Lead Coach - London, United Kingdom - Resurgo

Resurgo

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

6 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
Hammersmith, London

Salary:
From £27,000

Contract:
Permanent, Full Time

Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for young people, passionate about equipping the church to transform society?

You'll be working with the local church to manage the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme.

Over the last 20 years, Spear has supported more than 9,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the challenges they face.

But we don't want to stop there.

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed - join us.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:
The Lead Coach is primarily responsible for overseeing the training room and group sessions with young people.

You will help shape the training environment and will confidently adapt and deliver materials and sessions to work within the group's development towards work readiness.

Delivery of Spear Programme - Group and 1:1 coaching [60%]

Preparing and coaching Spear Foundation sessions and 11s, ensuring that young people are engaged, retained and workready by the end of this initial phase of the programme
Building relationships with young people on the programme and managing culture, and attitudes in the training room
Adapting the Spear coaching material according to the needs of the Trainees and managing behaviour effectively
Handling safeguarding
Taking a lead on rating the work readiness of the trainees and making sure data is inputted and used correctly on salesforce
Tracking trainee progress on the dashboards
Liaising with volunteers for key programme engagement events such as mock interviews and external panels. Leading on briefings and communications with these volunteers

Delivery of Spear Career [20%]

Delivering weekly Spear Career sessions (including running workshops with past Trainees), maintaining records and reporting on statistics, and creatively developing ongoing relationships with Spear Trainees

Training the Graduate Coach [10%]

Contributing towards the training and developing of the Graduate Coach by modelling excellent coaching and giving regular feedback

Trainee recruitment [10%]

Developing relationships with Job Centres and local referral agencies to ensure that the maximum number of Spear Trainees are enrolled on each programme. This involves liaising with referral agencies, active facetoface recruitment and monitoring recruitment statistics

Continuous professional development

Continually engaging in professional development, including being part of Resurgo's wider coaching programmes and possibly supporting on leading internal training such as Grad Coach Training

Active participation in and support for church team and mission

As the Spear programme is run in partnership with a local church partner, you will establish a strong personal connection with the church to develop the engagement and backing of church members and help build a strong network of supporters for the Spear programme. As part of this you may be asked to speak at church/events and contribute to prayer meetings as per Resurgo's Christian ethos and the mission of the church

This role will suit you if:

You are an active Christian, passionate about your work being a lived expression of your faith
You have a heart for young people and releasing their potential, no matter what challenging circumstances they are facing
You have demonstrable experience as a coach, or a background in youth work or teaching, and are keen to develop these skills further.
You are confident in giving feedback and having crucial conversations
Able to lead others effectively
You are great at building relationships, with solid communication skills
You are steady under pressure, and able to juggle competing priorities
You are looking for a varied, handson role, where you won't be tied to a desk
Emotional resilience and good selfleadership in this areaYou have a sense of humour and want to have fun at work
Strong administrative skills, competent and accurate and efficient in typing and work methods

You can expect:

A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities:
Support and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
Progression opportunities through professional development 11s, and a dedicated Church Partnerships team.
Equipping you to have autonomy in your role, through a culture of 'high challenge, high support'
A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a twonight Christmas retreat

A couple of things to note: