Progress Coach (Creative Industries)

Job description

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Salary: £27,166 - £27,820 per annum

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday -Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours

Weeks per annum: 52

Location: Abingdon Campus

Contract: Fixed term until 30th June 2027

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Progress Coach to join our Creative Industries Faculty at our Abingdon Campus. This is a fantastic opportunity to support and inspire students studying across Art & Design.

Working with learners from Level 1 to Level 3, you will play a key role in tracking their progress, supporting their development, and helping them achieve their full potential as they prepare for further study or employment within the creative sector.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and tracking student progress across study programmes
• Facilitating the delivery of weekly Core sessions
• Delivering regular 1:1 progress reviews, setting targets and identifying support needs
• Supporting students with personal development, behaviour, and wellbeing
• Working closely with teaching staff and programme leaders to ensure engagement and success
• Promoting strong attendance, punctuality and commitment
• Providing information, advice and guidance to support progression into higher education, apprenticeships or employment
• Supporting enrichment activities and the development of employability skills
• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to reporting processes

Essential criteria:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A commitment to supporting learners of all abilities to achieve their goals
• The ability to work collaboratively within a team
• Strong organisational and record-keeping skills
• A passion for the creative industries and developing future talent

Why Work with Us

Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.

*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.