Skills for Life Tutor - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Job Introduction

The purpose of the Skills & Employability department is to improve people’s lives through learning and training, leading to employment and/or increased personal fulfilment, and to support the growth of Staffordshire’s economy and society;

• Ensuring provision of a wide range of high-quality learning opportunities to reflect identified local needs and wishes of Staffordshire’s 16+ residents, by enabling provider partnerships and through direct delivery.
• Providing support, with a focus on targeted groups, to improve participation in learning across Staffordshire.
• Ensuring provision of work-related experience and advice to increase the employability of targeted groups and/or individuals.
• Working with providers and partners to ensure that Staffordshire’s social, employment and economic demands are met.

The Community Learning Service Direct Delivery Unit is part of the Skills and Employability department. The department receives funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver non-accredited Community Learning and accredited Adult Skills programmes in the community across the district of Staffordshire.

Main Responsibilities

As a Skills for Life tutor within our team, you will:

• deliver a high-quality learning experience to learners on programmes within community venues.
• use a range of teaching methods and learning resources, to support the delivery of vibrant programmes that promote progression.
• plan learning programmes to meet the needs of individual learners and groups across Staffordshire.
• provide effective course administration, including the completion of learner and tutor documentation and maintain appropriate records, including schemes of works and lesson plans.
• identify progression routes and support learners into further learning, volunteering and/or employment by offering a curriculum designed to meet with local personal and economic need.
• to plan, prepare, deliver and support learners for examinations and liaise with other assessors and quality assurance teams.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have:

• effective communication and inter-personal skills and will be passionate about adult learning.
• the energy and enthusiasm to be enterprising, innovative and forward thinking to lead and develop our Skills for Life provision.
• knowledge and experience of developing and delivering non-accredited community learning and accredited adult skills provision and programmes.
• experience of planning, designing and delivering programmes of learning for adults, whilst complying with quality assurance and compliance requirements.
• confidence in implementing up to date teaching and pedagogy within the classroom and online learning platforms.
• a vision to adapt the curriculum and teaching, learning and assessment to suit the needs of a diverse range of learners.
• a track record of success with a passion, enthusiasm and flair to join our innovative and progressive team
• experience of complying with funding regulations and Ofsted requirements.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Nicola Humphries, Programme Manager at Nicola.humphries4@staffordshire.gov.uk

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.