Key Responsibilities
* Assess learners on their existing abilities to create individual learning plans sessions that build on previous learning and provide evidence towards employability and personal development, underpinned by any relevant qualifications.
* Carry out meaningful interviews, inductions, initial assessments, and review learners to measure progress and identify actions and training needs.
* Plan and deliver progressive sessions that build on previous learning.
* Organise meaningful training and activities for learners, including trips and guest speakers in line with the programme including online learning sessions.
* Assess a learner’s level of progress within a subject and identify areas for improvement.
* Ensure learners are adequately prepared and given the opportunity to progress onto higher level routes within a timely manner by liaising effectively with all other teams.
* Ensure targets set by the Company and Welsh Government are met, including Learner starts, attendance, qualification achievement and progression outcomes.
* Work closely with the Job Coach to maximise starts, progressions and qualification achievement and ensure progression opportunities for learners are identified and met.
* Use in-house systems to monitor and maintain attendance levels.
* Identify learners who are at high risk of disengaging and implement strategies to prevent this from happening.
* Liaise with Careers Wales and Working Wales, Job Coaches and other referral support agencies in order to support learners’ additional needs.
* Be fully aware of the company Health & Safety policy and procedures to ensure that the physical environment of the learner during indoor and outdoor sessions is safe and appropriate.
* Be fully aware of the company safeguarding policy and procedures to ensure the wellbeing of the learners.
* Communicate with parents/guardians regarding issues that require attention.
* Carry out any related administrative duties required enabling the smooth running of the Engagement Traineeship Programmes liaising with all routes and Audit & Compliance department.
* Adhere to and promote COPA’s environmental practices.
Other Duties
* Undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Managing Director and commensurate with the level of the post.
Qualifications and Skills
* Minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with NEET learners
* Competency with regard for Safeguarding
* Good level of Literacy and Numeracy Grade C or equivalent
* Teaching qualification
* Creative and passionate for training/learning
* Ability to develop others
* Proven track record of meeting targets
* The ability to identify potential barriers to learning and to plan strategies to overcome these barriers
* Good communication and interpersonal skills, including excellent written and spoken English
* Self‑motivated and well organised
* Excellent IT skills with programmes such as Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and SharePoint
* Willingness and ability to be flexible and go above and beyond as and when needed
* Team player with ability to work on own initiative and meet set timescales
* Effective Customer Care Skills
* Willingness to undertake personal & professional development in relation to your role and business needs
* Hold a full U.K. driving licence and has access to vehicle Desirable
* Welsh Speaker
* Knowledge of the Work Based Learning Sector
Benefits
Holidays: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays in your first year of service, increasing to 28 days
A four‑week Induction and Training programme
Pension Scheme contribution of 5%
Laptop and mobile phone to allow remote agile working
Bupa Employee Assistance Programme
Reward and Recognition Scheme
Equality & Diversity COPA is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity.
COPA is a Disability Confident Leader employer and as such, any candidate with a disability will not be excluded unless the candidate is unable to perform a duty intrinsic to the role, having considered reasonable adjustments.
Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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