Are you a passionate tutor or teacher (or wish to train as one)? Do you want to work for a community college who have made a large impact?

Our client is searching for an Adult Tutor to join their team.

About the Client:
Our client is an Adult Community College who provide education and training to over 2,000 learners a year. They offer a range of part-time courses that allow students to learn new skills, improve wellbeing and explore new fields of interest. Their courses include English, Maths, ICT, employability courses, vocational qualifications and more.

They have been rated to have outstanding features from Ofsted, and are particularly recognised for reducing the amount of young people who aren’t in education, employment or training. Their employees work extremely hard to ensure that the curriculum is effectively meeting the needs of local learners.

Join this leading college in their field with an award-winning status to contribute to their impact across the community. Their values of Inclusivity, Collaboration, Honesty, Pride and Agility are strongly enforced.

The Role:
As an Adult Tutor, you will report to the Head of Adult Employability and will plan, teach and evaluate courses to deliver high quality and inclusive learning opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include:

To teach learners effectively for an agreed scheduled timetable of class contact hours
To interview and provide initial assessment and guidance to learners
To monitor, evaluate and assess individual learner progress and achievement
To develop and lead courses under the supervision of a line manager
To produce course documentation such as schemes of work, lesson plans, tracking of individual learner progress, and participate in the development of teaching materials and resources, including use of Information Learning Technologies
To teach programmes appropriate to the needs, aspirations and levels of competence of learners and prepare up to date teaching materials relevant to the needs of learners
To monitor learners’ attendance and progress, maintain records, and prepare reports
To work or liaise with additional learning support and other tutors and job mentors for referral purposes as appropriate
To contribute to and take up staff development opportunities and participate in course development and review
To participate in curriculum development in order to meet learner needs, promote achievement and develop progression opportunities
To assist with related teaching tasks such as parent evenings, exam invigilation, induction events, award ceremonies
To assist in publicity and marketing of the college and its services
Carry out duties with due regard to the Council’s Customer Care, Equality & Diversity, Information Governance, Data Protection and Health and Safety policies and procedures
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, including cross-service responsibilities as agreed with the line manager

About You:

A degree or equivalent experience
Teaching qualification or commitment to gain one within 2 years
Experience working with adults and/or young people, embedding Maths, English and employability into teaching
In-depth practical knowledge of a subject
A range of teaching skills and abilities, including planning, developing effective teaching materials, evaluating and tracking progress, assessment of work, IT and e-learning, organisation and communication skills
Evidence of continuing professional development
Understanding of the importance of retention and achievement and how to maximise these
Happy to occasionally work on certain evenings or weekends

Benefits:

A range of staff benefits
Free leisure course each year
25 days holiday entitlement
High discounts on courses
Gym discount
Pension scheme
Flexible working
Discounted food and drink from the café

Adult Tutor - Leigh on Sea

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SALARY

£29500

LOCATION

Essex

CONTRACT TYPE

Graduate job (permanent)

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