Student Experience and Pastoral Coach

**Derby College**
Derby

New

**Salary**:

£25,167 per annum (Post 2 actual salary £17,818)

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent
1 October 2024

**Job overview**:
**Proposed interview date** - 09 -11 October

**Optimistic - Inclusive - Healthy - Innovative - Collaborative**

**Derby College Group (DCG) have a new opportunity for a 2 Student Experience & Pastoral Coaches to join our team and work alongside specific academies to identify students in need of pastoral support. This is a great chance to join a supportive and vibrant team within the College, and you will see first-hand the positive impact you make on the lives of our students.
**The Opportunity**

**You’ll work directly with students and their families to establish and implement a Pastoral Support Plan, with a specific focus on attendance and behaviours. You’ll deliver a range of extracurricular activities which develop students’ social skills and enable them to discover their character, alongside helping to create a student community, and encourage and support student-driven initiatives.**

**You’ll also be trained as a Safeguarding Officer supporting the wellbeing of students and will act as a Mental Health First Aider supporting students with their wellbeing. Full training will be provided.**

**About you**

**We are looking for an enthusiastic, empathetic and ambitious individuals. You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and hold a level 3 in coaching and/or mentoring or be willing to work towards this. You’ll be a Mental Health First Aider or willing to work toward achieving this with full support.**

**The Benefits**
- Salary of £25,167 per annum pro rata (for the fixed term part-time post an actual salary of £17,818 per annum)
- 34 days holiday (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 20.5% employer contribution
- Free onsite parking
- Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
- TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
- Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
- Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
- Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
- Flint Bishop Solicitors - free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
- Continuous development and progression opportunities

**Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging**

**We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.**

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**About **Derby College**:
**Derby College**
- 2 Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby
Derbyshire
DE24 8JE
United Kingdom
+44 300 123 7890
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Derby College is a large general further education college with four sites in or near the city of Derby. It supports around 26,000 learners, who choose from more than 1,000 full-time and part-time apprenticeship, A-level, BTEC and NVQ courses.

Derby College was established as a single institution in 2002 by merging three further education colleges: Mackworth Tertiary College, Wilmorton Tertiary College and Broomfield Agricultural College. A merger between South East Derbyshire College and Derby College was approved in 2010. Heavy investment has been made by the college in its teaching and learning facilities, from the fully equipped teaching kitchens at the Roundhouse campus to the high-tech science labs at the Joseph Wright Centre and the Equestrian Centre at the Broomfield Hall campus.

**Chief executive**

Mandie Stravino

**Values and vision**

In its mission statement, Derby College states an ambition to provide inclusive, inspirational and innovative learning communities, predicting and serving the needs of its learners, the economy and society. Designed in collaboration with industry, business and the professions, the college’s vocational pathways concentrate on developing students’ employability skills through work experience and expert mentoring. Independent learning, critical thinking and research skills are developed in students aspiring to higher education in an environment that seeks to be challenging and interactive.

**Ofsted report**
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