Apprenticeship Skills Coach

The Apprenticeship Skills Coach is required to ensure apprentices receive support, guidance and encouragement to succeed in their apprenticeship programme. The role will also require you to bridge the gap between academic learning and practical application in the workplace with employers. You will support learners in gaining key engineering skills within their workplace. The role will provide advice and guidance to both the apprentice and the employer to ensure the apprentice is meeting all the key requirements.

You will also be involved in the development of new curriculum to ensure that it is focused on industry practice and the learner journey.

• Manage a caseload of engineering and manufacturing apprentices
• Monitor the health, safety and welfare of apprentices
• Provide end to end information, advice and guidance on skills development, End Point Assessment and career development
• Monitor and record progress against the Standard to ensure apprentices are developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required prior to their planned end dates
• Conduct regular documented progress reviews with apprentices and their employers as per funding rules
• Monitor apprentice off-the-job records
• Complete any funding/MIS documentation such as Breaks in Learning, withdrawals on a timely basis
• Plan and complete assessment of development competence qualifications
• Plan and complete assessments of apprentice’s knowledge, skills and behaviours development, and build subsequent action plans for improvement where required
• Use coaching methods in partnership with training centre colleagues and employers, to help apprentices develop and apply knowledge, skills and behaviours in their workplace
• Build and maintain relationships with apprentices and their employers to facilitate effective communication and collaboration ensuring that apprentices complete their apprenticeship within the planned duration
• Provide regular caseload progress updates to the Leadership Team
• Collaborate with Business Development colleagues to identify repeat and new business

Essential:

• Level 3 Engineering qualification
• Recognised teaching qualification or willing to gain this
• Recognised Assessor qualification, such as A1 or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Desirable:

• Functional Skills Level 2 / GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English grade C or above
• Recognised Quality Assurance qualification, such as V1 or Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
• Recognised coaching qualification
• Higher qualification (level 4 or above) in an Engineering discipline
• Digital training qualifications relevant to education. For example, Microsoft Learn badges

Learners’ safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance to all MTC Training employees. All individuals are expected to actively contribute to our culture of safeguarding and vigilance to ensure learning is delivered in the safest environment possible. Shortlisted candidates are subject to safer recruitment screening, including but not limited to:

• Employment history check
• Right to work check
• Identity check
• Two references
• Qualification check
• Industry prohibitions check (applies to programme delivery and assessment roles)
• Public online activity search
• Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list check

The successful applicant will be required to promptly complete training relating to safeguarding and prevent and is expected to undertake ongoing training in relation to children’s safety and wellbeing. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain our safeguarding culture and contribute to it by supporting the Designated Safeguarding Lead and safeguarding team. The successful applicant will be required to adhere to our Code of Conduct and share our commitment to the welfare of children.