Ballroom Dancing Tutor

**Employer**
Kingston Council

**Location(s)**
Other

**Other Location**
Hampton Wick

**Contract Type**
Bank/Casual/Sessional

**Working Hours**
Bank/Casual/Sessional

**Grade**
Lecturer 4-6

**Hour Per Week**
4

**Salary Basis**
Per hour

**Hourly Rate**
£26.85-£29.54

**Application Deadline**

12/02/2023, 23:55

**Anticipated Interview Date(s)**
February 2023

**About the Borough**

This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.

Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.

Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London - with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.

Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.

We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.

Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.

**About the Role**

Purpose of job - To plan and deliver engaging learning programmes in Dance to a wide range of learner groups, supporting the development of our Specialist Skills and Leisure provision.
- Assess learner starting points and adapts teaching and learning strategies and resources to meet learner needs
- Give constructive developmental feedback to support all learners to make appropriate progress and achieve high levels of satisfaction with their course
- Work closely with the curriculum manager to develop and promote courses which meet the needs of existing learners and courses which attract new learner groups
- Induct learners and ensures effective implementation of Health and Safety, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Safeguarding, Prevent and other policies.

**About Us**

Kingston Adult Education is rated by Ofsted as a Good Adult Education Provider for over 3.500 learners and is on an exciting journey towards outstanding provision.

Our mission is to offer high quality learning and training opportunities to meet the needs of individuals and employers in Kingston and surrounding areas and to work alongside community partners to achieve this.

**About You**

You will:

- Demonstrate agility and adaptability in mindset and ways of working
- Demonstrate innovation and creativity
- Demonstrate commitment to own personal and professional development
- Actively engage in positive cross-organisational communications and team working
- Communicate clearly, confidently and appropriately with colleagues, using the best methods of communication for the task
- Question and challenge ways of working, with an understanding of the bigger picture in terms of the corporate context and external environment

**Our Offer To You**

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. The COVID-19 pandemic has required us to be even more flexible in how we work and manage