Tutor
Job Title: Tutor
Location: Hanley
Salary: £18,000 - £26,000 per annum
Hours of Work: 8.30am - 4.30pm
Qualifications: Level 2 English & Maths (or working at)
Juniper Training are looking for an enthusiastic Tutor to join our team in Hanley where you will be helping people to improve their lives.
Job Outline and Purpose:
We provide great training, opportunities for progression, not to mention great job satisfaction.
• To deliver engaging and effective training sessions to groups
• To compile and assess BTEC (Employability) qualifications
• To deliver English and/or maths qualifications – either Functional Skills or GCSE’s (where applicable)
• Contribute towards ensuring excellent student attendance & retention
• To safeguard the welfare of all students, preventing radicalisation and promoting British Values
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Training
• To deliver engaging, effective and innovative group training sessions to students
• To engage external speakers (employers, business people, celebrities, progression/support agencies) in order to enhance the learning experience
• To plan and facilitate enterprise projects
• To deliver training that meets criteria & standards for BTEC
• To deliver GCSE/Functional Skills qualifications (where applicable)
• Arrange and facilitate motivational visits/activities
Assessment
• To conduct & use initial assessment effectively and set students appropriate, but challenging, targets & goals
• To assess and map units for BTEC portfolio and assess readiness for FS/GCSE exams (where applicable)
• To conduct and document meaningful student reviews as per procedures
• Invigilate exams & mark Functional Skills exam papers as appropriate
Attendance/Retention
• Ensure that student attendance and retention targets are met, with absences robustly followed up
Targets
• To achieve targets to meet contractual/blueprint obligations
Person Specification
Abilities
• To deliver effective training sessions to groups
• Excellent communicator
• To persuade and influence others and deal with conflict/challenging behaviour
• To build rapport with target group and retain their attention during training sessions
• To work well under pressure
• To work to targets and deadlines
• Highly motivated
• Innovative & solution focused
• To remain positive, with a bubbly and engaging personality
• Excellent organisation skills
• Competent in use of IT
• To meet targets and provide a quality service to all stakeholders
Within 6 months
Qualifications – Level 3 Teaching Qualification – Level 3 in English or/and Maths
Other Information
All staff are expected to;
• demonstrate and uphold our values at all times
• demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students
• conform to our health & safety policy, promoting a safe environment for all
• conform to our equality & diversity policy, championing/promoting improvements
• contribute to continual improvement
• be appropriately qualified
• attend and participate in training events/days to continually build CPD
The welfare of our students is paramount and the successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check.
If you have the relevant skills, experience and want to be rewarded for your skills in education please press “Apply now” for an application pack. Or alternatively download our Application Pack from our website www.junipertraining.co.uk
The closing date for this vacancy is Friday 28th July 2017.