Employability Coach - Coventry

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 5th August 2025

Job Title: Employability Coach - FTC

Reports to: Employability Manager

Salary: Scale 6, Points 26 - 28, £26,229 - £27,982

Hours of work: Fulltime (37.5 hours per week)

Fixed Term Contract until 31.03.2026

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Ensure timely communication of course dates to specified projects in order to assist them with the recruitment of young people.
  • Plan and deliver designated accredited group activities focused on employability skills and support young people to attain accreditation as an embedded part of the programme.
  • Effectively build positive relationships with young people on a group and on a 1-1 basis.
  • Utilise coaching and mentoring skills to constructively challenge attitudes and behaviors of young people.
  • Utilise lesson planning and learning schedules to achieve the skills delivery outcomes relating to the contractual requirements of the service.
  • Use creative ways to engage learners and inspire them to identify learning and job goals that are relevant to the local labour market
  • Utilise various mediums such as sports, arts, digital technology and facilitate the learning of employability and constructive citizenship skills
  • To Ensure that your delivery complies with internal standards and processes outlined in the toolkit and meets St Basils minimum contractual obligations
  • Assess learners work in compliance with the accreditors standards.
  • Provide post programme reports on young people progress and achievements as a result of attending the course
  • Conduct 1-1 and group inductions to support young people identified by project staff to access the programme
  • Carry out initial assessments to evaluate learners’ attainment
  • Work within specified KPI to ensure learners can access employment, education and training opportunities to enable them to successfully move on from the programme into positive destinations.
  • Contribute to the review of St Basils Learning programmes for young people
  • Facilitate 1-1 sessions throughout programme to support delivery of high quality information, advice and guidance and pastoral support in accordance with Matrix standards
  • Be a key player in communicating and fostering positive relationships with allocated project staff to ensure a holistic approach when delivering the programme
  • Deliver My Strengths Training
  • Provide success stories to other departments within St Basils and other external partnerships

• QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Maths & English GCSE Grade C or Above
• The Level 3 Award in Education and Training or other relevant teaching qualifications

Desirable:

• NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance, Careers Advice or other relevant/equivalent qualifications

ROLE EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• • Experience of working with young people in any of the following settings: employability, education and training, welfare to work, youth work, probation/ criminal justice community/outreach or support work
  • Experience delivering/teaching group employability programmes
  • Ability to deliver a range of different activities
  • Proven experience of working with hard to reach learners
  • Experience of delivering advice and guidance, together with employment, education and training knowledge to young people
  • Experience of developing and working in partnership with internal departments and external agencies, leading to positive outcomes for service users
  • Experience of utilising ICT packages including word, email internet explorer, digital media and equipment such as projectors, digital cameras

Desirable:

• Experience of delivering basic skills assessments Numeracy, Literacy and ICT

KNOWLEDGE:

Essential:

• Strong understanding of the challenges young people face to education, employment and training
• • A sound knowledge of partner agencies that support young people in the local area
  • Broad knowledge of welfare system
  • Have an understanding of the issues and needs of St Basils’ young people and the ability to engage them in a range of activities

Desirable:

• • Knowledge of Housing Policy and Youth Homelessness
  • Knowledge and ability to advise young people on benefits, available resources and how to access them.