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Role Profile:

Title: Employability and Digital Skills Tutor
Salary: £28,000
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Flexible over 7 days to meet delivery needs
Location: Chesterfield & Around Derbyshire
Reporting to: Contracts Manager for Derbyshire and Nottingham

Job Overview:

The company was awarded funding as part of the Government’s 3-year funding plan for Levelling Up across the UK, to focus on three key areas: communities and place, supporting local businesses, and people and skills. As the funding enters its final year in April 2024, the Council aims to concentrate on residents who are economically inactive, delivering targeted interventions in employability and digital skills.

The company is seeking a highly motivated and resourceful tutor to deliver employability and digital skills programmes across the Chesterfield borough. This role involves working in public settings such as community centres and libraries. You will be responsible for engaging learners, encouraging participation, and delivering high-quality, tailored learning sessions.

Your strong communication skills and approachable demeanour will be critical, as the role focuses on working with individuals who may have previously experienced barriers to education or training, or who may be reluctant to upskill.

While the company provides a comprehensive set of resources for delivery, you will also use your initiative to customize materials to meet learners' unique needs, helping them overcome barriers and develop their digital skills to improve their everyday lives.

Key Responsibilities:

Engagement and Rapport Building: Establish trust and maintain effective relationships with a caseload of learners, ensuring strong communication throughout their learning journey.

Assessment and Planning: Conduct initial and diagnostic assessments to inform high-quality, innovative delivery that inspires learners. Set clear objectives and involve learners in planning, reviewing, and evaluating their progress.

Programme Delivery: Deliver effective, high-quality teaching across a range of ability levels (Entry 1 to Level 2), meeting academic and funding criteria and supporting learners in achieving their goals.

Learner Monitoring: Continuously assess and monitor learner development through individual learning plans, adapting teaching strategies to ensure learner success.

Advice and Guidance: Provide general advice on progression opportunities, pre-programme information, and entry criteria.

Resource Development: Produce or adapt relevant, engaging teaching materials based on learners’ needs, conducting research where required.

Administration and Compliance: Maintain up-to-date administrative records (e.g., registers, work marking, absence monitoring, and funding documentation) to ensure compliance with quality procedures and funding requirements.

Team Collaboration: Attend and contribute to team meetings, standardisation meetings, and internal quality assurance (IQA) activities as needed.

General:

Promote and adhere to the company’s policies, including but not limited to Safer Recruitment, Data Protection, Information Security, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and Prevent.

Undertake training as required by company policy and take responsibility for your professional development.

Contribute to minimizing the company’s environmental impact.

Undertake other duties as assigned by the Contracts Manager.
Essentials:

Teaching qualification (CTLLS, PTLLS, AET, PGCE)

Maths and English qualifications at GCSE C/Grade 4 or Functional Skills Level 2 

Full UK Driving License and access to vehicle

Previous experience of delivering engaging and meaningful learning activities and training workshops within an employment and skills sector

Knowledge and understanding of the local labour market, sector skills gaps, local employment & skills provision, specialist support networks, and education & training providers

Previous experience of delivering engaging and meaningful learning activities and training workshops

Fluent in English language

Excellent organisational and time management skills

High-level communication, interpersonal and presentation skills

IT proficient with an ability to use Microsoft Office suite, particularly Outlook, Teams, Excel, SharePoint, Word, and PowerPoint 

Approachable and Friendly 

Adaptable

Creative and Resourceful

Company values:To match closely with Company values

Desirables:

> Experience delivering Essential Digital Skills or Digital Functional Skills at Entry 3 to Level 1
> Experience meeting challenging contractual Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets
**The successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a DBS check.

This job description is not exhaustive and may evolve in line with the needs of the company and the role. Any changes will be discussed and agreed upon with the post-holder.

Benefits:

TRAVEL

Bike-to-Work Scheme

Save money by riding your bike to work, choose a bike worth up to £1,000 and pay only 60% of the cost through tax savings.

Electric Vehicle Business Lease

Save up to 40% on monthly car payments through tax savings, as well as saving on fuel costs by using an electric car to commute to work.

Transport Season Ticket Loan

Apply for up to £5,000 as an interest free loan to cover the cost of annual public transport season tickets.

Mileage: 40 ppm

BOOST YOUR ANNUAL LEAVE

To reward the hard work, tenacity, and commitment that comes with long service, your paid leave will increase over time.

Under 1 year of service            –      25 days annual leave

1 year of service                           –      26 days includes a day off for your birthday

5 years of service                         –      27 days off

10 years of service                      –      28 days off

Employees can use up to five days of their annual leave as sick or personal days.
Holiday purchase scheme

Birthday day off

REFER A FRIEND
Refer a friend to work for us and earn £50 if they’re employed

Earn £50 if a referred employee passes probation

TEAM BENEFITS
Each office is well-stocked with food and drinks

Participate in a day of volunteering as a team

Employer of the year award