Engineering Industry Coach

Job description
Mechatronics Engineering Self-employed Caseloaded Industry Coach / Assessor

Ref: REQ001360

Competitive salary.

Due to growing demand for Apprenticeships (including Higher Level) and Full cost opportunities, we currently have an opening for a Self-employed Caseloaded Industry Coach / Assessor to join part of our highly successful team in assessing students in the workplace. You will have minimum industry experience in Electrical Engineering but Mechatronics experience will be a distinct advantage.

Working from home but with our Business Services team in Farnborough, the post is to deliver outstanding quality training and assessment in a way that supports effective learning and high levels of retention and achievement. Assessing students both in college and visiting them at their employers in the workplace. You will manage your own diary around your other commitments and will be paid a monthly visit fee and a bonus on timely completion.

Applicants will need to be qualified to at least a level 3 in Engineering and hold an A1 and V1 (or equivalent) with appropriate vocational experience.

Farnborough College of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Interviews will take place shortly after the published closing date or when a suitable number of appropriate applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Safeguarding for Employees

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Positions within the College will involve contact with young people and vulnerable adults. Consequently, post-holders will be obliged to demonstrate and maintain their suitability to work with young people and vulnerable adults. This will include a requirement to undertake an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, in addition to referencing and qualification checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Farnborough College of Technology complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.

Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Amendment Order 1986) please refer to the DBS website for further information.

Candidates who are offered an interview for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College. The College will regard any failure to disclose your criminal record as a breach of trust. It is College Policy that all candidates will be subject to a Disclosure check if offered the post for which the application has been made. Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.