Progress Coach (Social Science)

Contract Type: Full-time (37.5 hours) - Fixed Term (1 Year)

ABOUT THE ROLE 

• Hold regular 1-2-1 meetings with students from an assigned caseload to discuss their academic progress and agree improvement targets
• Deliver workshops to students from your caseload on topics that will support their learning on their chosen course and adaptation to UKHE
• Work across College teams to obtain answers to your students’ questions and gather information on pertinent academic and non-academic issues so as to be able to signpost and support students appropriately
• Monitor the academic progress of students in your caseload and identify those in need of intervention
• In collaboration with subject teams, take a proactive approach to student academic intervention
• Provide more intensive, subject specific support to students in your caseload who are at risk of failing to progress or have been given specific improvement targets.
• Provide feedback and information on students from your caseload to the Senior Progression & Transition Co Ordinator for consideration at cross college intervention meetings
• In collaboration with colleagues across the college, provide additional support to students with additional learning needs or disabilities
• Complete meeting records timely and accurately
• Ensure that student welfare concerns are passed to relevant colleagues in a timely manner with all relevant information
• Monitor the attendance of student in your caseload and issue warnings to those with poor attendance in line with the Study Group attendance policy
• Ensure students in your caseload are engaged with progression activities and processes
• Promote and support the selection of Student Representatives within your caseload
• Support the delivery of Induction Week and other Student Experience Team activities
• Contribute to the development of the Progress Coach page of the VLE

ABOUT YOU  

Essential Criteria

• Experience of providing academic and/or pastoral support to students or young adults in a 121 or small group setting
• Degree level qualification, relevant subject knowledge at undergraduate level or equivalent experience
• The ability to communicate effectively by adapting the delivery of the message to the recipients
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and Google suite
• The ability to take an empathetic and patient approach in addressing challenges and areas of weakness of the students in your caseload
• An understanding of the challenges faced by University students

Desirable Experience:

• Experience and understanding of compliance requirements in an academic setting
• Experience of working with international students
• Experience of using and developing a Virtual Learning Platform
• Teaching experience or ability to deliver information in an engaging and confident manner
• Proven ability to spark a change in behaviour or attitude of disengaged learners
• Cross cultural understanding

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