Location
Preston, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title : Functional Skills Tutor
Location : Lancashire, including Morecambe, Preston, Blackpool, and Blackburn
Job Type : Full-time
Salary : Up to £28,000 per year
Role Overview :
The role of a Functional Skills Tutor involves providing essential support to learners in Maths and English across Lancashire (travel expenses refunded through expenses policy). This role includes delivering accredited activities for English and Maths to enhance learners' employability and further education prospects.
Key Responsibilities :
- Maintain accurate learner records and ensure readily accessible evidence for audit and quality purposes.
- Implement improvements identified through performance reviews and internal quality assurance.
- Continuously develop and maintain professional knowledge, skills, and experience through training, CPD, and networking.
- Regularly review learner progress to keep them engaged and track their development.
- Plan and implement innovative and differentiated activities tailored to individual learners' needs.
- Monitor learner progression and facilitate various teaching, learning, and assessment approaches.
- Deliver training following qualification and center guidelines, emphasizing equality, diversity, and Prevent in lessons.
- Adhere to statutory responsibilities, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and Prevent policies.
Essential/Desirable Criteria :
- Assessor Qualification (A1, D32/33, TAQA, CAVA) or willingness to work towards
- Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths, English, and ICT
- Experience using e-portfolio systems
- Successful delivery of vocational qualifications through remote and digital platforms
- Recognized teaching qualification (e.g., PGCE, PTLLS or equivalent)
- GCSE English Language or equivalent (Grade A*-C)
- Level 3 award assessing, vocationally related achievement or equivalent
Benefits :
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays
- Additional holiday days for exemplary attendance and length of service
- Company-wide Christmas shutdown
- Holiday Exchange (buy or sell up to 5 extra holiday days per year)
- Flexitime policy (up to 4 hours flexitime per month)
- Wellbeing Day off
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Company sick pay
- Training and development programmes tied to pay rewards and bonus payments
- Managerial budgets for team building and fun activities
- Participation in at least one charity event per year
All positions are subject to checks, including an Enhanced DBS clearance. Candidates who are barred from working with children should not apply.
For any expressions of interest or for more information, please call Robert Rowe on 07935 141342 or send CVs to [email protected].
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