Skills Coach - Professional Cookery (Sessional
West Lothian College, Livingston, West Lothian
Skills Coach - Professional Cookery (Sessional
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West Lothian College, Livingston, West Lothian
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 24 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
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Location ref: Livingston, West Lothian
Full Job Description
West Lothian College is looking to appoint an outstanding Skills Coach to join our Business, Creative, and Enterprise faculty, working closely with our Professional Cookery team. The appointed candidate will have the unique opportunity to make a significant impact on learners lives by helping them overcome personal challenges, equipping them with the necessary skills and confidence to gain their qualifications and thrive in their chosen culinary careers.
This is a great opportunity for you to combine your culinary expertise with your compassion for guiding and empowering learners. You will play a pivotal role in boosting their confidence, motivation, and engagement, helping them navigate their culinary journey and succeed in the face of challenges by building a supportive and nurturing environment
The successful candidate should be educated to SCQF level 7 (e.g. HNC) in a professional cookery discipline or SCQF level 6 (e.g. SVQ Level 3) if evidence of significant relevant work experience within the professional cookery industry. There must also be evidence of relevant Professional Cookery industry experience and an understanding of skills required to thrive in employment.
This is a sessional role so you will only work during term time. Further details regarding being a sessional member of staff be found in the attached document.
Working for the college you will benefit from a generous leave entitlement, career average pension scheme, excellent on-site facilities such as gym and restaurant, together with transport, health, wellbeing benefits and retail discounts. The college is located within the town centre with an array of shops and restaurants all within a few minutes walking distance.
Those shortlisted for interview will also be required to prepare and deliver a 10 minute presentation, undertake a competency based interview and undertake a practical activity.
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West Lothian College
View full company profileAbout Us We are one of Scotland’s most innovative colleges delivering learning to the West Lothian area. We offer a wide range of further and higher education courses to over 8,000 students each year in a variety of subjects. Our vision is to deliver a highly skilled, enterprising and resilient workforce by providing high-quality learning & skills opportunities, workplace experiences, apprenticeships and supporting progression on to University. Working at the college you will be contributing to our aim to secure positive and rewarding careers for our learners. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a Living Wage Accredited Employer. We also hold ‘Investors in People’ status. The college is one of the region’s largest employers with around 380 employees. The college is centrally situated on a modern, single-site campus in Livingston with easy access from the surrounding area and from across the Central Belt of Scotland. Our Vision, Goals, and Values Our vision, our WHY, is of a highly skilled, enterprising and resilient workforce. Four strategic goals, our WHAT, help us achieve that vision: > Inspiring and enabling success for all means providing opportunities for education and training that help people take a step towards their ambition > Supporting economic recovery and growth is about how we help employers survive the current crisis and come out of it ready and able to take advantage of new opportunities > Strengthening our communities involves working with others to ensure local people benefit from education and jobs > Leading with vision and empathy is about how we adapt to a volatile, uncertain and complex world and how we care for our students, staff and partners Three values, our HOW, underpin our approaches to all that we do: > Being welcoming to all means we embrace equality, diversity and inclusion > Students at the centre of everything we do is exactly that > Always striving for better sums up our commitment to continuous improvement
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