Skills Coach (0.5 FTE)

Degree Apprenticeship Tutor - Skills Coach

Liverpool Hope University is looking to appoint four dynamic, experienced individuals as our new Degree Apprenticeship Tutors (Skills Coaches) as we establish ourselves as a new provider into the Degree Apprenticeships market.

Reporting to the Director of Apprenticeships, the Degree Apprenticeship Tutor (Skills Coach) will support the professional development of apprentices enrolled on Liverpool Hope’s Level 6 Degree Apprenticeships. The appointee will develop and maintain a relationship with the apprentices and their employers, by carrying out monthly reviews and regular tripartite progress reviews. The primary goal is to provide the apprentices with coaching support, in order to promote and track their engagement with the programme, in line with the apprenticeship standard. The Degree Apprenticeship Skills Coach, the apprentice, and the employer will work together to integrate academic study with the specific responsibilities of the apprentice’s work role. To this end, the Degree Apprenticeship Skills Coach will demonstrate a sound understanding of the apprenticeship standard, will be familiar with the Degree Apprenticeship programme in question, and will have specialist experience in one or more of the taught subject areas.

The Skills Coach will skillfully lead the Apprentice through their programmes ensuring that they are making the required progress and their needs are being met on their degree programme and on the Apprenticeship standard. The skills coach will be responsible for monitoring the learners progress and liaising with the employer to ensure that the requirements of the Apprenticeship programme are being met. The skills coach will be fully conversant in the evidence required for learners to achieve the highest award possible on the learners course of study and will endeavour to support all learners to this end. The Skills coach will support learners to build the required evidence required for end point assessment and will liaise with the end point assessment organisations to ensure they are fully conversant in the requirements.

The post holders will ensure that the employer and apprentice experience is positive and consistent across our Apprenticeship programmes and that their ongoing feedback drives continuous improvement.

It is essential that you can demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of apprenticeship requirements in Higher Education, fully understand the requirements of IfATE, and have detailed/sound knowledge of the Apprenticeship Accountability Framework, Ofsted, OfS.  

You will join us during the set-up phase of our development with first cohorts commencing in September 2025. During the set-up phase you will be required to support a variety of activity including but not limited to business development and marketing/recruitment activity; design and development of curriculum and learning materials; system set up.

Liverpool Hope University is looking for skills coaches in Physiotherapy, Youth Work, Social Work and Teaching.

This post is a three-year fixed term appointment.

For an application form and further details, please visit our website or contact us using the details below.

Liverpool Hope University

People Services

Hope Park,

Liverpool L16 9JD

e-mail: jobs@hope.ac.uk

Website: https://www.hope.ac.uk/aboutus/jobopportunities/currentvacancies/