Work Placement Coach

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Hours 37 hours per week at Peterborough, all year round

37 hours per week at Stamford, all year round

Contract Permanent

Location Stamford and Peterborough (1 post at each site)

Are you passionate about empowering learners and building strong employer partnerships? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment and have a knack for connecting individuals with meaningful opportunities? If so, Inspire Education Group has an exciting opportunity for you!

As our Work Placement Coach, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our learners gain valuable work experience that directly supports their learning objectives and contributes to the College\’s overall success. You will be a proactive and organised individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building strong relationships with both internal teams and external employers.

The main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following areas:

Support with the liaison with the curriculum teams to plan for placement requirements for the academic year.

Promote work experience to learners through the delivery of tutorials.

Enhance learner’s employability skills and preparation for work experience through engagement in workshops and learning platforms.

Implement a selection and matching process for learners to suitable placements, to include ascertaining a learner’s ability, skill set, transport availability, financial support requirements and career path, providing high quality information, advice and guidance.

Ascertain any learning/health requirements of students prior to placement, developing a learner profile to ensure employers can meet the learners needs whilst on placement.

Coordinate the completion of learner profiles with curriculum colleagues prior to a placement.

Establish learners\’ leads for any work placement opportunities and work establish links with employers.

Conduct employer related health & safety checks in accordance with college policy, ensuring that employers have all satisfactory checks in place prior to the commencement of a placement. This includes attendance of employer site visits: use of personal vehicles may be required.

Build and manage external relationships involving employers, partners and the wider business community increasing knowledge and potential referral opportunities.

Lead on proactively self-generating employers leads for work placements from new and dormant employers.

If you are a highly motivated individual with a passion for education and helping students achieve their career goals, we encourage you to apply!

IEG offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Competitive Leave: Enjoy 30 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays plus additional paid time off during the festive season with Christmas close down.

Financial Security: Gain access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, a well-established plan for your future.

Supportive Environment: Benefit from a gym, free on-site parking, and a friendly team atmosphere, access to employee assistance programme

Professional Growth: Invest in yourself with ongoing training and development opportunities provided by IEG.

Ready to make a positive impact on our campus community? Apply today!

IEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.

Safeguarding Statement

IEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.

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