Tutor

Salary/Rate:28,500-32,000
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Sunderland
County:Tyne and Wear
Sector:Education
Job ref:LMTUT
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About the Role

Job Description:

Salary: 28,500-32,000 depending on experience

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract type: Full time

Reporting to: Operations Lead

Main purpose

  • To plan, deliver and assess engaging courses, linked to the business need of the company.
  • To plan, deliver and assess engaging, learner-centred Health and Wellbeing/Employability/Digital courses that promote positive mental health, self-esteem, resilience, and lifestyle awareness. And moving learners forward into a positive destination ( Further Education, employment or volunteering.)
  • To support adults and young people with varying levels of confidence and needs—creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering learning experience.
  • Promote learners’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
  • Give support to learners, individually or in groups, so they can access the sessions, take part in learning, and experience a sense of achievement

Duties and responsibilities

  • Teaching and learning
  • Plan and deliver a range of accredited and non-accredited pathway in the subject areas of: Health & Wellbeing, Employability and Digital.
  • Create inclusive lesson plans and learning materials tailored to diverse learner needs, in line with awarding body requirements and internal schemes of work.
  • Provide one-to-one learner support, including advice, signposting, and mentoring.
  • Embed safeguarding, EDI, and health & safety throughout all teaching practices.
  • Complete learner enrolment, initial assessment, progress reviews and evaluations.
  • Support positive learner outcomes, including progression to employment, further learning, or improved self-management of health and wellbeing
  • Demonstrate an informed and efficient approach to teaching and learning by adopting relevant strategies to increase achievement of all learners including, where appropriate, those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
  • Maintain a safe learning environment
  • Organise and manage teaching space and resources to help maintain a stimulating and safe learning environment
  • Document learners’ achievements, mark work in a timely manner,
  • Maintain accurate records of learner attendance, progress, and outcomes.
  • Proficient in IT (Microsoft Teams, basic online platforms and digital resources.
  • Undertake any other relevant duties given by Operations Lead

Planning

  • Contribute to effective assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording and reporting of learner’s performance and progress.
  • Read and understand session plans shared prior to lessons.
  • Prepare the room for sessions.
  • Use allocated time to devise clearly structured activities that interest and motivate learners and advance their learning
  • Plan how they will support the inclusion of learners in all activities.

Working with staff and relevant professionals

  • Communicate effectively with other staff members and learners.
  • Work collaboratively with the wider team, including coaches, admin staff, and compliance officers.
  • Communicate their knowledge and understanding of learners to other staff and other professionals when needed professionals.
  • Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues

Health and safety

  • Promote the safety and wellbeing of learners, and help to safeguard learners’ wellbeing by following the safeguarding policy.
  • Ensure the room, and building, is free from risk.

Professional development

  • Help keep their own knowledge and understanding relevant and up-to-date by reflecting on their own practice, liaising with leaders, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness
  • Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support.
  • Take part in the appraisal procedures

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

  • Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance and policies.
  • Promote the safeguarding of all learners.

The tutor will be required to follow policies and the staff code of conduct.