Progress Coach Team Leader - 37 hours a week, 38 weeks a year

Progress Coach Team Leader
Salary - £22.292 per annum (£26,527 pro rata)
37 hours a week 38 weeks a year

Who are we looking for?

Burton and South Derbyshire College have a rare opportunity to appoint a Progress Coach Team Leader, to guide and support the Progress Coache team, Attendance Monitoring Coach and Student Council Representatives to provide outstanding support and guidance for our learners.

The successful candidate will have previous experience working with young people in a supportive role alongside managing or supporting a team. We are seeking someone who can be understanding of the local community and the barriers faced by our learners, able to communicate effectively, and create a range of interventions and support packages for our learners to access under our ‘BE’ development package. This role also includes being a safeguarding officer within our safeguarding team.

A positive ‘can do’ attitude is required, coupled with a friendly and approachable nature. The position requires the successful candidate to be able to prioritise workloads and respond flexibly as situations demand.

The role will be based between our Burton and Swadlincote Campus, this will be discussed once appointed to ensure full support to the team and learners is provided.

We are looking for an approachable organised empathetic person with experience of safeguarding young people to join our team.

Applicants should be qualified to, or willing to work towards, Level 2 English and Maths. Evidence of qualifications is required.

If you are viewing the advert via a 3rd party job board please visit work-for-us/vacancies for the full job advert and job description, for more information please contact [email protected]

Why come and work for us?

Burton and South Derbyshire College is an Ofsted outstanding College. We value our employees and have a number of additional benefits to offer the successful applicant:

• Generous pension schemes for academic and support staff
• Generous holiday plans
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working policies
• Competitive maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Excellent staff training programme, including two staff development days per year
• On-site nursery with Good Ofsted rating
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free annual eye tests
• Access to our onsite gym
• Staff discounts at our fine dining restaurant, The Mulberry, our Mulberry Bistro and Innovations Hair and Beauty salon
• Reward and recognition through our Employee of the Month scheme

Burton and South Derbyshire College are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture and you should share those values. We would welcome applications from all candidates, including under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status which would reflect our diverse community.

The College is registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service and the successful applicants for this post will be required to apply for the Disclosure at the enhanced level. In addition, internet searches will be undertaken in accordance with the KCSIE guidance. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to a sustainability agenda and are working hard towards achieving a net zero environmental impact. We aim to embed this in our culture with our staff, learners, visitors and suppliers all expected to show dedication towards reducing our carbon footprint.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Thursday 3rd July. Please see our “Work For Us” page on the College website for more information on how to complete the application. Please note late applications are not acceptable