Automotive Development Coach

Arnold Clark Group; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

What we can offer you…

• 33 days’ annual leave
• Flexible working
• Generous retail discounts
• Maternity and paternity packages
• Private healthcare and sick pay cover
• Life assurance
• Company car
• Fuel card
• Laptop
• Mobile phone

Hours:

Full time: Monday – Friday, 8.00am – 4.30pm

What’s the job?

As our Development Coach for heavy vehicle, you'll be responsible for guiding learners through their GTG journey from induction to assessment, ensuring they make strong progress to EPA distinction. You will undertake 1-1 coaching and assessment in the apprentice's workplace.

You’ll be an outstanding communicator, with good administrative skills and a passion for developing others and seeing them thrive.

Day-to-day duties:

• Acting as the main point of contact for learners, mentors, and employers throughout the programme of learning.
• Delivering quality coaching, support, and IAG to meet employer and learner needs, including coaching mentors to deliver appropriate training to the apprentice.
• Familiarising workplace supervisors and mentors with assessment, monitoring, and off-the-job processes, and escalating issues where relevant.
• Establishing and reviewing barriers to learning and appropriately planning to overcome these, ensuring relevant delivery is adapted to meet learner needs.
• Conducting highly effective learner milestone reviews that accurately capture the progress of learners against the skills, knowledge, and behaviours relevant to the standard.
• Accessing and analysing data available to determine performance against independent learning targets, online learning modules, attendance data, etc.
• Ensuring the impact of all training received is captured in the learner’s off-the-job log.

The skills you’ll need:

• Hold a light or heavy vehicle level 3 qualification.
• Have five years’ occupational experience.
• Have a high skill level in basic English and Maths.

Nice to have (but not essential):

• Hold an English and Maths qualification Level 2.
• Hold a Level 3 Assessors Award or Level 3 teaching qualification.
• Good IT skills using a range of Microsoft tools.
• Experience using an e-portfolio system.
• Knowledge of current safeguarding and Prevent requirements.
• Knowledge of the apprentice levy and current Ofsted framework.

Our Culture

Arnold Clark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, unique perspectives, and multiple approaches are celebrated. We care about our employees and our communities; we nurture talent and encourage ambition, and we are passionate about people who take pride in their work. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do – diverse in our make-up, united in our goals.

To find out more about Life at Arnold Clark, visit our website.

Employment within the Arnold Clark Group is offered subject to satisfactory reference and disclosure check.