Job Title Job Holder Responsible to: Responsible for: Hours: Salary Band: Main Duties: JOB DESCRIPTION Employability Coach TBC Adult Skills Coordinator N/A 35hrs (all positions open to term time only requests) Tutors, Teachers, Officers and Coaches 1. To support the development and lead the delivery of Employability provision throughout Sunderland, South Tyneside and County Durham, demonstrating intent, implementation, and impact mapped against local needs. 2. Ensure compliance of your own delivery, including MIS Information Systems), Audit, Quality, and (Management Curriculum design. 3. Plan the delivery of your own Employability provision, ensuring your own contractual KPIs are achieved, including learner Starts, Attendance, Achievement, and Positive Destinations. 1. To support the development and lead the delivery of Employability provision throughout Sunderland, South Tyneside and County Durham, demonstrating intent, implementation, and impact mapped against local needs. • Deliver engaging and relevant sessions to participants (including both mentoring and group employability sessions) • Deliver both mentoring sessions to adults, from those most economically inactive through to adults in current employment • Ensure delivery of your Employability's provision clearly evidences the intent, implementation, and impact of the curriculum area • Support in the development of partnerships with DWP, Housing, employers, local authority, voluntary and community organisations to add value to Employability provision and support with achieving programme KPIs including Starts and Positive Destinations • Support and facilitate progressions for learners and their families, to Foundation of Light programmes and beyond. • Deliver, as required, including after school and holiday activities. • Develop relationships with participants, ensuring a safe and conducive environment for learning • Guide participants through challenging periods and help them in changing attitudes and behaviour • Challenge participants, in a positive manner to help improve their personal and social skills • Assist with tournaments/challenge events and intergenerational activities and experiences • Deliver sessions in line with lesson plans and the requirements of the programmes, ensuring the timetable is always serviced • Ensure your delivery is inline with the Quality Manual • Attend staff training, delivered on a weekly basis • Ensure own targets are met • Collaborate with stakeholders when required to ensure we meet the needs of donors and partner organisation • Support in the development of a robust curriculum for Employability, including measuring and recording intent, implementation, and impact 2. Ensure compliance of your own delivery, including MIS (Management Information Systems), Audit, Quality, and Curriculum design. • Ensure all data management systems are updated with your lesson and learner information, including but not limited to Views, Salesforce, Pics, SharePoint • Complete relevant administration for partner agencies to the required standards expected by the Foundation and our partners/donors, including all Due Diligence requests • Attend and positively contribute to programme standardisation meetings • Delivery of programmes to a good or better standard following the Ofsted Framework • Produce accurate ad hoc reports as requested • Ensure databases are updated on a regular basis with correct information and in line with the impact strategy • Contribute to the Self-Assessment process and work to the agreed objectives for your team’s developmental plan and the wider organisation’s strategy • Ensure all your learners complete Impact Data and all your registers are updated on Prime systems • Ensure all your paperwork is accurately completed 3. Plan the delivery of your own Employability provision, ensuring your own contractual KPIs are achieved, including learner Starts, Attendance, Achievement, and Positive Destinations. • Support in the development of a pipeline of learner Starts and programmes so we are proactive with learner recruitment • Have regular and accurate communication methods with peers and all stakeholders • As a member of staff for the Foundation of Light Staff, communicate and engage across the wider team • Ensure compliance with the timetable created for you and programmes start and end at the expected date/time, and learner starts are achieved • Build strong and lasting external business relationships with partners, donors and agencies Identify and source new opportunities • • Provide IAG to learners pre and post programme and ensure your learners on programme receive impartial IAG • Support in the gathering and tracking of learner data, ensuring your programmes achieve the KPIs for Starts, Attendance, Achievement, and Positive Destinations Other duties Identify PR opportunities and case studies • Support the wider Foundation team in other activities • • Plan and implement the delivery of youth and skills provision as and when required • Ensure learners are provided with any additional learning supported if required You will be required to undertake other duties from time to time as required. Any potential permanent changes to your role will be discussed, and agreement reached prior to being undertaken. You will be notified of any permanent change in writing. In addition to your normal duties, you may be required to undertake additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the Foundation of Light. Behaviour and professional expectations: • Maintain working practices in line with Foundation of Light Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies, self-awareness of own responsibility in these areas • Ensure regulatory and legislative requirements are always met • Conduct should reflect the Staff Behaviour Policy (Code of Conduct); uphold Foundation core values (as shown below) at all times • Maintain the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality. • Attend working groups and CPD session as required • Build strong internal relationships • Work in collaboration with colleagues to achieve the end goal • Ensure positive organisational messages and culture are maintained • Contribute to good housekeeping across all Foundation sites and equipment • Follow the Foundation’s policies and procedures at all times Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement: The Foundation of Light (FOL) promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and challenges all forms of discrimination through its internal operations and in the delivery of its services in accordance with and commitment to the 2010 Equality Act. The FOL protects the rights of individuals and advances equality of opportunity for all. It demonstrates the FOL’s commitment to continuous improvement in EDI to create meaningful and sustainable change. Safeguarding Statement We expect all staff, volunteers and partners to share our commitment to maintaining a culture of vigilance, and believe that all staff, volunteers and partners have a responsibility to report any concerns about the welfare of any child, young person or adult at risk. Foundation of Light Values: Innovative, Passionate, Excellence, Collaborative, Integrity, Agile. PERSONAL SPECIFICATION Requirement Skills and Abilities: Essential (E) or Desirable (D) How Assessed (CV, Interview, Observation) Coaching Mentoring Delivering post 16 education and training Curriculum Design Ability to manage own timetable to meet contractual requirements Financial Control Communication, oral and written Planning, organising and control Team work Work on own initiative Interpersonal Conflict handling and resolution Creativity and imagination relevant to the workplace ICT and administration Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines Group work facilitation Multi-tasking Recording and evidencing impact Personal Attributes: Commitment Flexibility Honesty and trustworthiness Motivation and enthusiasm Patience and diplomacy Persistence in the workplace Determination to succeed and meet targets Commitment to equality and diversity, safeguarding and health and safety Flexible approach to working hours Knowledge and Understanding: Knowledge of the ESFA Framework and Requirements Understanding of mentoring and the employability sector Knowledge of digital and online learning Qualification frameworks (including funding and GLH) Understanding of the Ofsted Framework Safeguarding First Aid Donor/funder relationships Customer service E E D D E D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E D E E E D E D D D E E D E CV CV CV I I I I I I I I CV I CV I CV I I I I I I I I I I I CV I CV CV I CV CV I CV Of the levels, abilities and ages of participants worked with Foundation of Lights core values Workplace behaviours and conduct Experience: Minimum of two years teaching/coaching in informal settings etc. Previous delivery of formal accredited Post 16 education and training Minimum of two years mentoring experience Meeting targets in the workplace Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms Qualifications (or equivalent): Other: First Aid Level 4 Education and Training Qualification or above Level 3 Vocational Qualification or above Level 3 Assessors Qualification Level 2 IAG (if not then willing to work towards is essential) Level 4 IQA Qualification Driving Licence GCSE Mathematics and English at grade C or above E E E D D D E D E D D D D D E E I I I CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV