Essential Skills Tutor
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25,000 to £29,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9AA |
| Company: | Challenge-trg |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Skills05_1713518332 |
Summary
Introduction and Job Purpose
To enable our learners at Challenge-trg Skills to receive an outstanding quality of education and learning journey experience, so that they can successfully achieve their course/qualification and career goals, by providing high quality professional teaching, training, learning and assessment, coaching and mentoring to each individual learner.
We have logistics warehousing, adult care provision in our curricula offer. It would be advantageous to us as a training provider, if the successful candidate did have sector expertise or a good awareness of the subject areas, in either warehousing or adult care, however this is not an essential criteria.
Key Responsibilities
Curriculum Intent
- Plan and deliver an effective curriculum for learners attending Essential/Functional English and maths and PDE courses and a positive experience and successful learning journey for each learner that meets relevant industry, sector, Awarding Organisation and our Company values and requirements.
- The role includes helping to develop the curriculum for each subject areas, planning using our Curriculum Plans, preparing and delivering Schemes of Learning session plans reviews, undertaking vocational initial assessments, skills scans and Assessment materials structures, so that these all culminate in the design and delivery of an exceptional and effective learning journey for each of our learners.
- Plan for and agree individual sector specific knowledge, skills and behaviours personalised targets for each learner, using the curriculum and ILP's, effectively reviewing progress and impact on each individual through self-analysis of success and as part of the quality assurance and improvement processes and as a practitioner in the FES sector.
- Identify special educational/ additional learning needs (SEND/ALS) of learners and work with relevant specialists either internal or external. Agree a plan identifying and planning how a learner's specific needs will be catered for, with clear personalised targets embedded into the individual's learning journey, to ensure that each learner is effectively supported to make good progress and achieve.
- Promote our high ambitions and expectations of our learners and us as a workforce, embracing and embedding into the quality of education.
- Proactively and collectively work as part of the quality of education delivery team, participating in and contributing towards; meetings, standardisation activities, curriculum planning for courses, improvement plans, course reviews, self-assessment processes and learner case study completions.
Curriculum Implementation
- Support and develop learners to maximise their full potential and help to ensure the successful completion of a learners' learning aims and progress towards their individual career goals and aspirations. This Includes providing sector specific knowledge, skills and support as part of the CEIAG and make full use of our NCS expert careers service contract and colleagues to support.
- Identify and escalate concerns timely for learners who are not making planned progress, or who are at risk of the leaving the programme early. Creating and managing interventions and action plans to support learners progress, complete and achieve and including effective and efficient management of learner attendance, punctuality and timekeeping in line with company policy/ process.
- Keep up to date with the FE sector codes of conduct for teachers/practitioners and the ETF standards for teaching, learning and assessment practices. This includes your current sector occupational competence, knowledge and skills, through taking ownership of your CPD and personal development planning, attending internal external training as appropriate and taking part in sector developments.
- Apply and use the Challenge-trg Skills assessment, marking and feedback policy and processes, with granular attention to detail focusing on each learner's quality of completion, work, level and their progress throughout their learning journey.
- Complete all of the above processes using our Moodle online MIS learner and tutor platform to record, monitor, evaluate and report on each learner's progress in their qualification and course KSB's and in meeting the full requirements of their programme to at least a good standard and achieve.
- Contribute to and design relevant sector current resources as part of the curriculum for the subject areas.
- Take remedial and appropriate action where each learner is making less than good progress and where required including identification of root cause of issue, challenge presented, finding the solution, addressing through positive learner intervention and support activities.
- Provide both formative and summative feedback to; recognise a learner's development, progress and achievement, identify areas of improvement and higher-level quality of education activities to stretch and challenge individuals.
- Act as a positive and professional ambassador for the Company promoting high expectations of each learner and of self, including being a good role model for learners to follow, adopt safe working practices and adhere to the KCSIE 2023 and the legal requirements for safeguarding, the government's Prevent duty guidance, equality diversity and inclusion and fundamental British values (FBV), our group values for behaviour, working codes of conduct, health, welfare and wellbeing.
- Demonstrate best practice through promotion and embedding of personalised CEIAG, contextualised and embedded English, Math's IT and digital skills, Equality Diversity and
- Inclusion, Safeguarding, British Values and Prevent as appropriate into a learner's quality of education.
Curriculum Impact
- Maintain all learner related recording tracking, monitoring and reporting records, as specified by the group, to ensure that completion of all documentation, including the group profile tracker and all on our Moodle MIS platform is to a consistently high standard and meets internal and external standards.
- Ensure systems (Moodle and CRM) are up to date and reflects the true and accurate progress that learners are making at all times and that records are kept up to date in a timely manner and within target dates set.
- That the vast majority of our learners complete and achieve learning programmes in a timely manner, in line with the KPI's identified below and within their planned end date and to the highest standard that they can achieve.
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KPI |
Minimum Standard |
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Learners on track |
90% |
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Timely Achievement |
90% |
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Overall Achievement |
90% |
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Compliance and Audit |
100% |
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Learner registers to be complete and compliant within initial 15minutes of session start time, for both morning and afternoon sessions. |
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Learner notes in Moodle to be kept up to date at all times, ensuring comprehensive learner profiles are being built and auditable. |
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Group Profiles/Trackers to be updated at the end of each session and reviewed weekly with Management. |
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This job description provides an overview of the responsibilities and principal accountabilities of the tutor role at this point in time. Your responsibilities/accountabilities will include but will not be limited to those detailed.
It is anticipated that the content of roles will evolve and change over time, providing opportunities for personal development. You are expected to be flexible in taking on responsibilities that currently fall outside of this role description, but which are commensurate with the level and position of this role within the quality and curriculum delivery team.
General Duties
- Maintain the ETF professional standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education and Training.
- Instill and promote passion in learning and its relevance to employment
- Uphold high expectations of self and others
- Promote and contribute towards delivery of the Company's Policies, inclusive of but not limited to; safeguarding, Prevent duty guidance, health and safety, equality, diversity, inclusion and FBV.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation (e.g. Data Protection/GDPR, Copyright, etc).
- Undertake other duties as may reasonably be expected within the scope and objectives of the post.
Essential Attributes
- Working practices promote and comply with the Vision and Values of Challenge-trg Skills.
- Act in a calm and professional manner at all times.
- Adopt your working approach with professional integrity and discretion
- Be upbeat, proactive and positive, with a 'can-do' attitude to your work and working as a team.
- Be professional and presentable at all times.
- Have a flexible approach to work and changing circumstances.
- Willingness to work extended or unsociable hours.
- Be able to communicate at all levels.
- Work effectively and cohesively within a team.
Company Development
- Contribute to the Companies quality improvement strategy.
- Embed and deliver the company's quality improvement agenda.
- Ensure that Company policies are adhered to complied with in full and implemented highly effectively and professionally.
- Support the Company to continue to be a nationally and regionally recognised adult learning training provider, through high standards, high quality of provision, an innovative curricula offer to the sector and inspirational, promotional activities and events.
Safeguarding
Challenge-trg Skills is committed to creating a safe learning and working environment for learners, our workforce and visitors to our business, prioritising the welfare of everyone whom we work with and support, including children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment and philosophy.
The government's Prevent duty Guidance
Challenge-trg Skills is committed to ensuring we fully comply with the government's Prevent duty guidance. All staff are required to ensure that learners are prepared for modern life in Britain and that they promote the fundamental British values of democracy, equality, diversity and inclusion, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different backgrounds, faiths and beliefs.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Challenge-trg Skills is committed to ensuring that regardless of background that all learners, staff, visitors and our business provides and receives the best possible service, support and are able to learn and work in an inclusive positive learning and working culture at Challenge - trg Skills.
Pre-employment
It is a condition of employment that the post holder must provide a satisfactory and appropriate level DBS, two references, evidence of the Right to Work in the UK, and, as necessary, Occupational Health Clearance prior to employment.
Quality Assurance and Improvement
Support Challenge-trg Skills to be fit for purpose, contributing to the quality assurance and improvement framework, cycle and underpinning processes, in order to ensure that we deliver high services and quality of provision at Challenge-trg Skills.
There is considerable importance attached to the public relations aspect of all work undertaken by Challenge-trg Skills as part of the national Challenge-trg Group. It is a prime objective of all staff to project a positive and high-level public the image of us as a business of repute and to assist all enquiries providing the highest standards of delivery and service.
Growth
Work to develop and deliver a wide range of programmes required to meet our customers' needs both educational and commercially, in flexible and innovative ways.
"Improving lives, Building Futures & Enhancing Business"
Vision
To deliver our mission, we will focus on:
- Improving Lives, Building Futures, and Enhancing Business.
- Delivering employer focused, learner centric courses.
- Providing quality training that meets the needs of our learners, our partners and our employers.
- Maintain excellent local community relationships whilst supporting & upskilling learners from deprived, under privileged areas into sustainable employment.
- Providing a friendly, supportive, exciting & challenging environment for our customers & staff.
- To consistently exceed the performance targets set internally & by our external.
Values
- Celebrate Success.
- Respect & value each other working with honesty and integrity.
- Inspire - to be positive and creative.
- Strive to achieve goals.
- Passionate about excellence.
Putting People at the heart of Challenge-trg Skills
We are customer orientated, ensuring our services meet the expectations and requirements of Challenge-trg Skills. Challenge-trg Skills expects all members of staff to work effectively as part of a team, or teams, delivering high quality education and support to staff and learners.
Company Benefits Include:
- Working as part of an award winning, large national group, where no two days are the same and every individual makes a difference.
- Access to and use of Wagestream, which allows you to track and access your wages early free of charge, along with a wide range of advice and support services.
- Comprehensive Employee assistance programme.
- Life Assurance Policy including free access to a virtual GP Service.
- Flexible working arrangements
Challenge-trg Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) in all our employment practices to all employees, temporary workers, and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender reassignment, married or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
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