Job Description
IT Skills Coach - Freelance / Remote
The Opportunity…
althaus digital are an Ofsted graded OUTSTANDING training provider who do things differently. Our aim is to unleash the digital leaders of tomorrow by equipping our learners with the powerful combination of technical skills and leadership abilities they need to maximise their growth and realise their potential.
We’re looking for exceptional, highly driven individuals to join us at this exciting time in our journey and become a key member of the delivery team as a Skills Coach specializing in IT, to deliver our skills boot camp in April 2024.
Please not this is a free-lance role, starting on April 16th for 12 weeks.
The Role…
The aim of this role is to develop, mentor, and motivate our bootcamp learners to become the digital professionals of the future. Harnessing knowledge the learner already possesses and forging this into skills they can apply within the workplace.
The focus is to produce digital leaders of tomorrow, not only mentoring learners to a point where they can achieve their learning outcome but developing them to become integral members of their wider working team and ultimately positioning them to be the future leaders. Mentoring and motivating learners to ensure they are best positioned for success following the bootcamp. We expect all staff to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes great customer service to build a long-standing relationship.
The Person…
An enthusiastic mentor with a willingness to get the best out of people. Motivational and passionate about IT/Software who engages learners virtually from all age ranges.
You will know your learners on an individual level to be able to develop and progress their careers. Aiming not only for learners to achieve their learning outcome but to be setting high professional standards. You will act as an inspirational role model for what they can become.
Key Tasks and Accountabilities:
- Delivering training for our digital skills bootcamp provision
- Managing a case load of learners across a range of clients.
- Offer Functional Skills support as necessary.
- Take overall responsibility for each learner’s journey, their progression and provide pastoral care.
- Improve and update teaching resources to meet developing need.
- Adapt mentoring/coaching style to meet the broad range of learning needs, including those with additional learning needs.
- Maintain appropriate apprentice progress tracking systems and follow procedures relating to quality, compliance, management, and assessment in line with the Standard and all other regulatory requirements.
- Maintain professional knowledge to support in professional development.
- To embed British Values, Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety into all programme delivery.
- Meet KPIs, including timely completions and effective project submissions.
Essential Qualifications and Knowledge:
- Team player.
- Excellent communicator.
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent written and verbal communication.
- Highly motivated, persuasive, persistent and patient.
- Professional, have a mature personality and be able to gain people’s confidence and put them to ease.
- Working knowledge of Google Analytics.
Desirable Qualifications and Knowledge:
- Previous experience of assessing or mentoring in Apprenticeships/Bootcamps or Commercial training.
- Previous experience of delivering training sessions.
- Relevant IT/Software qualification) and relevant occupational competence.
- Ability and proven experience of presenting technical training courses.
- Mentor/Assessing Qualification (A1/TAQA).
- Previous experience of supporting apprentices through EPA including knowledge of the full gateway process.
- Teaching Qualification/PTLLS.
- Engaging Delivery Style.
- Experience of supporting learners remotely via Zoom/Microsoft Teams.
Software Knowledge requirements:
- Programming Fundamentals (Variables, Selection, Iteration, Functions and Methods and OO Programming).
- Modern Frameworks (React/ C# .NET).
- Coding Best Practices.
- Testing.
- Methodologies (Agile/ Waterfall).
- Source Control.
If this sounds like you, please apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to info@althausdigital.co.uk