Teaching and Learning Coach

QJumpers Recruitment Services; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 91,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Wintec in Hamilton is seeking a Teaching & Learning Coach to collaborate across teams and kaiako to transform teaching and learning culture. You will work within a capable capability development team to uplift academic staff as they prepare ākonga with real world skills and mindsets for the workplace.

The role reports to the Teaching & Learning Manager and is based in the Teaching & Learning Office, with a focus on culturally responsive practices. NZ residency or visa required.

Qualifications

• Strong academic foundation in adult teaching and learning, including assessment in vocational education.

Responsibilities

• Apply expertise from a strong academic foundation of adult teaching and learning experience and knowledge, including sound assessment practices in vocational education.
• Coach and work effectively with teams of kaiako and their leaders to foster a culture of robust teaching and learning practices and processes that focus on the experience of ākonga.
• Draw on a varied and inspiring toolkit to respond to the diverse needs and contexts of those you are working with.
• Enable kaiako to adapt to a rapidly changing teaching and learning environment.
• Support kaiako to be confident with face-to-face and online facilitation and resource development.
• Work collaboratively to guide teams and individuals but also be able to provide strong direction when needed.
• Develop and facilitate inspirational workshops that contribute to our strategic direction.

Skills

Coaching educators

Curriculum development

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Are you seeking a role where you can draw on your ability to work with a range of teams and kaiako to help transform culture and practice across a learning organisation? Are you excited by building collaborative relationships? Do you have experience and skills to coach others in professional educational settings? Are you at the forefront of inspiring teaching and learning practices that achieve ākonga | learner success through a culturally responsive approach and an understanding of Mātauranga Māori?

Come and join our Wintec Faculty team in a coaching role for teaching and learning. You will work among a dedicated and enthusiastic capability development team to encourage the growth of our academic staff as they prepare ākonga with real world skills, knowledge and mindsets to be successful in the workplace.

The appointing salary for this role will be between$90,800 and $113,500 per annum (IEA remuneration band 6), dependent on skills and experience.

The Teaching & Learning Coach is based in our Teaching & Learning Office, reporting to the Teaching & Learning Manager.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Apply expertise from a strong academic foundation of adult teaching and learning experience and knowledge, including sound assessment practices in vocational education.
• Coach and work effectively with teams of kaiako and their leaders to foster a culture of robust teaching and learning practices and processes that focus on the experience of ākonga.
• Draw on a varied and inspiring toolkit to respond to the diverse needs and contexts of those you are working with.
• Enable kaiako to adapt to a rapidly changing teaching and learning environment.
• Support kaiako to be confident with face-to-face and online facilitation and resource development.
• Work collaboratively to guide teams and individuals but also be able to provide strong direction when needed.
• Develop and facilitate inspirational workshops that contribute to our strategic direction.

We are a committed team who support each other across our different strengths and areas of learning. We like to laugh together as we get stuck into each new and different daily challenge. We listen to each other, encourage curiosity and respectfully challenge each other’s thinking in a way that maintains our strong relationships as a team. With your academic experience, great communication skills and professional commitment this could be a fulfilling and stimulating career move. If the challenges and opportunities we have on offer sound appealing to you, please do get in touch to explore where to next.

As a responsible employer and education provider, Wintec is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to undergo pre-employment checks; Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.

The closing date for applications is 16 October; however, we will be assessing applications as they come in, and this role will be closed earlier if we receive a suitable candidate.

Please note: This role has been identified as a children’s worker – therefore the successful candidate will need to undergo a Safety Check process which includes, but is not limited to a New Zealand Police vet.