Academic Coach & Mentor, Education for Industry Group

The Academic Coach and Mentor will report into the Programme Manager: Coaching and Mentoring and will be a member of the EFI Group Academic Coaching Team. The post works across EFI Group but will be based predominantly at LCBT, liaising closely with the LCBT Curriculum Teams to provide day-to-day, subject-specific academic coaching and signposting. The Coach will be responsible for delivering the best possible student experience and outcomes, particularly for identified groups of learners (groups may include: a Beauty, Hair or Make-Up cohort; learners at risk of not passing their knowledge tests; at risk students; vulnerable students).

A key focus of the role is preparing learners for their City & Guilds EVolve online knowledge tests. The Coach will work alongside lecturers to reinforce underpinning theory, build learners' confidence and exam technique, and track test readiness so that learners achieve first time and progress on to their next step.

The post holder will be personable, highly compassionate, organised and genuinely interested in education and wellbeing, with the subject knowledge to coach learners through the technical content of Hair and Beauty programmes. This role's purpose is to ensure all students (primarily identified students in Further Education), including the most vulnerable, make excellent progress both academically and with their social and emotional development.