Job Introduction
Degree Apprenticeship Coach (L6 Project Management)
BPP School of Business is recruiting for a Degree Apprenticeship Coach to support our L6 Project Management programme. The overall purpose of the role is to support each learner, via regular coaching sessions, to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours to successfully complete their apprenticeship.
What you’ll be doing
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a structured and appropriate development journey tailored to each apprentice,enabling them to maximise their full potential.
- Ensure regular (6weekly)reviews are held with learners and12 weekly formal progress reviews take place with learners and their line managers.
- Ensure systems and trackers are updated on an ongoing basis to ensured timely updates are tracked on the performance of each learner, collaborating with faculty members on their academic progress.
- Take ownership and work collaboratively with client services, line managers and wider teams to ensure any issues are resolved quickly and learners remain on track.
- Provide feedback to the apprentice on their progress against the knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to their Apprenticeship Standard.
- Communicate effectively with learners and actively encourage learner engagement with their programmes using resources available.
- Provide professional support and motivation to learners as and when required(outside of the scheduled reviews).
- Ensure learners are safeguarded and promote/advocate learner wellbeing.
- Conduct learner Gateway reviews and support and guide learners and employers through the end point assessment stage,to ensure target retention and completion rates for apprenticeships are met.
- Comply with all apprenticeship regulatory requirements, such as those set by the Department for Education and Ofsted.
- Contribute to the development of appropriate programme systems and processes, sharing best practice across the team and other functions.
- You maybe required to support students on other degree programmes when required.
- Other activities as and when required by the business.
Role Requirements:
Essential
- Experience of working at a professional level with external clients.
- Strong relationship/rapport building skills and able to motivate others.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a strong team.
- Ability to provide appropriate feedback to students.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Strong time management skills.
- Apprenticeship knowledge and industry experience.
- Experience working in a corporate environment.
Desirable
- Undergraduate degree
- Considerable Project Management Industry Experience
- Coaching/Assessment Qualifications, or commitment to achieving a coaching qualification whilst at BPP.
- Practitioner experience and background working in a coaching/teaching role
- Appropriate practitioner experience/qualifications.
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!
Development Opportunities
The School of Business is passionate about developing our staff and a range of opportunities are available including:
- Achieving professional certifications/qualifications
- Internal talent development programmes
There are also clear progression routes to develop your career into roles such as programme leads, faculty members and learning and teaching support.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS.
BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP Education Group 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
BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.