Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Various (Market Harborough and Hinckley
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: Grade 8 Spinal 15 to 18 £27,717 - £30,066 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: TBC
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 31st January 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
Permanent ESOL – Sessional Tutors
Leicestershire Adult Learning are recruiting for a passionate and creative ESOL tutor. Teaching hours per week are variable, depending on subject demand and your availability.
Applicants are advised that we have a particular need for the following:
* Evening tutors at our centre in Hinckley.
* Daytime tutors at our centres in Melton Mowbray and Coalville.
* Daytime and Evening tutors at our centre in Market Harborough.
* Evening and daytime tutors may also be offered online teaching delivery.
The Adult Learning service offer great benefits including access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), generous holiday allowances, family friendly policies, wellbeing services and active workers groups. We also provide access to a wide range of professional development and training opportunities for all staff.
We welcome applications from all educational backgrounds and actively encourage you to contact Programme Manager, Ruby Chowdhury at Ruby. Chowdhury@leics.gov.uk or 07961 635636/ 0116 3050491 to discuss teaching with us in more detail.
The curriculum team provide learning opportunities to help learners to be able to live in and contribute to a community and to find appropriate employment and enabling them to take a greater part in life in the UK.
Essential Requirements;
* A nationally approved teaching qualification, preferably to teach adults, plus ESOL subject specialism or equivalent.
* Recent experience of teaching ESOL at a variety of levels, preferably to adults
* Have Level 2 maths, English and Level 2 ICT or equivalent skills.
* Flexibility to travel to different centres around the county during the daytime or in the evening as required.
* Ability to use relevant teaching materials and techniques to support learning, including the use of e-learning technology and use of different educational platforms.
Please note: In your role as tutor, you would be expected to carry out initial and formative assessment, including online methods, to identify levels and learning goals and complete learner records of progress throughout the course. Also, you will be required to complete mandatory training on appointment. In addition, in line with our duties to protect learners safeguarding and Prevent duty, training will be required. We are a dispersed service and have three whole service CPD events across the year. These run-on Saturdays and attendance is expected.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Prepare schemes of work to include course learning outcomes, assessment and evaluation methods and resource requirements
* Inspire, motivate and raise aspirations of learners through your enthusiasm and knowledge
* Provide an effective induction for learners both to the centre and the requirements of the course
* Create an environment where learners can reach their full potential and teaching and learning is outstanding
* Provide information, advice and guidance to learners including appropriate referral for Learning Support or Skills for Life (Maths, English and ICT)
* Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals that stretch and challenge, negotiating individual learning outcomes and content as appropriate
* Plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Ruby Chowdhury
Telephone: +441163050491
Email: ruby.chowdhury@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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