Skills Support Coach (Ongoing Contract)

Randstad have an opportunity available within Belfast Metropolitan College for a skills support coach to help assist students in enrolment on skills and apprenticeships courses and providing coaching to help overcome any barriers to success.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work at one of the UK's largest FE / HE colleges
• £11.11 per hour
• Temporary until March 2023
• Enhanced holiday package
• Pension
• 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30pm
• Onsite parking

Requirements

• EITHER hold any level 3 qualification or above PLUS a minimum of two years' experience working in a training and/or administrative environment OR a minimum of four years' experience working in a training and/or administrative environment
• Maths & English GCSE at Grade C or above, OR Essential Skills level 2
• A minimum of one year's recent experience (in the last 3 years) of working with young people aged between 16 - 24 and adults
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications for example outlook, excel and word
• Experience of working to deadlines and meeting performance targets
• Experience of mentoring
• Travel between sites may be required for this role

Responsibilities

• Ensure that learners are enrolled on the correct programme and any barriers to success are identified and that remedial actions are agreed and followed up
• Ensure learners receive a full induction onto their programme and know how to access and obtain support
• To ensure learners understand and can apply all relevant College policies and procedures to include Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Welfare, Data Protection, Whistleblowing and comply with procedures contained within the Student College Handbook
• Review progress in line with programme guidelines and inputs from relevant stakeholders including course coordinators, employers and careers officers
• To consider the pastoral care of the students and work alongside curriculum departments and external agencies to support students
• To consider the development of learner employability skills and to support the development of these skills with learners
• Process all the necessary documentation for learners appropriate to relevant DfE Training Programmes including, but not exclusively, Personal Training Plans, Delivery agreements, Insurance, Equal Opportunities, Induction and review / progress

Full job description available on request

Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.