Functional Skills Tutor

Salary: £30,000 – £32,400 per year

Functional Skills Tutor – Interviewing asap for March/April start

£25k-£27k Permanent Full Time

Leicester and surrounding areas

Monday to Friday

Our client are a quality national training provider established for over 14 years delivering further education and employment opportunities. With their head office in Nottingham and operational offices in Leicester they deliver various government funded programmes such as Apprenticeships, Traineeships, AEB and other job skills programmes. Delivering training programmes in Education, Childcare, Management, Customer Service, Business Administration, Employability, IT and Digital Marketing.

Are you looking for a new team where you will feel valued and supported? Do you enjoy supporting and teaching others Maths and English and seeing them succeed with great pass rates? This could be your next best move.

The role of the Functional Skills Tutor is to guide and support the development and progression of participants that require functional skills in English, Maths and/or Digital Skills. To support the delivery of the required curriculum via online delivery, face to face and delivering effective and engaging training.

You will be required to deliver training in groups and 1-1 support to L1 and L2 Learners, you will monitor the candidate’s progress towards their qualification and give them constructive feedback, helping them prepare for examinations. You may be required to deliver agreed cohorts or cover absence so someone who is flexible would be essential.

Performance will be measured against a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) covering retention, progress, timely reviews, successful completion and progressions.

As part of our clients plans to further grow the business, they now require a talented professional to deliver the following programmes. The successful applicant will manage a caseload of learners in the following subject areas:

Maths, English and Digital Skills (desirable)

Role and Responsibilities

To establish good relationships with learners assigned to you, ensuring they are clear about the tasks they have been set and deadlines to meet.

To be pro-active in communicating with learners on a monthly basis and with their workplace managers ensuring all are kept informed of progress.

To respond to all learners within a 24hour maximum time frame responding to requests in a manner they prefer.

Advise and support learners in the selection of units and levels, including specifying which aspects of the Standards must be assessed through performance in the workplace where appropriate.

Provide written declaration that evidence produced is authentic and that any assessment was conducted under specified context or conditions

Guide and support learners as to required evidence to complete learning programmes and build portfolios.

Assess learners and provide oral and written feedback directly following assessment or within five working days

To deliver engaging teaching and learning sessions as needed within the workplace

We would like you to have 

Assertiveness and objection handling skills

Be Professional and approachable

Recognised teaching or training qualification at level 3 or above, which could include any of the following: Level 3 or 4 Award in Education and Training or Diploma or Certificate in Education

Excellent IT skills – learner files are online-based and sessions/reviews are conducted with learners via online platforms.

Access to a car with a full UK driving license

To apply for the role of Functional Skills Tutor please email your cv to 

Tina Lacey Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to the skills, training and welfare to work sectors nationally. We are committed to giving full free pre-interview advice and guidance right throughout the interview process.