Learning and Skills Coach

East Kent Colleges Group; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Teacher training investment

Internal progression

Discounts & Perks

Car leasing

Tech purchase schemes

On-site nursery

Flexible personal leave

Wellbeing support

Competitive pension 8% employercontrib

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group in Canterbury is seeking a Learning and Skills Coach to support students in literacy and numeracy and develop key study and digital skills.

You will plan engaging sessions, assess progress, and tailor interventions to help learners succeed, while contributing to an excellent student experience and pastoral support. A generous benefits package is offered.

Qualifications

• Supporting students to achieve their full potential.
• Literacy and numeracy to open doors to opportunities.
• Key study and digital skills development.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and tracking student progress to further plan interventions.
• Plan engaging and innovative sessions for learners.
• Provide academic and pastoral support to students.

Job description

Your Skills, Their Success: Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Learning Skills Coach! An exciting opportunity has arisen at EKC Canterbury College as a Learning and Skills Coach. Are you passionate about supporting students to achieve their full potential? Do you believe in the power of literacy and numeracy to open doors to opportunities? Can you support students to unlock key study and digital skills?

You will be highly organised, creative, and able to plan engaging and innovative sessions with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress to further plan interventions will be a vital part of the role, as well as ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed. You will be passionate about making a difference to the future careers of our students, providing academic and pastoral support. Ready to apply?

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous Annual Leave - 27 days FTE per annum


• Learning and Development Opportunities: if you are interested in developing into teaching, you could benefit from our £7000 investment into teacher training through our in-house Teaching Academy, 3-4 annual paid group developing days, bespoke training programmes and strong internal progression - 1 in 3 roles are filled internally.


• Exclusive Discounts & Perks including restaurant, grocery, retail and holiday discounts, as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes, and an on-site nursery.


• Flexible Personal Leave with time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews.


• Wellbeing and Health Support with generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College


• Culture and Recognition through our Community Days, an annual Staff Celebration Day, and the fact that we are an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030.


• Competitive Pension Scheme with an 8% employer contribution.