Job description
Vacancy details
Talent pool
Academic - HE - Academic Learning Support
Title
Learning Coach
Contract type
QA HE Ltd Zero Hours
Job advert
Learning & Teaching Support Coach - Higher Education Student Support (Pathway Programme), Onsite Solent University, Southampton
15-20 hours per week (flexible daytime hours)
Are you an experienced coach or teacher or lecturer? Due to growth within our Pathway Programme, we have an opportunity for a Learning Coach where the focus will be on supporting students and working with the teaching team.
Do you have experience of teaching or coaching in an FE or HE environment, ideally working with international students?
Our Pathway Programme is focused on delivering a high-quality student experience to achieve academic success, to realise this aim we are seeking a passionate Learning Coach to join us.
A little more about the role: As a Learning Coach you will contribute to the student support team, analyse data to pick up trends and build a rapport with international students. The objective is to support them in managing their studies, along with the teaching team, and empowering each student to reach their potential.
What you’ll get up to:
Communicating with students at risk of self-withdrawal or programme termination.
Planning, preparing and delivering intuitive one-to-one retention coaching activities with students at risk of self-withdrawal or programme termination.
Being part of the induction process.
Signposting students to appropriate university services in order to help them acclimatise.
Building relationships with university support services and student societies, in order to direct students to university services or societies where appropriate.
Carrying out administration duties as required, including the keeping of accurate logs of all interactions made with each student.
Monitoring attendance and engagement trends in collaboration with Module and Programme leads in order to pro-actively identify trends and necessary support interventions.
Ensuring discretion and confidentiality regarding the communication and retention coaching taking place with each student.
A little more about us: QA Higher Education works in partnership with Solent University to manage and deliver an International Foundation Programme (IFP). Successful completion of the IFP programmes allows entry onto a range of undergraduate programmes at the University.
Equal Opportunities At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place.
EAP / Teaching / Coaching / Southampton
Vacancy location
Location
South & South East, Hampshire, Southampton
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