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The Vacancy
Extra Curricular Assistant
Salary: Up to £24,352.18 (FTE £27,604.26) per annum, depending on experience
Hours: 37 per week
Working Weeks: 40 per year (Term Time Only)
Contract Type: Permanent
Site: Accrington, Lancashire
Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 22 February 2026
Interview Date: TBC
‘Together, Let’s Be Extraordinary’
Our Organisation
This role is advertised by ELLG Professional Services. Part of East Lancashire Learning Group, ELLG Professional Services provides expert business support services to the wider Group.
Part of East Lancashire Learning Group, Accrington and Rossendale College has a proud history of delivering high quality vocational courses and technical training, apprenticeships and higher education provision to the communities that we serve. We excel in providing people with a platform to progress into fantastic employment opportunities with rewarding careers prospects.
The Exciting Role
A new and exciting opportunity has become available for an Extra-Curricular Assistant to join our Extra Curricular team, based between Nelson & Colne College and Accrington & Rossendale College campuses.
If you have a passion for working with and developing young people, then this is a great opportunity. We would welcome applications from those with creative, outdoor or fitness/sports activity leadership as well as those with a youth work background. You will be directly involved in the planning and delivery of a range of extra-curricular activities for our learners and must have an enthusiastic and energetic approach to your work.
The successful candidate will be primarily based at Nelson & Colne College but may be required to travel across sites.
What You Will Be Doing:
• You will be working closely with the Extra-Curricular Coordinator to help plan, deliver and enhance the programme offered to students.
• Direct delivery of activities promoted.
• Supporting students on projects and ambassador programmes
• Liaising with and providing support to external organisations where necessary.
• General admin tasks and day to day monitoring and evaluation
What We Are Looking For:
• Someone with passion for personal development and the energy to work with learners from a range of backgrounds
• Somebody with activity leadership experience, with the ability to plan and lead engaging and safe extracurricular activity sessions.
• Someone with new ideas and existing passions to help drive the programme forward.
• A great team worker who can use their own initiative and problem solve.
What We Offer in Return:
Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits http://www.eastlancslearning.ac.uk/
Further Questions?
Please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@eastlancslearning.ac.uk
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*
All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.
East Lancashire Learning Group
East Lancashire Learning Group (ELLG) is comprised of Nelson and Colne College, Accrington and Rossendale College, Lancashire Adult Learning and ELLG Professional Services. Together we exist to transform lives through education, skills, and opportunity. Across the Group, we are home to 2,400 A Level and technical students aged 16 to 18, 16,500 adult learners, 1,300 apprentices, and 400 higher education students, all taking confident steps into high-value professional and technical careers through skills and higher education.
We are deeply rooted in our communities and proud to work alongside hundreds of local employers, shaping a skilled, adaptable, and ambitious workforce that drives growth and opportunity across our region. Our commitment goes beyond teaching; we offer personalised support, real-world experiences, and pathways that raise aspirations and strengthen social mobility for learners of all backgrounds.
Rated Outstanding by Ofsted for 20 consecutive years – the only college in the country to achieve this – ELLG combines excellent teaching and learning, driven by evidence-based pedagogies and practice, with innovation and employer partnership to meet the evolving needs of learners, industry, and society. Our drive towards research and development in teaching and learning underpins our practice, supporting our colleges to achieve sector-leading outcomes in English and maths, exceptional A level progress, and high satisfaction in higher education through the National Student Survey. In doing so, we create opportunities that strengthen our region, support employers, and open doors for every learner to achieve their potential.
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