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:

• Access to a workplace pension scheme - with generous employer contributions
• Generous annual leave allowance including a two-week closure over the Christmas period
• Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
• Free on-site parking on all College sites

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 [email protected]

*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