Work Experience Coach

Ready to Shape Futures — Not Just Fill Placements?

We’re looking for a driven, student-focused Work Experience Coach to join the team at Peterborough College and Stamford College (part of Inspire Education Group).

This is not a back-office admin role. It’s high impact, highly visible, and central to student success.

The Work Experience Coach will work directly with 16–19-year-olds, coaching them to secure meaningful industry placements, build confidence, and translate real workplace experience into career-ready skills. Once they’re on placement, you’re their mentor, compliance champion, and progress driver — ensuring every hour counts and every success is evidenced.

We currently have a variety of contracts within the team, offering up to full-time hours on both a term-time only and all-year-round basis, offering flexibility where needed.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Coaching students to source and secure high-quality placements
• Delivering engaging employability workshops
• Leading meaningful progress reviews and skills assessments
• Owning data accuracy and compliance on Grofar
• Working closely with employers to gather feedback and strengthen partnerships
• Acting as a safeguarding point of contact while students are on placement

You’ll manage a busy caseload across multiple sites — balancing people, progress, and precision.

Who We’re Looking For

The Work Experience Coach will thrive in this role if you:

• Have experience in a student-facing, coaching, or education environment
• Are confident using CRM systems and Excel to track and report impact
• Care deeply about data accuracy and “right first time” processes
• Can switch seamlessly between motivating a young person and speaking professionally with an employer
• Are organised, resilient, and calm under pressure

Most importantly — you believe in young people and know how to help them see their potential.

Why work for IEG?

• Generous Leave: 30 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas close down. (Pro-rata for part time staff) OR
• Term Time Working: Enjoy school holidays off, including Christmas and Easter breaks, with no requirement to book annual leave during these periods.
• Competitive Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including life assurance and death-in-service benefits
• Health and Wellbeing: Benefit from a gym, free on-site parking, access to employee assistance programme and a friendly team atmosphere
• Professional Development: Ongoing training and development opportunities, including sponsorship for HE/professional qualifications
• Employee Benefits and Rewards: Vivup employee benefits, including lifestyle savings, eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, providing access to a wide range of national discounts

IEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.