Maths and English Functional Skills Tutor

Job title:

Maths and English Functional Skills Tutor

Company

The Growth Company

Job description

The Growth Company’s (GC) Education and Skills team have an exciting new opportunity for a Maths and English Functional Skills Tutor who will plan, deliver and assess effective Functional Skills and GCSE lessons to maximise learner progress and achievement.The successful candidate must have prior experience in teaching from entry level to level 2.As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct initial and on-going assessment in line with Company policy to inform placement of learners on effective programmes of learning.
• Use IA outcomes and all available information to personalise learning experiences for individuals.
• Adopt inclusive strategies to ensure support and challenge for all, including learners with SEND, challenging behaviours, other personal and social difficulties and medical needs.
• Work with individuals and groups of learners to build resilience and develop positive learning skills.
• Identify learners in danger of underachievement and liaise with colleagues to ensure prompt, effective intervention.
• Manage own professional development to ensure ongoing effectiveness as a reflective practitioner.
• Contribute to the development of the Maths and English team by working collaboratively with colleagues on resources, schemes of work and pedagogy.
• Deliver good and outstanding teaching and learning across a range of centres and to groups of differing size and profile, as directed.
• Ensure that Company policies on Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety are consistently upheld.

About you:

• Experience of teaching Functional Skills and GCSE in challenging environments.
• Able to plan, teaching and assessment for progress.
• Knowledge of range of approaches to teaching and learning.
• Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply GC values: Make a positive difference, Stronger together, Empower people, Do the right thing, Build on success.
• Resilience, creativity and flexibility.

Skills Required:

• Subject-specific and teaching qualifications appropriate to the role.
• Record of ongoing CPD and high professional standards.
• Ability to motivate disengaged learners and to plan engaging, inclusive lessons.
• Work effectively in collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders.
• Genuine commitment to improving the prospects of young people and adult learners.
• Recent experience of successful teaching of ‘hard to reach’ learners.
• Ability to manage time and workload and work to tight deadlines.
• Able to travel and willingness to work flexibly across a range of sites to meet the needs of the business.

LocationStockportBusiness Area LogoEducationAndSkills.jpgCompany LogoSkills CompanyCompanyEducation and SkillsContract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £26,000 per annumAdvert Brandskillscompany.pngClosing Date29/09/2024Ref No4311Documents(Word, 35.12kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Expected salary

£26000 per year

Location

Stockport, Greater Manchester

Job date

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:26:24 GMT

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