Employability Skills Coach

Total Training Provision; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Total Training Provision in Barnsley is seeking a Skills Coach to teach, coach and support learners on apprenticeship programmes, delivering effective and engaging training via blended learning and regular work-based visits to ensure progress and achievement.

You will support English, Maths and ICT skills at level 2 and work with line managers to support learners, while ensuring quality, funding compliance and safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Relevant Occupational Qualification or equivalent in your sector.
• D32/33/TAQA Level 3 Assessors Award or equivalent.
• Functional Skills Level 2 Math's & English or equivalent.
• Experience of delivering apprenticeship training and support in a work-based environment.
• Proven experience of assessing learners on apprenticeship frameworks, standards, and EPA requirements.
• Knowledge of government-funded training.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, oral and written.
• Excellent IT knowledge & skills including using electronic portfolio system.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with the minimum of supervision as part of a remote team.
• Ability to motivate and support learners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching and learning per the learner journey, enabling application of new knowledge and skills in the workplace.
• Support and deliver English, Maths, and ICT functional skills at level 2.
• Complete required number of visits and reviews for each apprentice.
• Engage the learner's line manager to provide adequate support and guidance needed by the learner.
• Coach learners to collect evidence during training sessions for progression toward EPA or framework completion.
• Monitor and review learners' welfare and maintain caseload levels.
• Carry out enrichment activities around safeguarding and British values.
• Manage and complete administration duties within given timescales.
• Keep knowledge updated via CPD and standardisation events.

Skills

Level 3 Qualification

TAQA Assessors Award

Functional Skills

Apprenticeship delivery

EPA knowledge

Gov funded training

Education

Level 3 Qualification or equivalent

D32/33/TAQA Level 3

Maths & English Level 2

Apprenticeship training experience

Tools

Electronic portfolio system

IT skills

Job description

The Role:

The role of the Skills Coach is to teach, coach and support the development and progression of our learners on apprenticeship programmes. To ensure the delivery of the apprenticeship standards' knowledge, skills and behaviours framework

components throughout the learner journey are delivered through a quality process.

To teach, coach and support learners within work-based settings, delivering effective and engaging training via a blended learning approach. To conduct regular teaching and learning visits to ensure continuous development, progression and achievement

of learners allocated on the caseload.

Why work for Total Training Provision:

At Total Training Provision, we believe education should empower people, strengthen organisations, and change lives. Our work is driven by our values of Accountability, Excellence, Trust, Service, Gratitude, Innovation, and Collaboration, and these values shape how we support our learners - and our people.

You’ll join a supportive, ambitious organisation where quality matters, innovation is encouraged, and your expertise is genuinely valued. We invest in our staff, trust

you to do your job well, and give you the autonomy to make a real difference every day.

If you're passionate about mentoring future and upcoming employability coaches and want to work somewhere that combines high standards with a strong people-first culture, this is the role for you.

The Responsibilities:

• Deliver and facilitate teaching and learning which follows the agreed learning journey and pathway and results in new knowledge, skills and behaviours being applied by learners in their workplace.
• Support and deliver, where required, English, Maths, and ICT functional skills at level 2 throughout the learner's learner journey.
• Complete the required number of visits and reviews for each apprentice, meeting all stakeholders' requirements of quality and funding.
• Engage the learner's line manager to provide adequate support and guidance needed by the learner as outlined on the learner journey.
• Coach learners to collect the required evidence during training sessions, to ensure progression for their apprenticeship and to achieve the necessary milestones in preparation for EPA or framework completion.
• Monitor and review learners' welfare on a regular basis, taking any necessary action to limit the number of early leavers from the programme and maintain agreed caseload levels.
• Carry out enrichment activities with learners around the prevent, safeguarding and British values government agenda.
• Manage and complete administration duties within given timescales, ensuring all paperwork deadlines are achieved.
• Ensure knowledge of all subject areas for both standards and frameworks are kept constantly updated by way of self-development (CPD) and standardisation events.
• Research the industry on a regular basis to keep abreast of market developments and trends, including competitors' practices and delivery activities.
• Evaluate and modify training delivery as a result of learner satisfaction and key stakeholder feedback, audits, or observations of teaching, learning and assessment.
• Monitor health and safety and learner accidents within the apprentice's workplaces.
• To provide effective IAG service to both internal and external clients/ customers.
• Promote Total-TP at every opportunity with funding bodies, learners, placements, careers, schools, and any other applicable external body.
• Any other duties as requested by management.

Safeguarding & Inclusion:

Total Training Provision is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. An enhanced DBS check will be required. We are proud to be an inclusive employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.

What we are looking for:

Essentials:

• Level 3 Relevant Occupational Qualification or equivalent in your sector of expertise.
• D32/33/TAQA Level 3 Assessors Award or equivalent.
• Functional Skills Level 2 Math's & English or equivalent.
• Experience of delivering apprenticeship training and support in a work-based environment.
• Proven experience of assessing learners on apprenticeship frameworks, standards, and EPA requirements.
• Knowledge of government-funded training.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, oral and written.
• Excellent IT knowledge & skills including using electronic portfolio system.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with the minimum of supervision as part of a remote team.
• Ability to motivate and support learners.

Desirables

• Teacher training qualifications PTLLS CTLLS DTLLS.
• D34 or V1 Award.
• Be able to work flexible hours and locations (within reason), if required.
• Full driving licence and car.

Equal Opportunities & Safer Recruitment:

At Total Training Provision, our values of Accountability, Excellence, Trust, Service, Gratitude, Innovation, and Collaboration underpin our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We are dedicated to providing a fair, inclusive, and supportive working environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and has the opportunity to succeed. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and make all recruitment, selection, and progression decisions based on merit, skills, experience, and potential.

Total Training Provision is committed to safer recruitment practices. This role involves working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults and is therefore subject to a full enhanced DBS check, which must be clear and will be carried out as part of the recruitment and onboarding process. Employment is conditional upon satisfactory checks and references.

We actively promote a culture where safeguarding, equality, and professional conduct are everyone's responsibility.