Hiring: Functional Skills Tutor

Employment Status: Permanent, Full time.

Hours: 37.5 per week.

Salary range: £28 - 30K subject to performance related salary increases.

Location: Working from home, and travel to customer and Company venues occasionally.

Line Manager: Functional Skills Curriculum Lead

Accountable To: Functional Skills Curriculum Lead

Liaises with: Skills & Development Coaches, Functional Skills Curriculum Lead, Head of Operations, Head of Apprenticeships & Commercial, Functional Skills administrator, claims & compliance,

Summary and Purpose of Role

As a Functional Skills Additional Learning Needs Coordinator/Tutor, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of high-quality of teaching, learning and assessment for adult learners within subject specific areas: Functional Skills English & Math Entry Level 2 – Level 2 accredited qualifications. You will be expected to plan teach and support learners to complete their functional skills qualifications, gathering and maintaining evidence of continued teaching, learning and assessment. You will conduct evidenced judgements to request reasonable adjustments, considering mental health and behavioural needs where applicable. You will plan, create, and update individualised support plans and support sessions and provide current info, updates and reports to Dynamic, aligned to the current Apprenticeship Funding Rules and Dynamic’s policies and procedures.

Functional Skills Tutor - main duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare and review maths and English functional skills support session plans, scheme of work and teaching and learning materials using initial assessments and marked work to consider the learners individual, additional learning needs.
• Plan and deliver engaging an exciting training session to inspire and motivate learners in classroom and workplace environment, depending on employer requirements.
• Work remotely from home and may travel to workplace sessions to deliver planned functional skills sessions to individuals and small groups.
• Complete initial assessment activities and agree individual learning plans. With learners.
• To improve learner's experience through providing ongoing support as required.
• Prepare learners for examinations to gain the appropriate qualifications.
• To effectively develop and adapt the Functional Skills curriculum and delivery to meet the needs of disadvantaged, those with special educational needs, additional learning needs and marginalised individuals – ensuring a robust successful learner journey.
• To identify current and future teaching, learning and wider professional development requirements, in conjunction with our focus on Inclusivity and supporting individuals with additional learning needs, disabilities, and or autism.
• Continually monitor and review learners progress via caseload management, Individual training plans and Cognassist plans/records where applicable
• Assist in the writing, design, and development of curriculum planning, and standardisation meetings.
• Monitor and record learner attendance, punctuality and progress.
• Deliver group teaching sessions using Dynamic training’s teaching and learning resources via remote Teams and or face-to face (If required)
• To provide learners with one-to-one support. In a contextualised setting where applicable.
• Act on feedback from teaching, observations, employers, peers, or other review processes. Undertake necessary training to professionally develop and keep abreast with current practise and legislation within the sector which addresses Additional Learning Needs
• Attend planning and Coordination meetings as required.
• Invigilate exams when needed.
• Deliver Speaking, Listening and communication development and assessment sessions from entry level 3 to Level 2 English functional skills

Other:

• Contribute to and sub-manage small projects relating to Dynamic’s Functional Skills provision.
• To perform any other duties consistent with this position as may from time to time be assigned to you anywhere within the company.
• Comply with and complete all relevant company paperwork.
• Comply with statutory and company policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with all members of the team.
• Abide by Ofsted, QCF and company regulations always, ensuring that learner files satisfy awarding body criteria.
• Actively participate in and promote the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Identifying and support learners with special learning and special needs.
• Practise and promote the importance of equal opportunities and diversity considerations, both for learners and within the workplace.
• BI monthly team meetings and standardisation meetings.
• Keep up to date with changes to national standards.
• Work towards further professional qualifications to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Organise and maintain a CPD file ensuring current occupational competence is up to date and recorded.

Invigilate Person Specification

A = Application/CV I = Interview/Test

Dynamic Values:

We will test these as part of the interview process.

• Integrity
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Teamwork

Equal Opportunities:

• Comply fully with the organisations equal opportunities policy & proactively promote equality of opportunity within workplace.
• Discuss concerns relating to equality of opportunity or safeguarding to the managing director and act as agreed to tackle discrimination.
• Communicate any health & safety and security concerns at work.

Dynamic Training is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief or marital status. If you are selected for an interview and have special requirements due to a disability, please let us know so that we can make any necessary adjustments.

The job description sets out the main duties of the post. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed.

If you are interested in this role, we would love to speak with you. Please call us on 020 8607 7850 or email james.gardner@dynamictraining.org.uk with your CV and personal statement.

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