Start date: 2 April 2025 Hours per week: 19, Wednesday 12.00pm to 4.00pm, Thursday and Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm, Term time only Education Impact Academy Trust Wood End Road Birmingham B24 8BL Telephone number: 0121 387 2000 Contact email: receptionhivecollege.org.uk Contract type: Permanent The Hive College is based in Erdington, Birmingham and is a Specialist Further Education College for learners aged 19-25 years with Special Educational Needs and disabilities. In November 2023 we were graded Outstanding following an Ofsted Inspection. We constantly strive for excellence, seeking innovative and collaborative ways of delivering the curriculum. As part of our on-going development of a highly successful specialist college, we have a vacancy for a Senior Job Coach to join our team of professional and dedicated people. The college is a very happy and positive working environment. All staff are friendly and very supportive, we have excellent facilities and a superb environment to support teaching and learning and prepare our students for adulthood. We are looking for an experienced workplace co-ordinator or someone with a similar background, to provide careers guidance and support with student destination choices to that all students achieve their desired outcomes and full potential. The role is on a job share basis and there will be an overlap of half a day each Wednesday in order that both Workplace Co-ordinators can collaborate. The right candidate will: lead the development of, and support the placement team at The Hive College to identify our student’s potential and offer support tailored to their needs be responsible for recruiting and maintaining employer engagement from all sectors to provide work placements for our students, that will inspire them to choose the right career pathway liaise with external agencies to provide our students with a choice of social destinations to enable them to engage in the wider community have an NVQ 3 vocational or teaching assistant qualification (or equivalent) plus minimum GCSE English and Maths Grade C and above (or equivalent) have excellent time management skills and experience of balancing competing priorities be an excellent communicator and have experience of working effectively in teams and working collaboratively with a wide range of people have high expectations of student learning and outcomes Informal conversations are warmly welcomed. If you would like to arrange an informal visit please email receptionhivecollege.org.uk. We can offer: a collaborative and inclusive culture a committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth we offer 10 staff training days across the academic year; one or two of these days may be aggregated, which means you complete training outside of normal working hours in twilight sessions employee assistance programme via BHSF - free totally confidential support access to discounts and offers via BHSF access to a generous pension scheme known as the local government pension scheme (LGPS) for support staff or teachers pension scheme for teachers generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service onsite parking at all sites we are the only Trust to provide SEN Allowances to all roles who work with students, including teachers, TA’s, care assistants, pastoral care, guides, drivers If you are determined, ambitious, hardworking and you meet our requirements, then we would love to hear from you. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role. How to Apply Please apply online. Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) or accept them instead of an application form. If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.