Progress Coach

**STANMORE COLLEGE**

**PROGRESS COACH**

(Permanent, Full-time, Term Time Only, 38 Weeks)

**Are you passionate about motivating young people to succeed at college?**

If your answer to the above is YES, then you may be interested in this opportunity to work in a small and friendly college rated ‘good’ in a recent Ofsted report.

As a Progress Coach, you will have responsibility for groups of 16-19 year olds acting as their mentor, advisor, and coach. You will also have responsibility for delivering a range of personal development group sessions.

You must have a level 4 qualification, preferably a degree, level 2 English plus a pre-teaching qualification such as Level 3 Award in Teaching & Learning or willingness to undertake within one year of appointment. Experience of managing large groups and experience of providing 1:1 support is essential.

**About Us**:
At Stanmore College, our mission is to transform futures through exceptional education and support. We are committed to helping every student reach their full potential, and we’re looking for a dedicated Lecturer in English to join our team and be a part of this vital mission.

**Our vision**:
The college will be an educational hub providing a unique educational destination for local people to acquire the relevant skills, training and education to support them to access and build their career ambitions.

The learning campus will be a flexible and accessible place where staff students, employers and stake holders can gather, interrogate, learn, gain skills and progress as well as become a lifetime member of an inclusive learning community.

**Our values**:
Inclusive: we value all people
- **Aspirational**: We want to do our best to achieve a high level of success
- **Supportive**: We encourage and support each other
- **Respectful**: We shown consideration for others
- **Open and honest**: We tell the truth and do not try to deceive people
- **Innovation**: We step outside our comfort zone trying things in new ways
- **Safeguarding**: We believe in protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights
- **Ambitions**: We encourage students to exceed their expectations.
- **Student focus**: We actively involve students
- **Collaborative**: We adopt multiple educational approaches

**Why Stanmore College?**
- Be part of a college that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
- Work in a supportive and inclusive environment with ample opportunities for professional development.
- Play a key role in helping students achieve their goals and open doors to future opportunities.

**How to Apply**:
**Salary Range**: £29,227- £31,466 (FTE) per annum

£25,591.16 - £27,551.63 (TTO) per annum

Interviews will be held on Monday, 20th January 2025.

**POST**:Progress Coach**

(Permanent, Full-time, Term Time Only, 38 weeks)

REPORTS TO: Pastoral Support Manager

**RESPONSIBLE FOR**: The support and progress of a group of students within the College

**JOB SUMMARY**:
A Progress coach plays a lead role in ensuring that students have the appropriate support to help them succeed in their courses. The role's main responsibility is to coach a caseload of 16-19-year-old students in a 1:1 and group capacity.

**Key responsibilities are**
- The active monitoring of students progress on their study programme
- Mentor and advocate for students when necessary
- Target setting and monitoring individual learning plans (ILPs)
- 1:1 progress reviews
- Preparing students for progression (internal) and external progression from the College
- Delivery of the DDS (directed digital study) programme to the students helping students be independent learners
- Delivery of the skills passport programme to groups to enable learners to develop key skills to ensure they are work-ready
- Encouragement of participation in wider College life
- Work on further development of relationships with parents and carers
- Overall to contribute to the wellbeing, support and care of young people at the College

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

The person appointed should:

- Support students on a one to one and group basis and act as an advocate for students when required.
- Contribute to the enrolment and induction of students, including the supervision and tracking of initial and diagnostic assessments.
- Monitor attendance, punctuality, data and student progress towards attainment targets. Undertake 1:1 progress review meetings regularly and provide action plans and SMART targets to assist the learner in achieving all elements of their programme.
- Ensure effective communication with teaching staff, and liaise effectively with counselling, medical, financial support, additional learning support, enrichment and any of the wider team to offer a full range of support for the students.
- Ensure effective quality control and continuous improvement in all aspects of the work and responsibilities attached to this post, in keeping with the College's quality assurance procedures and systems.
- Deliver the co