Functional Skills Tutor

Responsible for delivering English/Mathematics Functional Skills qualifications at levels 1 and 2 at various employer sites to learners on apprenticeship programmes.Manage a caseload of learners and employers ensuring timely achievements and progression. Support the raising of standards in accordance with the aims and strategic objectives of the organisation.

Role responsibilities and requirements:

• Deliver high quality and inclusive teaching and learning sessions both face to face and remote, 1-2-1 and in groups when required.

• Use a variety of delivery methods that will stimulate learning appropriate to learner needs.

• Support and liaise with apprenticeship trainers to enable them to embed functional skills to meet each of their learners needs.

• Prepare relevant course/subject materials including resources, lesson plans and SOL that effectively meet awarding body requirements, inclusive of BV, SG Prevent and any other requirement.

• Complete and use initial assessment and diagnostic results to ensure learning needs are met when required.

• Liaison with employers (where needed) on the development of training programmes to satisfy employer. requirements and add value to learners.

• Monitor learner progress to ensure learning continues and learners achieve in a timely manner.

• To support the achievement of KPI's, business performance, and contractual targets for learner retention and success rates.

• Provide thorough feedback to employers and learners during program.

• Seek feedback from learners on learning support materials to review and improve the service and learning experience.

• Work closely with the Quality and Compliance Team to ensure paperwork associated with the programme is completed to a high standard within required timescales, and that systems and processes are followed and are in line with contractual deadlines.

• Act on feedback from teaching observations, employers, peers, or other review processes.

• Keep fully up to date with Ofsted, Awarding Organisation, and other stakeholder requirements.

• To comply with IQA standards and participate in IQA activities with a willingness to gain qualifications where needed.

• Provide impartial advice and guidance to all learners to support progression.

• Promote and monitor equality and diversity in all aspects of the role and record issues that may arise.

• • Deliver additional sessions and one to one support where required to ensure all learners can succeed.

• Track and record learner progress ensuring that accurate and reliable information on predicted achievement and success rates are readily available.

• Complete monthly caseload reports/attend meeting to ensure progress of learners.

• Support the achievement of contractual targets for learner retention and success rates.

• Maintain knowledge of new developments in the curriculum, courses, and teaching practices.

• Keep abreast of developments within own areas of expertise and to keep course material up to date to reflect the requirements of the business and the examining/validating bodies.

• Deliver against internal standards, systems and procedures and involvement in the internal audit programme.

• Contribute to external audits from awarding organisations and funders.

• Maintain up to date knowledge of all programmes including apprenticeships, our commercial offer and recruitment services.

• Contribute to team meetings.

• Provide a high level of customer service to all learners and parties contacting the business.

• Have experience delivering English and Maths to groups of learners and individuals from a range of backgrounds.

• Ensuring learners' work is marked in a timely manner (weekly)

• Design and deliver core skills and any fundable or commercial training as and when required

• Hold a full teaching qualification - PGCE, PCET, DTLLS Recognised Assessor award: D32/D33, A1, TAQA or CAVA.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.

• Experience of unsupervised working and using own initiative.

• Experience of online learning and assessment platforms.

• The ability to work in a target orientated environment and achieve required measures of success and quality.

• An understanding of different learning styles/needs and how to differentiate through various teaching methods.

• Ability to motivate self and learners.

• Be willing to work flexible hours and locations as required, be committed and enthusiastic.

• Knowledge and experience of teaching and learning strategies.

• Excellent organisational, IT and administrative skills.

• Confident and professional with motivational and influencing skills.

• Quality focussed and target driven.

• Full, clean driving licence and use of a vehicle must be flexible with travel. (Business insurance is compulsory)