Progress Coach (Arboriculture)

About the role

Could you coach, mentor and support apprentices to achieve the best they can be? Are you motivated to make a meaningful difference to the lives, development and future careers of learners?

As a Progress Coach (Arboriculture), you will play a key role in supporting Level 2 Arborist apprentices from initial enrolment through to successful End Point Assessment. Working closely with apprentices, employers and colleagues across the Apprenticeship & Workforce Development team, you will help ensure a high‑quality apprenticeship experience that enables learners to thrive both personally and professionally.

A significant part of the role involves supporting apprentices’ wider personal development, behaviours and attitudes, helping them to overcome barriers to learning and succeed in the workplace. You will work collaboratively with work‑based tutors, employer services, English and maths teams, ALS and safeguarding colleagues to provide joined‑up, holistic support, particularly for apprentices identified as being at risk.

This is a varied and rewarding role, suited to someone who is organised, proactive and passionate about apprenticeship success, with the confidence to work independently across the North West while maintaining strong professional relationships and high standards.

The provisional interview date for this role is Tuesday 5 May.

Why join us?

At Myerscough College and University Centre we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well-recognised partnership with ULan and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally. We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land-based and sports colleges in the UK.

What We Offer:

We take care of our team just as we do our students. As an employee, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A generous holiday allowance of 33 days, plus bank holidays.
• Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
• Hassle free onsite parking at our Preston Campus.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide wellbeing support in moments of need.

We are flexible working friendly and happy to discuss interest in flexible working.

Visit our website https://bit.ly/CareersAtMyerscough for the full list of excellent benefits our college offers.

Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.

The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.

As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.