Functional Skills Tutor

Job Title: Functional Skills Tutor

Location: Carlisle/Workington

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Up to 30,000 per year

Role Overview:

The role of a Functional Skills Tutor involves providing essential support to learners in Maths and English across Carlisle/Workington (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 (phone number removed) or send CVs to (url removed).

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to 30,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person