to the following holidays:

 Business Support staff contracts - 25 days’ holiday (pa pro rata)  Trainer / Coaching staff contracts – 28 days’ holiday (pa pro rata)  Academic staff contracts- 47 days’ holiday (pa pro rata)  Management contracts- 32 days’ holiday (pa pro rata)

Additionally staff will be entitled to 8 recognised Bank Holidays pa pro rata. The College may also decide to close for a number of working days in the interests of efficiency. This is most likely to occur over the Christmas period. In these instances, staff may also be entitled to up to 5 ‘efficiency days’ (one week) in addition to their holiday entitlement.

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

The College runs several salary sacrifice schemes including Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work and the IT Device Scheme. Some schemes are open all year, such as the Childcare Vouchers and others, such as Cycle to Work and the IT Device Scheme, have specific time windows within which applications will be considered. The schemes allow deductions to be made direct from salary, allowing staff to gain reductions in National Insurance contributions, and which help to make significant savings towards costs of childcare and purchases like computers and tablets, gaming consoles, bicycles and cycling accessories.

Parking and Public Transport

There is extensive free parking across all campuses with approximately 600 parking spaces to accommodate staff members as well as students. For those who don’t drive, the College is accessible via good public transport routes.

Catering Facilities

Catering students at the College are given the opportunity to develop important, practical catering skills and a strong appreciation for well-prepared, quality food. To facilitate this, the College has its own Coffee Shop and Restaurant run by the students at the Coast Road campus. Whether you choose to eat in or take away, the Coffee shop is open Monday through to Friday offering a range of daily specials at affordable prices. Open from 8.30am until 1.00pm for coffee, cake, paninis, toasties etc. Bistro/restaurant is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for lunch, offering a 3 course lunch. Every Tuesday and Thursday the coffee shop is open from 2.30pm until 4.00pm for cake and coffee. Themed evenings also run once a month on Thursdays for dinner 6.00pm – 8.30pm. HR Contact Details: HR Department, Tyne Metropolitan College, Battle Hill Drive, Wallsend NE28 9NL [email protected] | Tel 0191 229 5151 (24hr answerphone)| www.jobs.tynemet.ac.uk

In addition, across our campuses, there are additional catering facilities provided by Chartwells, an external contractor offering a range of food and beverages.

Flex Fitness (Coast Road and Queen Alexandra Campuses)

Flex Fitness is a fully equipped gym boasting a full range of cardio vascular and resistance machines. The gym has just been refurbished and includes state of the art Precor Resistance machines. There is a brand new Functional Strength Training room with dumbbells from 2.5kg to 50kg and kettlebells.

Flex Fitness is able to offer health and fitness expertise to staff as well as students and the wider community. Fully qualified fitness professionals have an established track record of getting fantastic results for their members. Using their knowledge of anatomy, physiology and implementation of training programmes the Team will help members to reach their fitness goals, whether they want to lose weight, tone up, train for a specific event or want to be the next super star sportsman or woman. Gym membership and many of the services available to staff are completely free of charge. Charges may apply in some circumstances.

Flex Fitness also offers*:  Personal training  Fitness plans  Nutritional support and plans  Sports Massage  Two sports halls (4 badminton courts, netball, basketball and five-aside line markings)  3G astro pitch (7 aside pitch, 2 x 5 aside pitches)  Dance studio with a sprung wooden floor

*Some activities may be location specific

Flourish Retail Outlet

‘Flourish’ is the College floristry retail outlet open daily during term time, selling a wide variety of flowers, bouquets and plants, and providing our floristry students the opportunity to display and sell their work. Flourish also offers a range of speciality services including flowers for special occasions including wedding flowers.

Hair and Beauty Facilities

‘ReTreat’ is the College hair and beauty salon, providing students with excellent training in realistic salon environments.

Retreat Hair, Beauty and Nail salons are open daily during term time offering a full range of treatments, price lists and special offers are available from the Retreat Reception. Beauty treatments include waxing, nail treatments, facials, massage and hot stone therapy, while the hairdressing salons offer cutting, styling, colouring and perming.

ReTreat also offers Pamper Day Sessions throughout the year, to allow staff to indulge in the Hair, Beauty and Catering facilities HR Contact Details: HR Department, Tyne Metropolitan College, Battle Hill Drive, Wallsend NE28 9NL [email protected] | Tel 0191 229 5151 (24hr answerphone)| www.jobs.tynemet.ac.uk

Microsoft Campus Agreement

As a member of TyneMet staff, you will be entitled to the latest version of the Microsoft Office suite entirely free of charge for your own use at home.

Other Key Employment Terms and Conditions

The College offers contracts of employment with varying hours (full time, part time or casual / ad hoc), working patterns (working all year or term time only), and terms (permanent or temporary / fixed term). Some roles within the College are paid on a spot salary, however most have a pay band or scale. Staff therefore have the opportunity to progress up a salary scale by annual increments which are applied in either April or September depending on the type of role.

Full time employees work 37 hours per week, usually Monday to Friday, with full time teaching staff teaching up to 24 hours of contact time per week.

All employees are paid on a calendar month basis (22nd of each month) and are automatically enrolled into the relevant pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme or Teachers’ Pension Scheme).

The probation period for all employees is 6 months.

Contact with existing staff

As part of our recruitment monitoring, applicants may be asked to disclose how they were made aware of the post, including by an existing member of College staff.

During the recruitment period, under no circumstances should applicants approach or canvas the support of any member of staff for their application. Such actions may be considered detrimental to other candidates and may prevent an applicant from being offered employment.

HR Contact Details: HR Department, Tyne Metropolitan College, Battle Hill Drive, Wallsend NE28 9NL [email protected] | Tel 0191 229 5151 (24hr answerphone)| www.jobs.tynemet.ac.uk