The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Salary: £27,166 - £27,820 per annum
Working hours: 37 hours per week
Working pattern: Monday - Thursday 7.5 hours / Friday 7 hours
Weeks per annum: 52
Location: Abingdon Campus
Contract: Permanent
Start date: September 2026
Make a difference every day. Inspire confidence. Support success.
Are you passionate about helping young people thrive, overcome barriers and achieve their full potential?
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Progress Coach to join our Pre-16 Curriculum Area within Access 2 Learning in Abingdon. This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in supporting students' personal development, wellbeing, attendance, progress and progression whilst delivering engaging Core programme sessions.
About the Role
As a Progress Coach, you will work closely with students on a one-to-one basis and in group settings, providing pastoral support and guidance that enables them to succeed both academically and personally.
What You'll Be Doing
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Deliver engaging Core sessions to Pre-16 students.
- Provide high-quality pastoral support and mentoring.
- Monitor student attendance, punctuality, behaviour and progress.
- Develop action plans and target-setting activities to maximise achievement.
- Work collaboratively with curriculum staff, Student Engagement, Careers teams and external agencies.
- Signpost students to appropriate support services where required.
- Support the development of employability, study and life skills.
- Help create a positive, inclusive and supportive learning environment.
Essential Experience:
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A degree or equivalent Level 4 qualification.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence working with students, parents, employers and colleagues.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- A proactive, solution-focused approach.
- An understanding of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.
- A passion for supporting young people to achieve their goals.
Desirable Experience:
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Experience of working with young people.
- Experience delivering guidance, coaching or mentoring support.
Why Work with Us
Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
