Academic Coach - Art & Design ME2021059
Northampton College
Northamptonshire
- £19,385 - £21,428 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Depending on skills, experience & qualifications
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 June 2021
Job overview
About Northampton College
Northampton College is proud, as the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region, to have been ranked, in the 2018/2019 National Achievement Rates Tables (NART), as 7th out of more than 200 colleges for 16 to 18-year old education and training. As a College, who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.
The Team
The art team works with students across a rang of different courses from general art and design to fashion, photography, illustration, and spatial and graphic design. Courses are run at levels 1 - 4
The Role
This role would be suited to someone looking to support students learning, with particular focus surrounding art and design, using coaching /mentoring skills to enable students to achieve their targets on their learning programmes. The role also includes delivery of general information sessions for students, taking them through initial college induction and then providing ongoing advice and guidance to suit the level they are working at. The role also involves helping students to progress with their education either in college or onto university, apprenticeship, or work.
As with all Academic coach roles, the monitoring of student progress and attendance is also key and as such the role works closely with teachers, technical demonstrators, and administrators to deliver a holistic approach to the arts curriculum. Each week the academic coach will meet with each group to share information and general guidance. They will also have one to one meeting for specific mentoring and guidance. This role may also include some cover for art lessons on occasion.
The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:
• Educated to level 3 (including GCSE Maths & English at a grade C/4 or above)
• Experience of working with young people and adults
• Enthusiastic, motivated and committed to supporting and motivating students.
• Strong digital skills, including word processing and electronic communication.
• Passionate about the visual arts.
• A qualification in art and design is desirable but not essential.
Rewards and Benefits include
• 35 days annual leave, comprising 24 personal days, pro rata (1 September – 31 August), including 8 bank holidays and 3 closure days. The College reserves the right to designate up to 3 closure days per holiday year
• Discounts through membership of the NUS, ranging from Student Prime (Amazon), to eating out, fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology, and travel
• Eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined contribution scheme including an employer contribution rate of 18.6%)
• Access to continued professional development
• Free car parking
• Gym facilities
• 24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Support Helpline
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental and paternity schemes
• Paid Compassionate Leave - up to five working days paid absence (in a rolling twelve-month period) on compassionate grounds in the event of bereavement or serious illness of a close relative)
If you would like to be a part of our successful team please go to https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/working-for-us.html for further details on how to apply.
Job share will be considered for this post
This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Attached documents
About Northampton College
- Northampton College
- Booth Lane, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 3RF
- United Kingdom
Northampton College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational further education college situated in Northamptonshire. It is a 16-plus institution with three campuses: a major building at its main Northampton site, a smaller campus near the town centre and another 20 miles away in Daventry. It provides places for around 9,000 students aged 16 and over, most of whom are full-time and aged 16-18.
Northampton College was opened in 1973. It merged with Daventry Tertiary College to expand its Daventry campus in August 2004, and its Booth Lane campus reopened after a large redevelopment in 2012.
Principal
Pat Brennan-Barrett
Values and vision
Northampton College’s mission is to give students a sense of development through education. It is an inclusive learning environment that focuses on key strands of provision, provides high-quality learning experiences, and works alongside the local community to create a wider level of participation in learning. The college ethos promotes mutual respect, a high level of engagement and playing a positive role in the community.
Ofsted report
“The inclusive culture promotes a high level of recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities, many of whom are successful in gaining qualifications and progressing to higher levels of study. Resources and accommodation are almost all of a very high quality and are used very effectively; the learning environment is safe, very well-maintained and welcoming. Governors are very knowledgeable and provide well-informed and constructive challenge to managers in order to promote improvement.”
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