Apprentice Skills Coach in Engineering

Tameside College; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement 33 days

Costa Coffee on site

Free on-site Gym

Onsite bakery products

Restaurant at Tameside One

Retail discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Cash health care plan

Savings club

Job summary

Tameside College in Ashton-under-Lyne is seeking an Apprentice Skills Coach in Engineering to deliver and assess work-based learning for engineering apprenticeships. You will support a busy team, manage a varied caseload, and use IT systems to track learners and progress.

The role emphasizes high-quality training, strong learner progression, and collaboration with employers to maximise opportunities for sustained employment.

Qualifications

• Literacy/Numeracy to Level 2 and strong numeracy skills.
• Experience with a wide range of maintenance activities and engineering environments.
• Willingness to undertake Assessor qualifications (A1, TAQA, D32) to support learners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training, assessing and quality assuring work-based learning programmes.
• Contribute to growth of high-quality, employer-focused provision.
• Support learners through a range of methodologies and internal IT systems.
• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure successful apprenticeship outcomes.

Skills

Literacy and Numeracy Level 2

IT systems (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Assessor awareness

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Maintenance Engineering

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Apprentice Skills Coach in Engineering

Salary: £33,809 to £46,603

Are you an Engineer who’s looking to pass on your skills and experience?

Look no further as we’re looking for a part-time permanent Apprentice Skills Coach in Engineering to join our well established and expanding Engineering apprenticeship team. Join us on our journey to outstanding! You bring the experience and we’ll provide the qualifications and skills needed to assessors / verify.

You’ll enjoy some really great benefit’s too, for example, a great holiday allowance of 33 days which doesn’t include bank holidays or up to 3 efficiency days at Christmas, Costa Coffee on site, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, dining experiences at out Restaurant at Tameside One, retail discounts, a cycle to work scheme, a cash health care plan via simply health and a savings club via the Manchester Credit Union.

What you’ll need

You’ll need to provide the relevant knowledge and occupational experience in multi skilled maintenance engineering required to support a number of apprentices across arange of local employers which includes high volume manufacturing, food production and large commercial sites. You will need experience of a wide range of maintenance activities and office based engineering as the caseload will include a number of technical support apprentices. You’ll need to be enthusiastic, resilient and are a highly motivated individual with Literacy / Numeracy to at least Level 2, and NVQ Level 3 in Maintenance Engineering. Knowledge of IT systems including, outlook word and excel would also be beneficial as we use an online IT system to support and track all apprentices. We’ll put you through your Assessor qualifications (A1, TAQA, D32) and give you the skills you needed to support with the training needs of learners through a range of methodologies.

Here’s the standard bit:

You will deliver training, assessing and quality assuring work-based learning programmes, in line with the college’s Apprenticeship Strategy. Working towards the growth of high quality, employer focused provision that maximises the opportunities for learners to achieve and progress into sustained employment.

As a highly engaged and motivated Apprentice Skills Coach (Assessor), you will have a genuine desire to improve the life chances of our learners whilst being a strong experienced team player with excellent communication skills.

About us:

Tameside College has an excellent reputation backed up with a ‘good’ Ofsted rating. This is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives.

Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester, is a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.

Believing in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.

Recruitment Agencies:

We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.