Coach

Leeds City College is part of the Luminate Education Group, and one of the UK's largest FE establishments with around 1440 employees and over 22,560 students. We offer a curriculum as diverse as our students within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment. Our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions. An exciting opportunity has become available to work within the Music, Media and Performance Production department at Leeds City College. Starting in September 2020, a Coach is required to develop our students academic ability. You will be required to support the teaching team to deliver a broad range of activities designed to develop the knowledge and skills students require for their coursework and career progression. The successful candidate must have experience creating individual SMART learning targets and the ability to manage a caseload of students to ensure they receive tutorials and support that meet their needs. You will be working in a dynamic and passionate creative team of teaching staff that work collaboratively with coaching tutors to inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression. You will need to have a background in Further Education academic support as well as experience of the GCSE expectations at Post-16 learning. Please use the person specification (on the job description under "Documents Available") to complete your supporting statement. At Leeds City College, our values put students first and are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to be an outstanding and market-led further education college that delivers excellence. To achieve this, our vision, mission, and values, guide us as we continue to improve upon and expand our offering.You can read more about them here: https://www.leedscitycollege.ac.uk/the-college/about/vision-mission-values/ Employees of Leeds City College enjoy a wide range of benefits. To find out more about what we offer download the 'Staff Benefits' document attached. Leeds City College is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check, and other mandatory pre-employment checks which may also include checking social media profiles. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory checks. We positively welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community.