Progress Coach - Construction and Engineering

East Surrey College / John Ruskin College; Croydon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic educational institution seeks dedicated Progress Coaches to support students at Orbital South Colleges Group. Ideal candidates will provide mentorship, implement improvement strategies, and work closely with safeguarding teams. Competitive salary alongside attractive staff benefits including pension schemes, holiday package, free parking, and discounted gym services is offered.

Benefits

Choice of pension schemes

Attractive holiday package

Free onsite parking

Access to gym

Discounted spa and salon treatments

Qualifications

• Experience supporting disengaged young people.
• Experience with SEMH difficulties.
• Qualification in youth work, child psychology, social work, or teaching desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support students to achieve academic and personal goals.
• Implement intervention strategies and improvement plans.
• Monitor and track all students on caseload.

Skills

Communication

Mentorship

IT Skills

Education

Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Packages

Job description

We are seeking to appoint various dedicated and motivated Progress Coaches to join Orbital South Colleges Group on a Term Time basis.

As a Progress Coach, you will play a vital role in supporting students to achieve their academic and personal goals. You will work closely with Study Programme students, providing guidance, mentorship, and resources to help them overcome obstacles and succeed in their educational journey.

Working closely with the Director of Learning, Programme Manager and the rest of the team, you will have the opportunity to support students in their learning and creating positive and trusting relationships with young people. You will implement intervention strategies, set improvement plans and progress targets whilst working on retention strategies for learners. As part of your role, you will work closely with the safeguarding team to ensure constant communication around vulnerable learners and monitor and track all students on caseload.

The successful candidate must have:

• Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent
• Experience working with disengaged young people
• Experience with young people experiencing SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties)
• Good IT skills (in particular Microsoft Packages)
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Qualification in relation to youth work, child psychology, social work, or teaching and learning is desirable

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

Closing Date:Monday 21st July 2025*

Interviews : 19th and 20th August

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adultsand expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.