Functional Skills Tutor

Functional Skills Tutor

Salary: up to £26,000 depending on experience and qualifications

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time, Field / Home based

If you are a Functional Skills Tutor who would like to further develop your teaching, learning and assessment skills then we may have the perfect role for you.

With over 25 years of experience t2 group has grown to become the largest specialist provider of Apprenticeships to the Health and Social Care Sector. We work with thousands of employers across the UK, so working with us provides significant job security as well as excellent career progression opportunities.

We are looking to recruit dedicated individuals who want to make a difference and have a passion for teaching Maths and English to learners. Over the last 18 months we have developed our curriculums extensively in line with the Ofsted EIF, have implemented a full digital enrolment process and are currently implementing new digital reviews to complement our wide range of on-line learning resources.

The Role

As a Functional Skills Tutor you will be responsible for engagingwith a caseload of apprenticeship learners, identified by the Operations Manager and Lead IQA for Functional Skills, as requiring specialised and focussed support in English and Maths, and acting as a trouble-shooter to ensure timely completion of Functional Skills qualifications in line with the curriculum approach.

You will deliver progressive teaching, learning and assessment visits with every learner on your caseload, every month, using coaching techniques combined with experiential learning to drive sustained changes in their Maths and English knowledge and skills.

You will ensure that Functional Skills are delivered in line with a detailed curriculum approach for each qualification and support, motivate and encourage your learners to achieve their Functional Skills at the relevant level..

You will have a clear set of KPIs and will manage your own diary to ensure you achieve these.

You will support learners who find Maths and English the most challenging across our North Region.

If this is of interest and you fit with our Mission, Brand Promise and Values below as well as having the experience, skills and competencies and qualifications required, then we would really like to hear from you. Our recruitment process begins with a simple telephone interview to ensure you have a full understanding of the role and a feel for us as a business. We can answer any questions you may have, before moving into the next stage of our interview process where you will have the opportunity to meet with one of our Operations Managers.

Mission, Brand Promise and Values

Our Mission is to close the gap between performance and potential

Our Brand Promise is to get you where you want to be

Our Values are:

Understanding what we do and why

Doing whatever it takes to get it done

Keeping it simple not complex

Growing people with the business

Celebrating success

Skills & Competencies

A passion for education, standards and quality

A thirst for developing your skills to become the best at what you do

Excellent time management, organisation and planning skills

Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines and targets

Assertiveness and objection handling skills

Professional and approachable

Excellent IT Skills

Competent in Literacy and Numeracy

Ability to build relationships and engage both learners and employers

Ability to communicate at all levels

Essential Criteria

• Ability to communicate with learners at all levels, breaking down learning into simple, manageable and relatable sessions
• Ability to engage learners who are resistant to Functional Skills, building confidence in their ability to achieve
• Confidence to engage with, and challenge, employers when learner engagement is lacking
• To have successfully completed L2 in maths and English
• To have an excellent understanding of legacy and reformed Functional Skills
• To have experience in teaching, learning and assessment within apprenticeships
• To have excellent understanding and application of wide-ranging IT skills
• To effectively use data and reports to improve delivery of Functional Skills
• Excellent planning and organisation skills

• To be working at L3 in maths and English
• To hold D32/33/A1/CAVA or equivalent
• To hold PTLLS or L3 Award in Education and Training

Additional Information

A laptop, mobile phone and scanner will be provided for you.

You must have your own transport, a Broadband connection at home and car insurance covered by business class. All business mileage and expenses are covered by the company.

Benefits

Performance related bonus scheme

Employee Assistance Programme with access to free financial, medical and legal advice

Company Pension

25 Days holiday a year plus 8 bank holidays

Christmas and New Year shutdown

Specsavers Scheme

NUS Extra Student Discount Card

Generous Recruitment Referral Scheme

Progression Opportunities

T2 is committed to providing a safe environment for all learners and employees. To find out more about our commitment to safeguarding click on the below link:

http://www.t2group.co.uk/safeguarding-and-radicalisation.html#contact_anchor

NB. Your employment with the Company will be conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.