Job Introduction
Job Purpose
BPP is a leading provider of the level 3 paralegal apprenticeship and level 7 solicitor apprenticeship. The coach role is to support apprentices through to successful completion of the BPP on-programme award and the end point assessment.
You will work as part of the legal apprenticeship team to deliver a high quality, client-centric and student-centric apprenticeship programme. The coach role has a particular focus on portfolio development, work-based learning and associated on-programme assessment. All members of the legal apprenticeship team are required to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and quality assurance expectations.
About BPP
BPP Law School is one of the UK’s leading Law Schools, with over 30 years’ experience delivering professional legal qualifications. We are trusted by many of the most influential law firms and we train aspiring lawyers from over 150 organisations.
BPP is a leading provider of the level 3 paralegal apprenticeship and level 7 solicitor apprenticeship. Our mission is to deliver a high-quality, client-centric, and student-centric apprenticeship programme.
What’s in it for you
Study with us at no cost to you! Post-probation, you can study any of our courses for free – be it a professional qualification or a full degree. We are committed to your development!
We also have a suite of inhouse leadership, management and technical courses, we invest heavily into your career.
We also provide:
- Generous 28 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays PLUS the option to purchase additional leave
- Pension plan
- Life assurance AND income protection
- Private medical AND dental insurance
- Employee assistance program and a rewards & recognition platform
- Many other benefits
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting apprentices to successfully complete their BPP apprenticeship programme and their apprenticeship end point assessment.
- Coaching apprentices through the acquisition and application of knowledge, skills and behaviours including the process of collating portfolio evidence, preparing reflective statements and completing coursework assessments.
- Delivering group coaching sessions.
- Arranging progress review meetings each term with apprentices and their supervisors and complying with regulatory and quality expectations in relation to those meetings.
- Reviewing evidence and reflections, helping apprentices identify gaps in evidence and providing suggestions for workplace opportunities to address any outstanding apprenticeship outcomes.
- Marking and providing feedback for assessments linked to workplace evidence and apprentice portfolios.
- Compliance with all regulatory requirements and policies including tracking progress of learners, making interventions and providing additional support where appropriate and maintaining accurate learner records.
- Working closely with the Head of Legal Apprenticeship Programmes, Apprenticeship Programme Leaders, Apprenticeship Managers and the wider BPP apprenticeship teams to support learners and their employers.
- Keeping up to date with best practice in relation to learning, teaching and coaching.
BPP are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS and credit 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