Archer Trainer

Job	Description	–	Archer	Trainer

Reports to:
Hours:

Type:
Salary:

Campus manager
39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week
(Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm)
Permanent/Secondment
£17.48	ph	(plus	holiday	pay)

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and
volunteers to share this commitment.

Landmarks is an independent specialist day college for young people with learning
disabilities and difficulties. The college offers a wide range of programmes that are tailored
to each individual’s needs.

Landmarks operates from several sites across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South
Yorkshire, with our main site located in Eckington, S21 4EF.

Landmarks has several satellite provisions in Rotherham, Nottingham city centre and a “real
life” hospitality and catering facility in Rainworth, Mansfield. These environments enable us
to provide a range of personal and vocational training opportunities including:

▪  Music
▪  Animal Care
▪  Work Experience
▪  Art
▪  Employability
▪  Performing Arts
▪  Conservation
▪  Duke of Edinburgh
▪  Creative Media

▪  Horticulture
▪  Hospitality & Catering
▪  Travel Training
▪  Personal and Social Development
▪  Functional Skills
▪  Enterprise
▪  Supported Internships
▪  Community Access

Our staff are required to work on a range of different sites, including college campuses,
employer’s premises or communities local to your learners home, therefore willingness to
travel is essential. There may be a requirement to transport learners in your own car,
insurance implications are reimbursed. Mileage and expenses are provided for travel during
the working day.

What we are looking for:

Our Archer Trainer role would be someone who has a passion for developing learners’ skills
in a live hospitality setting, with strong practical experience across front of house and back
of house. The right candidate must have the following:

1.    Strong organisational skills, including the ability to gather and manage portfolio
evidence

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2.    Excellent communication skills with learners, staff and visitors

3.    Flexibility and adaptability within a busy service environment

4.    Strong subject knowledge across FOH and BOH, with the ability to coach to industry
standards

5.    The ability to manage a challenging workload and deliver to deadlines

Main Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to:

1.    Train learners to work safely and effectively in front of house and back of house
alongside Archer staff, coaching practical skills and professional behaviours

2.    Work closely with the tutor team and qualification lead to plan learning opportunities
that match qualification requirements and learner targets

3.    Gather, organise and submit high quality evidence for portfolios, including observation
records, learner products, witness statements and learner reflections

4.    Assess the work being completed and provide timely feedback to learners, supporting
improvement and independence

5.    Support the learner journey process including baseline in the Archer context, target
setting and monitoring of progress, providing evidence and updates for termly reviews

6.    Ensure training and service routines meet agreed Archer standards, including customer
service, hygiene, allergen awareness, COSHH and safe systems of work

7.    Maintain and update learner records and college systems accurately and promptly, in
line with data protection requirements

8.    Participate in moderation and standardisation activity (where relevant) to ensure
consistent assessment practice and portfolio quality

9.    Work effectively with learning support staff and specialist colleagues such as SaLT and
OT to implement strategies that enable participation, communication and regulation

10.    Participate in visits to learning, CPD and the appraisal and supervision process

11.    Promote English, maths and digital technology throughout all sessions where
appropriate

12.    Attend internal meetings, briefings and other forums as required and contribute to the
ongoing development of the Archer curriculum offer

This list of duties should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as the post holder may
be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities.

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Person Specification

The selection process will involve assessments being made on the extent to which
applicants meet the criteria listed in the table below:

Essential

Qualifications	 Minimum of L2 maths and English.

Food hygiene qualification
appropriate to the role, or
willingness to achieve promptly.

Experience

Skills

Knowledge

Personal
Attributes

Recent experience of working in
hospitality, with practical
competence across FOH and BOH.
Experience coaching or training
others and giving feedback.
Experience supporting learners
with SEND, or strong transferable
experience with a commitment to
inclusive practice.

Ability to coach learners to
industry standards in a live
environment.
Ability to gather and present
evidence suitable for portfolios.
Strong organisation, reliability and
attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and
as part of a team and motivate
others.

Strong working knowledge of FOH
and BOH routines, hygiene and
safe working practices.
Understanding of reasonable
adjustments and how learners with
learning difficulties learn in
practical settings.

Flexibility is essential to enable
Landmarks to meet the needs of
our learners.
Calm, consistent and professional
approach with high expectations.
Ability to maintain confidentiality

Desirable
Assessor qualification
(TAQA/A1/CAVA) or willingness to
work towards.
Relevant hospitality or catering
qualification at Level 2 or above.
First aid qualification.

Experience of delivering accredited
learning or supporting portfolio
based qualifications.
Experience working in an education,
training or supported employment
setting.

Ability to contribute to schemes of
work, resources and session
planning.
Confidence supporting digital
evidence capture and use of college
systems.

Knowledge of how accreditation
and RARPA can evidence learner
progress.
Knowledge of work related
education and employability
preparation.

Evidence of high quality practice
relating to learners with complex
needs.
Commitment to ongoing
professional development.

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regarding sensitive issues.
Strong interpersonal skills and
confidence to represent the college
positively.

In return we will offer:

▪  Westfield Health Scheme following a successful probation.
▪  Life cover following a successful probation.
▪  Standard life pension.
▪  30 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata 52 week employees) addition of 1 extra
day’s holiday after your third anniversary, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.

Landmarks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and to
ensure our learners are protected from abuse. Landmarks is therefore exempt from the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All offers of employment will be subject to enhanced
DBS checks, which it deems satisfactory (you will be liable for the cost of a DBS if you leave
within your probationary period).

Where a post is eligible, a check against the barred lists will be undertaken. There are
different types of regulated activities that employees will need to undertake as part of their
role to qualify to be checked on the adult and child barred list.

It is an offence to apply for a role that involves regulated activity to children, if the applicant
is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To find out what makes Landmarks a remarkable place to work, visit our website
www.landmarks.ac.uk, and follow Landmarks Specialist College on Facebook for more
information.

If you have any further queries or would like to arrange a discussion regarding the terms
and conditions of employment at Landmarks please contact a member of HR - 01246
433788 or HR@landmarks.ac.uk.