Esol Tutor

**Role:

- ESOL Tutor**

**Location:

- Sheffield**

**Salary:

- £26,000**

**Start date:

- Mid-August**

**Contract:

- Permanent**

**Core Purpose**:
The role of the ESOL Mentor/Trainer is to enhance the current language level of ESOL adults in the fundamentals of the English language, communication with others and to increase their functional independence in day-to-day activities. Ultimately to progress into further education/training or employment, by provide effective teaching, learning and assessment to adult learners.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Demonstrate high expectations for all learners and commitment to positive outcomes
- Deliver engaging learning to ensure learner progress and individual goal achievement
- Make a meaningful contribution to the company’s goal of outstanding quality of education
- Demonstrate full commitment to learner and staff wellbeing, working within company Safeguarding and Prevent policy and procedure
- To conduct effective initial assessment for referred learners, identifying accurate starting points and designing appropriate Individual Learning Plans
- To deliver accredited qualifications and wider learning in accordance with awarding body policies and procedures
- To use starting point information to personalise teaching, ensuring that each session stretches learners and supports development
- To provide effective verbal and written feedback on learning so that learners make good progress and achieve qualification and wider learning objectives
- To assess and monitor learner progress in line with company policies and procedures, intervening where necessary to ensure that all learners achieve their full potential
- To prepare learners for summative assessment, including controlled assessment, external test and portfolio submission
- To maintain rigour in qualification assessment, working within JCQ and awarding body regulations regarding handling of secure materials, administration of assessment and procedures for results and resits as required
- To quality assure the assessment activity of colleagues, working under the direction of the LIQA
- To make a full contribution to the continuous improvement of the quality of education throughout the provision, sharing good practice and contributing to the development of SoW and resources
- To attend meetings and undertake standardising and CPD activity as required
- To manage own professional development, using feedback (including OTLA, IQA, learner voice and internal / external quality assurance and inspection) to deliver continuous improvement in teaching, learning and assessment
- To engage with the performance management process, preparing for reviews, meeting deadlines and achieving KPIs to drive continuous improvement
- To manage learner behaviours including attendance and punctuality
- To liaise with colleagues to ensure IAG and employability needs of learners are met, maximising positive progression for learners
- To manage the learner journey including administration so that contractual and funding requirements are consistently met
- To work flexibly to meet business and contract needs, including delivery site and activity
- To be conversant with and ensure full compliance with all relevant company policies and procedures

**Essential Criteria**:

- At least 1 year experience in teaching ESOL
- Appropriate teaching qualification e.g. CELTA, TEFL, PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS, Cert Ed, PGCE
- Knowledge and experience of adult education
- Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding and Prevent
- Experience of effective personalised teaching and learning for learners experiencing diverse barriers
- Experience of developing and creating learning materials and resources
- Full UK Driving License and access to own vehicle.

**Client**:
A Grade 2 Ofsted provider with a workforce of 500 employees and delivery locations across the UK. They have a growing reputation and have played a key role in supporting Ukrainian refugees to learn English and settle into life in the UK.

As partners of government. they are a multi-faceted company that deliver accredited vocational courses for both employed and unemployed adults.

They deliver various Employability programmes on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), such as Restart and WHP (Work and Health Programme), as well as Adult Education Budget (AEB) funded programs.

**Salary**: £26,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person