Vocational Skills Coach - Housing

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Job Details: Vocational Skills Coach - Housing

Vacancy Name: Vocational Skills Coach - Housing

Vacancy No: VN4081

Location: Field Based

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37.50

Working Days & Times: Contractually you will work 7am - 10pm Monday - Friday. This is so you have a degree of flexibility for your learners; however, your core hours will be between 8:30am - 5pm.

Description: Learning Curve Group is a national training and education specialist. We work with further education providers, employers, and learners to help them achieve success. We have strong values which are all centred around our learners – and that is how we believe it should be, as we impact on over 100,000 of them every year. Our ‘Purple People’, the dedicated and passionate people of LCG, help us to deliver success no matter what, to achieve our vision to ‘transform lives through learning’. So where do our Vocational Skills Coaches fit in?

Role Information

Our Vocational Skills Coaches, known internally as VSC’s, are key to inspiring and coaching learners in their industry field, inspiring the next generation through passion and sharing of lived experience. Working closely with the employer, they will support your learners through both theory and practical based work. This happens through monthly progress review meetings held between them and the learner.

For this area of apprenticeships, learning takes place mostly online using Microsoft Teams. However, from time to time there may be the need to see your learner/employer in person.

We are looking for a Vocational Skills Coach to deliver Social Housing up to L4. Are you excited by this prospect of transforming lives? You will need these important qualities to apply:

• Passion for learning and coaching
• Focused on developing the potential in people
• Personable and engaging
• Organised and self-reliant
• Enthusiastic and professional

Key Duties

• Plan and deliver a training programme that ensures a robust ILP and regular review of learner progress.
• Ensure all learner records and reporting are kept up to date and provided in a timely manner to support management reporting and audit requirements.
• Facilitate the teaching of any functional skills qualifications required by apprentices as part of your caseload, providing meaningful and specific feedback to learners to support progression. Liaising with specialist functional skills tutors where applicable.
• Provide robust exit advice to learners as they set personal goals for career progression (recognising IAG across the learning journey as well as at the end).
• Facilitate learning and adhere to the standards of the apprenticeship programme to ensure consistency and fairness throughout all teaching, learning, and assessment delivery techniques, and provide meaningful and specific feedback to learners to support progression.
• Deliver balanced KPI’s in line with company expectations.
• Operate within the delivery framework to maintain operational consistency and ensure learner progress.
• Ensure all learners receive the highest quality experience in line with company expectations and external requirements.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with business support teams to support the delivery of the sector plan.
• Participate in quality assurance activities working closely with the quality team.
• Drive self – generation across the area you operate within.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing learners and clients assuring the Learning Curve Group brand is synonymous with and recognised for quality of service.
• Ensure CPD is planned and reflects Company and stakeholder requirements as guided by the quality team.
• Ensure any CPD updates are added to Purple People.
• To be a vocational expert within the designated sector.
• Contribute to ad hoc cross sector/function projects to support the delivery of Learning Curve Group's strategic plan.
• Demonstrate the organisation’s values and behaviours.
• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours.
• Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company.
• Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent, and Health and Safety Policies and be vigilant to potential concerns and risks at all times.
• Ensure confidentiality and professionalism at all times.
• Provide learners, customers, and colleagues with support, advice, and guidance as part of your everyday role.

Key Performance Indicators

• Maintain a caseload level of up to 42 learners.
• Retention and achievement rates.
• Less than 5% pass planned end date learners.
• Regular contact with learners and employers.

Experience

ESSENTIAL / DESIRABLE

Vocational experience in the area in which you are applying for E

Proven track record of meeting targets E

Knowledge & Skills

Good level of IT Skills E

Excellent communication and coaching skills E

Enthusiastic to support learners E

Passionate about transforming people’s lives through learning E

Self-reliant and able to manage own workload E

Good organisational and planning skills E

Ability to work effectively as a member of a team E

Qualifications

Sector qualification in the area in which you will be delivering E

Maths & English at Level 2 or above E

Teaching Qualification at Level 3 (AET, PTTLS) E

Assessors Qualification at Level 3 (CAVA) E

Why work for Learning Curve Group?

There are many reasons that make Learning Curve Group a fantastic place to work! Although we have some great benefits, we know that one of our biggest perks is the incredible People & Culture we have been lucky enough to create. Don't just take our word for it though, you can hear from some of our Purple People here: Click me

In addition to working for a company that has been listed as the top 100 companies to work for, for the last five years you'll have access to the following benefits:

• 26 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• Buy & Sell an additional 5 days each year.
• Length of service annual leave increments starting at 2 years.
• Healthcare Scheme.
• Tech Scheme.
• Ikea Scheme.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Paid Volunteer day each year.
• Early Finish Fridays on the last Friday of every month.
• Student / Teacher Discount.
• Uniform.

Head Office Perks

We wish we could provide these to all, but as a national company it’s not always possible. However, these perks are available to all staff when they attend our incredible Head Office space.

• Electric Car charging points.
• Free fruit, Coffee and Tea.
• Onsite Shower.
• Prayer room on request or list of nearest available places of worship.

Equal Opportunities

You’re unique – and we love that about you. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Don’t just take our word for it though! Our commitment to a number of covenants and pledges will show you just how serious we are about equal opportunities for all.

Halo Code

Learning Curve Group stands against hair discrimination in the workplace and champions the right for our Purple People to embrace Afro-Hairstyles including, but not limited to, afros, locs, twists, braids, cornrows, fades, hair straightened through the application of heat or chemicals, weaves, wigs, headscarves, and wraps.

Disability Confident Leader

Disability Confident Leader status is the highest level of the scheme. It is awarded to organisations that act as champions for the rights of disabled people within their networks and who lead the way to help other businesses to become disability confident. At LCG we understand the need to remove barriers to create a level playing field. That's why if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview and/or workplace, we welcome a discussion.

Armed Forces Covenant Gold

12% of our entire workforce are veterans of the armed forces and as such, it’s only right we show our support by pledging to the Armed Forces Covenant. It is a promise to those who serve or who have served, and their families, which says we will do all we can to ensure they are treated fairly and not disadvantaged in their day-to-day lives. As part of this promise, Reservists will receive an additional 10 days paid leave to attend training.

• Domestic Abuse Covenant
• Care Leaver Covenant
• Working Chance
• Ban the box

Recruitment Checks

Recruitment Checks: Learners are at the centre of everything we do so we are committed to safeguarding and promoting their welfare. The successful applicant will be required to provide satisfactory references and prove their eligibility to work in the UK. For this role, we will also carry out adverse media checks and also need to carry out a DBS check and will ask for information related to previous convictions if you are shortlisted for an interview.

Please be assured that a previous conviction does not automatically rule you out of a role, unless you are barred from working with children or adults. We will follow our risk assessment process to understand the age of, context, and relevance to the conviction(s).