Functional Skills Tutor

Job Opportunity: Functional Skills Tutor

Department: Employment & Skills
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Eastleigh/Portsmouth

Role Overview:
Join our team as a Functional Skills Tutor, where you'll play a vital role in empowering learners to achieve their goals. Reporting to the S2A Manager, you'll manage a caseload of learners, delivering Maths, English, and Employability sessions up to Level 2, with a primary focus on Functional Skills Maths.

Responsibilities:

Operational:

• Manage a caseload of NEET learners, ensuring compliance with teaching, learning, and outcome targets.
• Develop and deliver sessions in Functional Skills Maths, English, and Employability.
• Conduct induction, initial assessments, and reviews, providing constructive feedback.
• Foster relationships with employers, Job Centre Plus, and relevant agencies.
• Provide guidance and support to learners for sustainable employment or further education.
• Maintain accurate records of learner progress and achievements.

Quality:

• Contribute to meetings to share best practices and ensure compliance with standards.
• Deliver training in line with Government contracts, OFSTED standards, and quality guidelines.

People Management:

• Support and manage volunteers in accordance with established guidelines.

Key Result Areas:

• Achieve targets for outcomes, retention, attendance, and qualification success.
• Meet targets for OFSTED inspection.

Who We Are:
We've been transforming the lives of disabled individuals for over 90 years. Through personal development, housing options, and employment support, we enable people to exercise choice and control in their lives.

Our Values:

• Determined: Driven to effect positive change in disabled people's lives.
• Agile: Responsive and flexible to individual needs and aspirations.
• Passionate: Committed to enabling individuals to achieve their aspirations.
• Influential: Trusted experts advocating for the rights of disabled people.

Our Behaviors:

• Working with Others: Effective communication, relationship-building, and collaboration.
• Customer Focus: Integrity, person-centeredness, and adaptability to change.
• Delivering Results: Results-focused, driven, and innovative.

Person Specification:

Required:

• Strong interpersonal skills for managing diverse relationships.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet usage.
• Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable individuals.

• Experience:

• Working to tight deadlines and targets.
• Experience with NEETs or in recruitment/education/employment.
• Understanding of OFSTED requirements and Functional Skills delivery.

Qualifications:

• English and/or Mathematics qualification at Level 2 or above.
• Teaching qualification preferred.
• First Aid, Health and Safety, or other relevant qualifications desirable.

Join us in making a difference. Apply now to become a valued member of our team. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare, and successful applicants will undergo necessary checks.