Personal Development Coach Coordinator

New College Durham; Framwellgate Moor; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Family friendly policies

Generous annual leave

Staff development days

Free car parking

Gym/beauty discounts

Job summary

New College Durham invites applications for a part-time Personal Development Coach to support personal development, wellbeing and behavioural guidance across the College. The role totals 648 hours per annum, with 10 hours weekly allocated and integration with a 28-hour classroom delivery allocation.

The post offers hybrid working, extensive staff development opportunities, generous annual leave, parking and access to reduced gym/beauty rates as part of a flexible benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastoral care and student guidance.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Foundation Studies and Personal Development with personal development, behaviour and attitudes across the College.
• Assist in development and management of the personal development programme and timetable; attend CPD events.

Job description

If you are looking to further your career at a groundbreaking and award-winning College, we’d love to hear from you!

To support the Head of Foundation Studies and Personal Development with all aspects of personal development and behaviour and attitudes of students across the College.

The role will undertake 648 hours (per annum) of Personal Development delivery. The role will focus on supporting the effective management of timely and appropriate pastoral care; tutorial and guidance activity across College; Further Education student engagement; and behaviour and discipline across the College.

The role will support the Head of Foundation Studies and Personal Development with the development and management of the personal development programme including the creation of resources, timetable management, and commitment to maintaining a successful and meaningful curriculum. The role will include attending regular CPD and keeping up to date with current personal development topics along with national and international trends.

The candidate will receive 10 allocated hours per week for the role which will be deducted from the 28hr per week classroom delivery allocation for Personal Development Coaches.

For more information on this role please contact the hiring manager; Tracey Todd, Head of Foundation Studies and Vocational Steps via [e-mail].

New College Durham offer a wide range of benefits to enhance your professional development, take care of your health and well-being and help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. On top of this, our flexible benefits scheme lets you choose from a comprehensive selection of benefits and rewards to meet your individual needs.

New College Durham offers support and benefit options such as:

• Hybrid working for greater work/life balance
• Family friendly policies including Flexible Working, Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave, and Special Leave
• Generous annual leave package and option to purchase additional annual leave
• Training, support and the opportunity to develop your professional skills, including three full days each year exclusively to staff development
• Free car parking
• Reduced price for gym and beauty treatments

About us:

New College Durham is a great place to work. It is a high performing and financially outstanding college. We are continually investing in new facilities and resources to benefit our students, such as our new development, T.H.E HUB.

New College Durham is one of the leading Further Education colleges in the North East and continues to be at the forefront of new initiatives, being one of the few colleges in the North East to offer all the new T-Level programmes.

We focus on providing training and education that creates the best outcomes for our students, giving them the edge in their chosen industry.

New College Durham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive and diverse community. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

As an inclusive employer awarded the following recognitions demonstrate our commitment to our workforce/the community we serve:

• Disability Confident Status
• Mindful Employer
• Dying to Work
• Better Health at Work – maintaining excellence
• New College Durham have further signed up to the AOC Mental Health and Wellbeing charter, as well as the AOC EDI Charter.

We pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students; to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks.

Before applying for a role with New College Durham it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a persons whom is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please see below; DBS code of practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We recognise that applicants may use AI-assisted tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Grammarly or similar technologies) to support the preparation of applications. However, all information submitted must accurately reflect the applicant's own skills, experience and qualifications. During the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to discuss or expand upon information provided within their application.