Skills Coach - Early Years & Teaching Assistant

at  Bradford College

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our exceptional Apprenticeships and Business Development department as a Skills Coach for our Early Years and Teaching Assistant students.
The role of the Early Years and Teaching Assistant Skills Coach is to provide support and guidance and to assess the vocational knowledge and competence of their apprentices against the national standards, ensuring the apprentice understands the technical knowledge and skills needed to undertake their job role.
Please note that interviews for this role will take place on Monday 7th October.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• GCSE in English and Maths Grade A*- C 9-4, or equivalent qualification,
• Assessor Award or working towards

EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience of accurately and timely assessing in the workplace/classroom
• Experience of working with candidates with a wide range of abilities
• Ability to engage and motivate candidates
• Experience of working within a customer focused environment
  For an informal discussion about the role, please email recruit@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
  We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest and number of applications so early application is advised.

• Support a caseload of apprentices agreeable with your line manager
• Work with employers, apprentices and the functional skills delivery team to support the apprentices continuous development of their literacy and numeracy skills.
• Support the delivery of L1 FS in the workplace (SAR ALN to be supported by FS Tutor as required)
• Support and attend apprentice inductions across operational teams
• Support apprentices to plan and provide opportunities to achieve pass merit and distinction linked to standards delivery
• To undertake timely assessment of apprentices to the national standards and to record all assessment decisions to meet the awarding body/ professional body requirements in line with the assessment cycle
• Manage a caseload of apprentices to include, setting SMART targets to ensure timely progress and achievement all required components of the apprenticeship
• To undertake timely workplace observations, where appropriate and upload all related work activities and progress information into the apprentice management system in a timely manner, allowing accurate tracking of apprentice progression
• Plan and complete with the apprentice and employer 12 weekly reviews covering progress towards the required knowledge skills and behaviour and to include personal development behaviours and welfare and functional skills development and achievement
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