Job Title: Skills Coach – Financial Services and Accountancy Apprenticeships
Reports to: Apprenticeship Manager
Summary of Main Purpose of Role:
The post holder will manage workplace learning/progression on a range of financial services and accountancy programmes, to progress our apprentices through a period of learning that enhances their ability to perform their current role to the highest standard and improve their chances of career progression.
The role is expected to undertake workplace visits to assess on our apprenticeship provision and will also include workplace visits to progress apprentices, regular employer reviews, updating our E-portfolio system as well as liaising with relevant awarding organisations.
As an employee within SNE, all employees are required to promote, uphold and demonstrate through personal example, our values and behaviours.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Deliver high quality workplace sessions to our apprentices, utilising a range of teaching methods to cater to diverse learning styles and overcome challenges in order achieve individual learning goals that underpin positive outcomes for apprentices
2. Facilitate workplace hands-on training to ensure apprentices acquire the necessary skills and knowledge for their role, using a range of high-quality training materials to enhance learning and application.
3. Collaborate with the curriculum development team to create, update, and enhance course materials and assessments that align with current industry standards and regulatory requirements.
4. Conduct regular workplace visits to observe apprentices in their work environments, providing constructive feedback, guidance and support to reinforce learning and application of skills.
5. Collaborate with employers during workplace visits to assess apprentice progress and ensure alignment with training objectives and employer expectations and carry out the eight-week tripartite reviews in a timely manner, set clear targets and implement intervention where required
6. Conduct assessments of apprentices’ progress through formal and informal methods, providing constructive feedback and guidance to support their development as well as ensuring all assessment activities are fair, transparent, and aligned with learning outcomes
7. Managing a caseload of apprentices, ensuring timely progression of their chosen qualification and/ or apprenticeship.
8. Ensure all apprentices’ visits adhere to their agreed training plan in line with the qualification/standard guidelines and requirements.
9. Monitor apprentice progression and ensure all forms of delivery, learning and assessment for each element of the apprenticeship/qualification is completed enabling apprentices to meet both the criteria of the end assessment and achievement of any embedded qualification.
10. Maintaining apprentice records via our Eportfolio system accurately and ensuring evidence for all visits is readily available and accessible for audit and quality purposes.
11. Proactively engage in self-development (including CPD) aligned to current and future business need and supporting growth of the curriculum.
12. Promote a positive image of the SNE and ensure employers are aware of the off the job planning activities and monitor the completion of these throughout the apprenticeship learner journey.
13. Plan, prepare and carry out mock end point assessment activities to prepare apprentices for end point assessment. Work with employers to ensure that apprentices are entered for the end assessment at a point that is agreed when the apprentice is ready.
14. Proactively work with Management and the Business Development Team to maintain targeted caseload numbers.
15. Promote and monitor the Prevent Duty, Safeguarding, equality of opportunity and safe working practices as defined by SNE policies ensuring all mandatory training is completed.
16. Demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviours of the organisation.
17. Other duties that may be reasonably assigned by the line manager.
Standard Responsibilities for all positions in SNE
1. Participate in any staff review/performance management processes involving the identifying and meeting of training needs for self and others.
2. Take appropriate responsibility to ensure the health and safety of self and others.
3. Pursue the achievement and integration of equal opportunities throughout all activities.
4. Undertake any other tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the level of this post.
5. Comply with all SNE policies and procedures
6. SNE is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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