Skills Coach - delivering various trade apprenticeships

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More about the role

As a Skills Coach (trades) at our PfP Thrive Academy, you will lead on the design and delivery of a relevant trade-based apprenticeship, teaching and guiding apprentices to become qualified tradespeople able to deliver an excellent service for our Customers.
You'll already be qualified in one of the four key trades below, and will be able to draw on your two years' plus experience in that trade, to inspire learners to achieve their full potential, ensuring they gain the skills and qualifications necessary for a successful career.
The essential criteria for this role is listed below:
+ You must be a qualified trades person with a minimum of two years' experience in the field, ideally having some experience supervising, coaching and training others. There are four trades we are looking at, you will need to be qualified in at least one;
o Level 3 Installation and Maintenance Electrician
o Level 3 Plumbing and Domestic Heating Engineer
o Level 2 Carpenter/Joiner (site joinery)
o Level 2 Property Maintenance Technician/Operative
+ You should be confident and competent in using IT applications, specifically Microsoft, as you'll be writing reports, presenting to a variety of stakeholders and updating learner records;
+ Ideally, you'll have - or be willing to work towards - a Level 3 Teaching and Assessing qualification
More about you
Places for People are looking for an individual who is confident and competent in delivering up to Level 3 Apprenticeships to a variety of learners to enable them to become a qualified tradesperson.
You will have the skills to teach, coach, assess and support individuals from a variety of different backgrounds, capabilities and levels through a variety of theory and practical application standards.

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
+ Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
+ Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
+ Excellent holiday package - 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
+ Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
+ A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
+ Training and development
+ Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.
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