Trainer Facilitator - 14-19 Re-engagement

Trainer Facilitator – Study Programme – TF124

Salary: £20,456 - £23,769

Contract Type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Location: Paignton, Devon

South Devon College is a Further and Higher Education college with top success rates, located in Torbay, which is part of the beautiful English Riviera on the South Devon coast. Our state of the art campus offers local access to world-class facilities. We are an ambitious College, ambitious for our learners, our staff and the community we serve. We measure our performance by the success of our learners.

Our fresh vibrant culture provides 12,000 learners each year with a wide provision ranging from Foundation to University Learning, contributing an overall £30 million College expenditure to the local economy.

We are currently recruiting for a Trainer Facilitator – Study Programme. The successful candidate will actively recruit, facilitate and teach groups of students in Employability, Functional, Personal, and Social Development Skills. You will assess, mark and IQA students’ qualification portfolios, meeting the Awarding Bodies and internal procedures and requirements. Support students with vocational tasters, work experience, community projects, enterprises projects and progression into positive outcomes to Further Education, Traineeships, Apprenticeships or employment. Contribute to curriculum development and implementation of pastoral and welfare systems provided for students. Continue personal development in the areas of both subject knowledge and teaching/instructing methods.  Develop and maintain good working relationships with external and internal stakeholders. Undertake such duties as may reasonably be required commensurate with grade at initial place of work or at other locations in the College "catchment" area.

You will need relevant teaching experience and qualifications in the subject area, as well as experience reengaging and working with challenging and hard-to-reach people. You will be computer literate and familiar with word, excel and database systems, as well as have knowledge of recruitment and developing appropriate teaching delivery materials. Ideally, you will be educated to level 4 or equivalent, have a functional skills teaching and/or IQA qualification, and have experience of working with 16-18 year old learners.

Benefits as follows: 27 days Holiday, up to 5 College closure days, Paid Bank Holidays, Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme, Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme) On Site Nursery (Mama Bears), Nursery Voucher Scheme, Fitness Suite Facilities, Staff Discounts (Inspirations – Hair & Beauty, NUS Student Cards), Corporate Membership with Torbay Leisure Centre and Access to Automotive Department (Small Car Repairs & Pre MOT Testing at low costs), Discounted Stagecoach Bus Pass and many others.

Closing Date: 24/06/2018

Interview Date: TBC - Week Commencing 02/07/2018

To apply and for a full job description please visit the Jobs page of the South Devon College website. https://www.southdevon.ac.uk/jobs

This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of learners, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.