Transition, Achievement and Progression Coach

onlyFE; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

onlyFE is seeking a progression, transitions and achievement coach to lead the gathering of transition information and help new students enter college on the right course. You will work with learners to ensure they stay in learning, achieve, and progress to further study or employment.

The role requires excellent motivational, assertiveness and communication skills at all levels to ensure supported students make timely progress, with sound administrative and organisational abilities and a

Qualifications

• Essential: excellent motivational, assertiveness and communication skills at all levels to ensure learners make progress.
• Sound administrative and organisational skills; flexible, adaptable, and positive attitude; ability to use databases, process information and produce regular reports.
• An IT qualification is preferable.
• Experience of working with young people/adults in a support role is essential.
• Embed college values: Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Compassion and Ambition.

Responsibilities

• Gather and coordinate transition information for new students.
• Support students to transition into college, stay in learning, achieve and progress to further study or employment.
• Work using a mentoring model to enable assertive, positive student progress.

Skills

Motivation

Assertiveness

Communication

Administrative skills

Organisational skills

IT literacy

Education

Good general education

Job description

The progression, transitions and achievement coach will be primarily responsible for managing the gathering of appropriate transition information, transition of new students into college who have been identified and to work with them to ensure that they are on the right course, stay in learning, achieve and progress to further study and/or employment. The focus of all this support will be to enable the student to overcome the barriers that may prevent them achieving success whilst at college.

This role will follow the principles of youth work to enable them to deliver an assertiveness mentoring model to ensure that learners successfully transition into the college, achieve and progress to further study or employment.

It is essential for this role to have excellent motivational, assertiveness skills and communication skills at all levels to ensure that supported students make positive progress in a timely fashion.

It is also essential you have sound administrative, organisational skills and a flexible, adaptable and positive attitude; with a good general education, experience of using databases, processing information and creating regular reports. An IT qualification is also preferable.

Experience of working with young people/adults in a support situation is essential.

The role will require you to embed the college’s values, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Compassion and Ambition.