Job Purpose:
Our Functional Skills and Employability Tutor is employed to exhibit exemplary
teaching skills, have the ability to deliver a range of functional skills
(mathematics, English and ICT), Customer service, Business admin and employability sessions.
The right candidate must have the following:
• Outstanding organisational skills;
• Be a good communicator;
• Be flexible and adaptable;
• Creative and innovative with excellent subject knowledge;
• Be capable of managing a challenging workload;
• Good time management skills and an ability to deliver to deadlines.
Main Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to:
• Modelling outstanding teaching, learning and assessment so that
learner achievement is high.
• Demonstrate high quality, differentiated teaching practice so learners
with complex and profound needs have opportunities to succeed and
achieve.
• Act as pastoral tutor for a group of learners managing all aspects of the
learner experience; RARPA, accredited & non-accredited learning
outcomes.
• Manage the learner journey process; Initial Assessment, Induction,
Baseline Assessment and summaries, set appropriate long and medium
term goals, monitor progress and achievement of targets linked to
goals, produce termly review of progress reports to show progression
and outcomes.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating personal learner files and our
systems in line with record keeping expectations.
• Liaise with parents/carers and build effective relationships to manage
and resolve learner issues and concerns.
• Deliver Functional Skills (Mathematics, English and ICT) and other short courses up to level 2, in a
one to one and group based setting (both face to face and remote
delivery).
• Identify learner's strengths and skills gaps in mathematics, English and
ICT through diagnostic assessment and support learners to develop skills
accordingly.
Develop own learning materials and assessment plans for the delivery
of functional skills and employability.
• Identify any barriers to learning and plan to compensate where
possible.
• Attend moderation meetings for functional skills and employability
qualifications to ensure high standards.
• Utilise to good effect the specialist support of Speech and Language
Therapy and Occupational Therapy services.
• Responsible for classroom management and direction of learning
support staff.
• Deliver personal care and support which meet or exceed learners’
requirement, promoting independence throughout.
• Champion English, mathematics and ICT throughout all sessions and
act as lead tutor for functional skills quality and development within the
curriculum.
• Undertake training as and when necessary for your job role.
• Attend internal meetings, briefings and other forums as required.
• To liaise effectively with colleagues to ensure consistency of approach
in teaching and learning across the college.
• To promote the vision, culture and ethos of the college.
This list of duties should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive as the post
holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties
and responsibilities.

YOU MUST HAVE  TEACHING EXPERIENCE, TEACHING QUALFICATION AND A DBS - NON NEGOTIABLE