Progress Coach

Activate Learning; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative education provider in Reading is seeking a dedicated Progress Coach to facilitate personal development sessions and provide one-on-one coaching to students. You will play a crucial role in enhancing students' learning experiences and career pathways. This full-time role requires strong communication skills and the ability to support students facing various challenges. Competitive salaries and numerous employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Monthly Staff Appreciation Awards

Wellbeing & Resources Groups

Free eye tests and will writing

Access to a Health Cash Plan

Continuous professional development opportunities

Flexible working options

Up to 6 weeks paid leave

On-site facilities including gym access

Qualifications

• Ability to manage groups and build rapport with students.
• Experience in delivering personal development sessions.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead personal development sessions for diverse student groups.
• Conduct one-on-one and group coaching sessions.
• Collaborate with other support services to enhance student engagement.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Resilience

Education

Experience in education or youth work settings

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Activate Learning is seeking enthusiastic and inspirational individuals who are dedicated to making a positive impact to join our Progress Coach team. This role is essential in helping students develop the skills, knowledge, and attributes necessary to navigate the challenges and opportunities in learning, life, and work.

As a Progress Coach, you will play a key role in our learners' journey, dividing your time between whole class and one-on-one tutorials across various faculties.

What you will do

• Whole Class Personal Development Sessions – spend approximately 60% of time leading whole class personal development sessions for a diverse range of students across different sectors, with up to 18 groups per week.
• 1-1 and Group Coaching – remaining time delivered as one-on-one and group coaching sessions, focusing on targeted interventions to help students improve learning behaviors, academic success, relationships, and career pathways.

You will support students in advancing to the next level of learning or employment while keeping them engaged. You will help learners build essential attributes such as self-awareness and resilience, and enhance decision-making and confidence. You will also support students who face behavioural challenges using a positive behaviour management framework.

This role involves meticulous record-keeping, collaboration with other student support services, and close communication with faculty staff. Adherence to safeguarding principles, professional integrity, and maintaining personal responsibility are crucial.

This is a permanent, full-time role working during term-time at our Reading College campus.

Qualifications and experience

What do you need to be successful as a Progress Coach at Activate Learning?

We are seeking highly motivated individuals to lead focused Personal Development tutorial sessions within our team. This could be an excellent development opportunity for an experienced Learning Support or Study Assistant looking for the next step in their career, or an experienced Progress Coach who would prefer to move to a large college.

Key Responsibilities

• Use your experience or transferable skills from education or youth work settings to effectively manage groups and build rapport with a diverse range of learners.
• Show empathy and resilience while working with students who may exhibit challenging behaviour, maintaining a supportive and confident approach.
• Utilise your outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to deliver engaging, relevant, and personalised group personal development sessions and coaching.
• Be confident in addressing challenging subjects such as consent, inclusion, personal responsibility, choice-making, and self-reflection.
• Explore and implement engaging and non-traditional facilitation methods, including project-based learning, to enhance the classroom experience.
• Have experience with the MS Office suite and demonstrate the ability to quickly adapt to new IT systems.

Who we are

Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.

We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.

When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.

Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.

Employee Benefits

• Monthly Staff Appreciation Awards: Celebrating staff for their dedication and accomplishments aligned to our award-winning Learning Philosophy.
• Wellbeing & Resources Groups: Comprehensive range of resources, guides and tools to support staff wellbeing
• Company benefits: Including free eye tests and will writing, plus access to a Health Cash Plan covering optical, dental, health screening, and therapy treatments for you and your dependents.
• Learning and Development: continuous opportunities for teachers' professional growth and skill enhancement through our in-house L&D team.
• Teaching Support: Tailored three-day induction program, and development programs for teaching staff.
• Pension Schemes: Teacher pension scheme for AL teaching staff
• Generous Annual Leave: Up to 6 weeks paid leave
• Flexible Working: Hybrid and remote options, term-time only, and flexible working patterns.
• Competitive salaries: Annual incremental progression and a twelve point pay scale for teachers.
• On-Site Facilities: Free parking at all campuses, refectories, hair and beauty salons & gym access.

Applicants should apply at the earliest opportunity; closed vacancies will prevent application form submission. Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis; we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts.

Other requirements: Some positions may require a legally mandated health surveillance check for exposure to hazardous conditions. Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK; we do not sponsor work permits. Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK. Applications are encouraged from all candidates who meet or exceed minimum criteria, regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity. Activate Learning is committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage, please contact the talent team directly. Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs have no authority to enter an arrangement. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest. Please note most roles advertised on AoC Jobs are posted directly by the college or employing organisation and are not being handled by the AoC Recruitment Team. If you would like to hear about interim and/or permanent roles being handled by AoC Recruitment, please send your CV to [emailprotected] and one of the team will be in touch.

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