Job description

Do you have extensive managerial or senior management experience? Are you passionate about Coaching and mentoring?

Impact Futures UK and The Childcare Company are looking to recruit a Business Skills Coach who has a strong occupational background in management/senior management.

These are two brand new opportunities and will involve occasional travelling for observations, progress reviews and team meetings.

The Role
As a Business Skills Coach, you will play a vital role in supporting apprentices throughout their learning journey. Your focus will be on facilitating off-the-job-training, conducting progress reviews, providing coaching and mentoring, and offering functional skills guidance where needed. You will ensure apprentices have access to wider learning opportunities and maintain compliance with ESFA funding and regulatory requirements. Delivery and assessment of the Diploma will be managed by a lecturer.

The role will involve:
– Supporting a caseload of learners to support them to achieve their apprenticeship
– Approving and overseeing off-the-job training activities, ensuring alignment with apprenticeship requirements
– Conducting regular progress reviews to monitor learner development and identify areas for improvement
– Providing coaching and mentoring to support learner engagement, motivation, and progression
– Offering guidance on Functional Skills in English and Maths, facilitating access to appropriate resources
– Collaborating with employers to ensure workplace learning complements apprenticeship standards

You’ll be joining a leading national training provider at an exciting time of growth and expansion, working in a fun and supportive environment in an organisation with a strong focus on people and culture.

Expect regular catch-ups and socials with your team, surprises in the post and company-wide social events- we’re a friendly bunch.

The Benefits
– 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays
– 3 additional days of paid leave for Christmas Shut down
– Volunteer day
– Enhanced Sick Pay
– BUPA Healthcare Cashback plan
– Enhanced Maternity paid leave
– Enhanced Paternity paid leave
– Grandparent paid leave
– Bereavement paid leave
– Life Assurance
– Refer a friend bonus
– Birthday day off
– 3% pension contribution using pension provider NEST
– Shopping discount & cash back platform
– Refer a friend bonus
– Employee Financial Wellbeing support
– Buy an additional 5 days annual leave
– TOTUM Pro student discount card
– Employee Assistance Helpline
– Company events and social gatherings
– Appreciation gifts

About You
– Strong occupational managerial experience
– Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and ESFA funding compliance
– Experience conducting learner progress reviews and supporting workplace learning
– Coaching and mentoring skills with a learner-centred approach
– Knowledge of Functional Skills requirements and support strategies
– Maths and English GCSE Grade C/4 or above or Functional Skills Level 2
– Full driving license and access to a car, with appropriate business insurance

About Us
– The Childcare Company and Impact Futures are one of the UK’s largest independently owned training providers, delivering Apprenticeships, Traineeships and Adult Education
– Our expertise is underpinned by our Ofsted Grade 2 ‘Good’ accreditation, and learner-centric delivery is at the heart of our continual operational evolution to ensure our learners receive an outstanding learning journey
– Impact Futures / The Childcare Company are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitability qualified persons regardless of their race, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age
– We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role