Job Description
Post Title
Education Mentor (Fixed-term for two years in the first instance)
Department/Location
Huddersfield Town Foundation
Reports to
Head of Education and Sport
Purpose of the Role
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 an Education Mentor the post holder will be required to support and mentor students as well as facilitating tasks and providing individual and collective support to maximise students’ successful completion of the Foundation degree programme. 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.
Functional Links

Internal:
Huddersfield Town Foundation Chief Executive Officer
Heads of Department
Project Managers
Delivery Staff
Board of Trustees
Club CEO
All Club personnel

External:
Including but not limited to:
Schools and Colleges in Kirklees and the surrounding areas, and their staff
Students and their parents/carers
Community groups and leaders
Other Football Club Community Trusts
The EFL
The University of South Wales

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.
• Classroom / Coaching sessions successfully support KPIs attached to Foundation programmes.
• Classroom / Coaching sessions are inclusive of all, evidence by the diversity of the cohorts engaged with Foundation programmes.
• The Education Mentor develops, consolidates and enhances links between The Huddersfield Town Foundation and other partner organisations.

Role Specific Responsibilities
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;
• Work with wider Foundation staff to arrange student work placement hours across a range of progammes;
• Manage students’ adherence to deadlines to ensure these are met in a timely manner;
• Organise and facilitate sessions, festivals or community projects as part of students on going assessments and work-based learning. This may involve an element of assessing students;
• Act as the student’s first point of contact for queries and concerns;
• Be the Foundation’s point of contact with the University of South Wales;
• Plan, prepare and deliver classroom based and practical coaching sessions as required;
• Maintain a consistently high standard of delivery at all sessions;
• Ensure content of sessions is exciting, engaging and relevant to both participants and the aims of Foundation projects/programmes;
• Adopt a participant-centred approach to all delivery, ensuring protocol in relation to safeguarding is consistently observed;
• Provide mentoring and education support to students as part of their Foundation Degree;
• Maintain registers and manage the required reporting for all sessions;
• Report back to each session’s Manager at required times with registers, risk assessments, participant registration forms and any other documentation that may be required as part of the Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation processes;
• Represent The Huddersfield Town Foundation at stakeholder and community meetings at local, regional and national level as required; and,
• Act as an Ambassador for The Huddersfield Town Foundation, building strong and effective relationships with partners and participants to ensure that interest in Foundation projects/ programmes is sustained

Other
• To attend all required induction and course events held at the University of South Wales;
• Contribute to fundraising/income generation for The Huddersfield Town Foundation, as required from time to time, to support and sustain the work of the organisation; and,
• To work occasional match days, evenings and weekends as required.
The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties as required by the Head of Education and Sport, the Huddersfield Town Foundation Chief Executive Officer, and/or any other Senior Manager/Director, commensurate with the level of the post.

How to apply
Huddersfield Town Foundation – Education Mentor How to Apply Thank you for your interest in the fixed-term position of Education Mentor with the Huddersfield Town Foundation. Before you compose your application, please read this document to ensure that, as far as possible, you tailor your submission to meet our requirements. To help you prepare your application, the following documents are also provided: • Advertisement • Job description and person specification To apply for this role, please contact us by email to recruitment@htafcfoundation.com to request an application form. We will not accept CVs and only candidates who adhere to our specified application process will be considered. The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 26th June 2020. Completed applications must be returned by email to recruitment@htafcfoundation.com Interviews are likely to take place in early July 2020. We receive a high volume of applications for our vacancies; therefore, please ensure that your application form is: • Fully completed • Tailored for the requirements of the role – Section 6 in particular should identify how you meet the ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ criteria for the position as detailed on the person specification (please follow the instructions on the application form) • Accurate in terms of content and presentation • Submitted by the specified deadline Please also highlight any factors that you would like us to take into account, for example, if you have a disability or health condition that may require us to make reasonable adjustments in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. In the first instance applications will be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, as set out in the person specification. As it is not feasible to invite all applicants to interview, we reserve the right to apply additional criteria to the initial short-listing process, in the event that there is a high volume of applicants who, on paper, appear to meet the published criteria. We are a Disability Confident Employer and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability. Candidates with a disability who clearly demonstrate they meet the ‘essential’ requirements of the role will be guaranteed an interview; in order to fulfil our commitment to the guaranteed interview scheme, if you have a disability, please ensure this is clearly reflected in your application. We will only provide feedback to candidates who are invited to assessment/interview; therefore, if you are unsuccessful at short-listing stage, we will not be able to provide feedback on your application. For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Katie Suttron, Head of Education and Sport Katie.Suttron@htafcfoundation.com For information about the Huddersfield Town Foundation please visit our website: www.htafcfoundation.com For information about Huddersfield Town AFC please visit our website: www.htafc.com