Functional Skills Tutor

Salary: £36,000 per year

Functional Skills Tutor

Home based

Salary: £36,000

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Overview

V Selective are recruiting on behalf of a specialist Training Provider organisation who offer innovative education and training solutions, through the delivery of apprenticeships, and commercial training across the UK and overseas.

They have an excellent opportunity for a Functional Skills Tutor to join their team, to provide additional learning support to learners who require English and mathematics qualifications to achieve their apprenticeship. The Functional Skills Tutor will act as a specialist, developing and coaching the apprenticeship delivery team to become confident deliverers of English and mathematics

This is a home-based role, so applicants can be based anywhere in the country. The role will involve remote work and travel as required.

Key Duties:

Mobilise the functional skills delivery strategy across the business for our red, amber and green apprentices.

To provide personalised programmes of learning for all red learners requiring English and mathematics functional skills

Create, implement and deliver a programme of functional skills workshops for amber learners to dial into, to bridge their skills gaps across the apprenticeship cohort

Manage the ‘Fast and Functional’ monthly sessions, supporting the tutors with their intensive test readiness programmes.

Supporting the ongoing curriculum review and refresh, ensuring our learning materials and approach are both engaging and motivational.

To set and review SMART targets on assessment plans with clear guidance and timebound deadlines.

Conduct regular assessment of learner’s progress and distance travelled, collaborating with the Tutor to provide feedback and next step actions.

Provide meaningful and stretching feedback to learners to challenge and motivate them in their learning.

To ensure learners have successfully completed their functional skills within the first 7 months on programme

To provide learner progress updates in line with operational management’s agreed caseload and performance review cycles.

To act on quality and compliance feedback as provided by the Quality function or operational management.

To plan visits effectively with learners to ensure a thorough understanding of their qualifications, progress and what will be covered at each visit.

To be responsible for the organisation and delivery of all staff development in relation to functional skills delivery.

Candidate Profile

English and/or Maths subject specialism (Essential)

Recognised teaching qualification (Essential)

Coaching Level 5 (Desirable)

An appropriate assessor qualification (D32/D33, A1, TAQA or CAVA) (Essential)

Verification or quality assurance qualification (D34, V1, TAQA) (Desirable)