Employability Coach
- Employer
- Heart of Birmingham Vocational College
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- £19,258 – £22,825 (L15-21)
- Closing date
- 17 Jun 2019
- Reference
- HBVC0619
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Education - non-schools based
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- Term time
- Hours
- Full-Time
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College is looking for an enthusiastic, well organised, motivated individual to provide the appropriate professional support around employability and work placements.
As an Employability Coach you will support the day to day running of our work placements, and will be the main contact with the employers and companies we serve. You will also work closely with our teaching and learning team on shared initiatives such as employment fairs and industry experience days.
For the right person who is committed and resourceful, this is a very exciting opportunity that will support our learners to successfully enter the world of work.
Main purpose of the post
- Provide a coherent and integrated support structure, which meets the needs of individual learners
- To identify and maximise the number of opportunities for learners to gain practical skills in safe, relevant and realistic work settings that will enable them to compete in the current job market.
- Act as an outstanding role model for learners to reinforce appropriate employability, communication and social skills.
- Assist and support teachers and the rest of the centre to meet the vision, values and quality improvement plans adopted by the Principal and Directors of HBVC.
The main duties and responsibilities are to:
- Support in the planning, facilitating and tracking of internal and external placements for learners across the pathways
- Build and maintain strong relationships with employers and other placement providers to actively engage and promote HBVC and employability opportunities to increase the number of providers working with the college
- Liaise with the learning and teaching team in advance of work placements taking place in order to ensure the timely completion of relevant employer checks, parent consent letters etc.
- Produce necessary post-placement paperwork
- Maintain an efficient system for filing paperwork and statistics collection to ensure effective and timely retrieval of information for audit requirements and reports
- To assist with the organisation and delivery of Cross College employability events
- To build awareness of employment and volunteering opportunities across the College by advertising vacancies through a Job Board
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