Sustainability Professional Skills Coach

LDN Apprenticeships; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational organization is seeking a Sustainability Professional Skills Coach to guide apprentices in their learning journey within sustainability. This role involves shaping the apprenticeship program, delivering training, and assessing apprentices' progress. The ideal candidate will have a background in sustainability, coaching experience, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include flexible working, 25 days holiday, and ongoing professional development.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company Apple MacBook

Workplace pension with employer contribution

Flexible working arrangements

Social events including Summer and Christmas parties

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sustainability Professional or significant educational experience in sustainability.
• Passion for helping others start their careers.
• Knowledge of Apprenticeship Standards and End Point Assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support apprentices through their learning journey.
• Deliver engaging training sessions and assess apprentices' work.
• Build relationships with apprentices and employers.

Skills

Communication skills

Strong organization

Coaching ability

Education

Level 3 qualification in Education and Training or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Salesforce

Learner Management Systems

Job description

Sustainability Professional Skills Coach

Salary: £40 - 45k + excellent benefits

Full time, hybrid working

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Sustainability Professional to join our growing team as a Skills Coach. You will have the opportunity to genuinely change apprentice’s lives byshaping, creating and delivering the learning content for our Sustainability Professional apprenticeship programme, underpinned by the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner apprenticeship standard.

The Sustainability Professional programme includes environmental and social sustainability, diversity, inclusion and social impact learning and is assessed under the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner apprenticeship.

The role will be predominantly remote with at least one day a month at our South London office.

Responsibilities include:

• Support your apprentices through the learning journey and deliver an outstanding learner experience through effective coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure your apprentices are on track to complete their apprenticeship.
  
• Deliver regular progress reviews and check ins for all apprentices and ensure that employers are up to date with apprentice progress.
• for all apprentices and ensure that employers are up to date with apprentice progress.
• Help review and deliver the learning content, and delivery model for the apprenticeship programme.
• Design and facilitate engaging and relevant apprentice training through group sessions including live sessions and in-person development days.
• Be involved in coordinating the training activities delivered in partnership with our employers and industry experts.
• Assess your apprentices' work and provide timely and developmental feedback.
• Manage your scheduled activities to ensure the timely achievement of learners.
• Comply withany quality proceduresto ensure compliance and best practice.
• Build strong and lasting relationships with each apprentice and employer you support.
• Provide additional pastoral support for apprentices as required.

For this role you must have the following:

• Have worked as a Sustainability Professional either in-house, in a consultancy or agency environment OR have significant experience delivering sustainability subjects in an educational setting.
• Have a broad understanding of the corporate responsibility and sustainability landscape and the broad range of initiatives that make up a modern sustainability strategy.
• Experience in either teaching or coaching and a keen interest in developing others.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Strong organisation skills, with the ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Good IT skills, ability to use software and systems such as MS Office, Salesforce and Learner Management Systems.
• The desire to learn and develop yourself, so that you can add value to the apprenticeship experience of our learners.
• Knowledge of Apprenticeship Standards and End Point Assessments.
• A passion to help people start their careers at amazing companies, which inspires you to deliver the best possible training.
• Ideally hold the Level 3 qualification in Education and Training or equivalent.
• Passionate about helping people to start their careers at amazing companies and this inspires you to deliver the best training possible.
• Demonstrates commitment to our values and expected behaviours
• Flexible and understand the balance between being commercial and being compassionate

We offer some cool benefits, which we think you might like:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• An extra day of holiday for every year of service for up to 3 years
• Home working/ flexible working (you will be expected to come into the office at least once a month)
• Receive a company Apple MacBook
• Workplace pension with employers 4% contribution
• Buy additional holidays
• Funky Head Office near Vauxhall/ Stockwell with free tea and coffee
• Quarterly prizes for top performers in the business
• Regular social events including Summer and Christmas parties

In addition to these great benefits, we also provide you with ongoing training/development and as a growing business, the opportunity for career progression.

Additional Information:

Please note that we will automatically disregard applicants who use Artificial Intelligence tools to respond to screening questions.

For further information about LDN, our Company Values and Staff Benefits please visit our website: https://www.ldnapprenticeships.com/careers

LDN Apprenticeships is an Ofsted Outstanding training provider. Our people are key to our success, and we have created a unique high-performance culture that is supportive, inclusive and empowers our team to take ownership for their work. Find out more about the quality of our apprenticeships by reading our latest Ofsted report: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/33/1276252

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