Learning Coach - Skills & Wellbeing in Cardiff

Salary: £25,833 - £28,038 pro rata (based on an FTE salary of £29,874 - £32,423 per annum)

Contractual Hours: 37

Basis: Term Time Only

Package: Generous Annual Leave, Health Scheme and alongside your salary an employers contribution of 16.30% (£4210.77 (Min) - £4570.19 (Max)) is made as part of the Local Government Pension scheme.

Job Overview: Cardiff and Vale College are looking for a Learning Coach with experience of working with wellbeing and skills to join our Learner Journey team. The post holder will support learners with basic skills, study skills, wellbeing and pastoral issues. This will include offering support one-to-one and in groups and signposting to other support internally and externally, enabling learners to retain, attain and complete their journey through and progress from college.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting students making university applications with UCAS personal statement writing, providing guidance on format, structure and linguistic accuracy.
• Delivering screening and initial assessments of students using the Wales Essential Skills Toolkit (WEST), including being part of the assessment process at interview and induction, collecting results and passing to relevant staff.
• Assisting teaching staff in the utilisation of the Wales Essential Skills Toolkit (WEST) to ensure the completion of initial assessments and progression of skills for learners.
• To be part of the mental health first aid team and provide general advice to all learners on a range of issues.
• Support tutors when learners are experiencing personal crisis to ensure learning continues uninterrupted.
• Create Wellbeing Service and Safety plans to support vulnerable and highly vulnerable learners. This will ensure they are safe and will help identify areas for growth and offer structured sessions/activities to develop skills and confidence in specified areas related to wellbeing and safeguarding issues.

Qualifications:

• You will have experience working within an educational environment.
• You will be an excellent communicator with superb organisational skills in addition to demonstrating a commitment to providing high quality learner support.
• You will be educated to Level 3 in a relevant qualification and hold a GCSE Maths and English, grade C or above.
• Whilst the ability to speak Welsh is not essential for the role, we would love to hear from candidates who are fluent and can engage with learners through the medium of Welsh.

Benefits:

• Generous pension scheme
• Cash health plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to our Cycle to Work, Headspace app and access to money saving benefits through our Reward Gateway scheme.

Application Process: Applications are to be made using the Cardiff and Vale College application form only. The college welcomes applications in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application in English. If we invite you to interview, let us know if you would like us to conduct the interview and assessment process in Welsh. The closing date for completed applications is 04/01/2026 at 11:59pm.

Additional Information: To find out more or apply go to www.cavc.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources Department. Please note that CAVC is closed for the Christmas and New Year break between 20th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. Any queries will therefore be responded to in the New Year. All vacancies are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and employment will not commence without a valid up to date DBS check. This is a contractual agreement that must be in place before your employment starts. Your employment with Cardiff and Vale College will also be dependent on suitable reference checks, before you are able to commence employment, Cardiff and Vale College must have received two references, one being from your present or most recent employer. We will contact your referees upon appointment. Registration with the Educational Workforce Council for Wales (EWC Wales) is a mandatory requirement of the post. These are contractual agreements that must be in place before your employment can commence. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of disabled people, and are a positive disability confident scheme employer.