The aim of The Huddersfield Town Foundation is to help improve the quality of life for young people and adults across Huddersfield and the West Yorkshire area by delivering projects with a focus on Education, Sport, Health and Inclusion.
As Higher Education Mentor the post holder will be required to support and mentor students as well as to facilitate tasks and provide individual and collective support to maximise students’ successful completion of the Foundation degree programme that we run in conjunction with the University of South Wales. Other aspects of the role will also include working with a broad age range of participants to deliver classroom based and practical coaching sessions at different locations including schools and other community settings; therefore, the post holder will be required to work outdoors and to travel to different locations as part of the role.
Key Performance Indicators
• The intake onto the Foundation degree programme is above 75% capacity.
• Lectures and tasks are facilitated to a high standard and student support is evidenced through pass rate of students and student welfare feedback.
• Classroom / Coaching sessions are well-planned and executed, evidenced by consistently positive feedback from participants and their parents/carers and schools.
• To ensure that students are successfully deployed to complete their work based learning hours and to assess their practical delivery.
• Classroom / Coaching sessions are inclusive of all, evidence by the diversity of the cohorts engaged with Foundation programmes.
• The Higher Education Mentor develops, consolidates, and enhances links between The Huddersfield Town Foundation and key stakeholders.
Role Specific Responsibilities and Accountabilities
The post holder will be required to:
• Recruit students annually to study the degree programme; this includes interview process and supporting with university applications.
• Support and mentor the students enrolled on the programme and manage students’ adherence to deadlines to ensure these are met in a timely manner.
• Work with wider Foundation staff to organise and oversee the USW student work placement programme across the Foundation’s activities. This may involve an element of assessing students and providing feedback to them.
To apply, please download an application form from Huddersfield Town Foundation's website. Please note that they do not accept CVs.
Completed applications must be submitted by email to recruitment@htafcfoundation.com by 12pm on Monday 13th January 2025.
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