Traineeship Tutor

**Full Job Description**

**Job Outline & Purpose**
- To deliver good quality online employability lessons, in line with requirements of the Traineeship programme
- To develop students’ employability skills to enable them to successfully gain an apprenticeship/employment
- To mark, assess and provide constructive feedback on students’ work
- Contribute towards ensuring excellent student attendance, behaviour & retention
- To provide excellent CEIAG and support (including SEND) to students
- To safeguard the welfare of all students, preventing radicalisation and promoting British Values

**Training**

** To plan employability lessons to meet standards for the Traineeship programme, as well as the students’ individual needs
- To deliver engaging, effective and innovative online group training sessions, so that students develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)
- To engage external speakers (employers, business people, progression and support agencies) in order to enhance the learning experience
- To ensure that students work skills are developed and that they are ready for working life, by the time they leave Juniper
- To provide cover, where necessary, for other tutors

**Assessment**
- To carry out initial assessment activities to identify individual needs, and develop Support Plans, to ensure that students are well-supported and achieve their learning goals
- To mark, assess work and develop students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) skills
- To conduct and document meaningful student reviews, as per procedures, so that students understand the progress they are making and how they can develop their KSBs further

**Administration**
- To complete all required documentation in accordance with laid down procedures to meet both contractual and internal requirements

**Attendance/Retention**
- Ensure that student attendance & retention targets are met, with absences robustly followed up

**Targets**
- To achieve targets to meet contractual/Dashboard obligations

**Safeguarding**

As part of our safer recruitment processes, all roles will require: a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the level of which will be clearly outlined in the job specification; references and identity checks.

All DRGN employees are expected to understand their duties and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and full training will be provided as part of our onboarding process.

**Requirements for role**
- Experience of online teaching
- Delivering to groups of students
- Experience of working in different sector areas

**Abilities**
- Excellent IT skills
- To deliver effective online training sessions to groups
- Excellent communicator
- To persuade & influence others and deal with conflict/challenging behaviour
- To have a sound understanding of student needs, barriers and effective interventions
- To build rapport with target group and retain their attention during online learning sessions
- To work well under pressure
- To work to targets & deadlines
- Highly motivated
- Innovative & solution focused
- To remain positive, with a bubbly, engaging personality
- Excellent organisation skills
- To meet targets and provide a quality service to all stakeholders

**Additional Information**

This role profile is intended to provide a guide to the main duties and responsibilities involved in the post at the date it was drawn up; it does not provide an exhaustive list.

Changes made will be within the scope and grading of the post and are a common occurrence.

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Teaching: 1 year (required)

**Salary**: £22,847.00-£26,150.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Manchester, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Teaching (preferred)
- Tutoring (preferred)

Work Location: One location