Coaching and Mentoring Trainer (10 hours per week)

About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.

At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.

The role:

• PartTime, 10 hours per week & Permanent
• £16.33 - £18.99 per hour
• Swansea, SA5 4HB

Key Responsibilities:

• Train, coach and assess learners providing high standards and professionalism from diverse employment sectors.
• Work with employers to diagnose, support and implement training solutions to meet the needs of the organisation
• Provide a seamless learning experience that develops the individual and aids skills improvements often specific to the employment sector to include QCF NVQs, apprenticeship frameworks, academic, endorsed and bespoke programmes.
• Work within a team of trainers, assessors and internal verifiers to support and drive quality assurance and excellence that meet the requirements the awarding bodies and ESTYN.

About you:

• Level 5 qualification in management / business related discipline
• TAQA Assessor Award or equivalent (or willing to work towards)
• Proven track record of working in a leadership & management role.

Benefits for you:

• A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
• 28 days (pro-rata) annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
• Free Parking
• Hybrid working
• View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.

If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.

Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

Please note that we are expecting a high volume applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.

Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).