Job Introduction
BPP Apprenticeship School is recruiting for a Coaching Mentor to support Coaching Professional Apprentices within the school. We are looking for highly motivated, practitioner-experienced coaches to bring a high quality of support to help develop the talent of new and aspiring coaches. The overall purpose of the role is to support each Coaching Apprentice to develop their knowledge, skills, and behaviours to successfully complete their apprenticeship.
What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!
Why work for BPP?
It is a great time to join BPP as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
- We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts, Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family.
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for coaching, support and assessment of apprentices on coaching training programmes. This will include coaching and mentoring and provision of high-quality support, guidance, and feedback for not only the apprentices (learners), but also the school and any other appropriate departments.
You will be responsible for:
- To provide a structured and appropriate development journey for learners, enabling them to maximise their full potential for the duration of the programme
- To facilitate for each learner and their line manager (where appropriate) regular 6 weekly progress reviews
- To update relevant BPP tracking systems with outputs of progress reviews
- To track learner performance and liaise promptly with the performance team and / or line managers to identify suitable intervention strategies where necessary
- To ensure data accuracy and use BPP systems to undertake data reviews on learner progress.
- To provide feedback to learners on their progress against knowledge, skills, and behaviours relevant to the apprenticeship standards
- To provide academic support, guidance, and feedback on learner portfolios
- To observe and give verbal and written feedback on coaching sessions within coaching practice workshops
- To contribute towards learner gateway reviews and support and guide learners through their End Point Assessment to ensure target retention and completion rates for apprenticeships are met
- To take part in regular quality assurance activities to support the continuous improvement of the programme, including taking part in internal and external audits
- To work collaboratively with client services, line managers, and internal learning and support teams
- To adhere to GDPR, safeguarding and health and safety requirements, and complete all mandatory compliance training
- To undertake regular coaching supervision, provided by BPP
What experience you’ll need
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- Professional Coaching Qualification (Level 5 or higher) and/or Accreditation from The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) or The Association for Coaching or The International Coach Federation (ICF)
- Relevant Coaching experience
- Experience and/or understanding of working within or supporting coaching in organisations
- Proven time management skills
- Flexibility and willingness to work under pressure to deadlines while managing a full portfolio of learners
- High-level communication skills with an ability to communicate with key stakeholders including line managers and learners in a professional and helpful manner
- Ability to provide appropriate verbal and written feedback to learners against apprenticeship standard
- Ability to hold professional and developmental review meetings with learners and their line managers
BPP are a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
The successful candidate will need to undergo a basic DBS and professional qualifications check.
BPP actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices