Early Years Trainer

The Role

Realise are recruiting for qualified
Early Years Trainers, covering learners in the Southampton region.

As a Trainer, your focus will be to
support learners to reach their goals through their Early Years Level 2, 3 or 5
apprenticeships or ASF short courses. As the first point of contact for your
learners you will provide the support they need to flourish through their learning
journey with Realise.

Whilst we can't promise that every day
will be the same, your key responsibilities are likely to be:

- Supporting a caseload of 45 learners across your region, face to face and
remotely

- Delivering a range of award-winning
qualifications

- Creating appropriate solutions for
your learners to ensure that they have the best experience possible and develop
their interests and career

- Utilising our e-portfolio system to
effectively manage the learner journey

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Where will I be based?

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This is a home-based role, with travel required within approx. 45 miles radius to visit learners and employers. Around 70% of your week will be spent on the road, but as you'll manage your own diary, you'll have flexibility in how you plan your time. This will be discussed with you further in your interview.

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The Salary

- If you are qualified Trainer and can deliver Level 3 - up to £29,000
- If you are qualified Trainer and can deliver Level 5 - up to £30,000
- You can also earn up to £180 bonus for each learner you refer

South Weighting

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If you live in these postcodes, you will receive:

£4,000 - N, NW, E, W, SW, SE, WC, EC
​£3,000 - RM, DA, BR, CR, SM, KT, TW, UB, HA, WD, EN, IG, SO, PO, RG, OX, SS, CM, ME, CT, TN, BN, GU, RH, HP, LU, SG, CO, SL, AL

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The Benefits

- 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays

- Purchase scheme for up to 5 additional days annual leave

- Birthday and Christmas Eve off

- Flexible working

- Health Shield scheme

- Life insurance

- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

- Sick pay

- Bereavement leave

- Employee Assistance Programme

- £1,000 Employee referral bonus scheme

About You

- A Level 3 qualification in Early
Years, or equivalent is essential

- Significant occupational competency
in an Early Years setting is essential

- An assessing qualification (e.g.,
TAQA/A1/D32/33,CAVA) would be advantageous

- A teaching qualification (e.g., AET,
PTLLS) would be advantageous

- Experience in building and managing
your own caseload

- Excellent verbal and written
communication skills

- IT competent with working knowledge
of Microsoft Office

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What Happens Next?

- The Realise Recruitment team will be in touch, regardless of the outcome.

- Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

- You can expect a one-stage interview process for this position, which will compromise of a one-hour formal interview, likely on Teams, where we will ask you a series of competency and behavioural questions, followed by a short microteach. 

- As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments. 

About Us

- Realise helps more than 18,000 learners every year to achieve their goals. We only specialise in the areas we have in-depth expertise in, that's early years & education, health & social care, transport, business skills, and adult skills.
- Our mission has always been clear, to deliver great training programmes.
- We promote the wellbeing of all our learners and our employees and are fully committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and fulfilling our Prevent Duty obligations.
- Please be aware that all successful applicants will undergo a DBS and online search check at the job offer stage. We request proof of qualifications and the Right to Work in the UK.
- Realise is committed to investing in the latest technology to support our learners and teams. As part of our quality assurance and training processes, we may occasionally record audio and visual content. By applying, you acknowledge and accept this as part of our working environment.
- Realise have been in business over 35 years from our humble roots in Sheffield, to over 500 employees UK-wide. We are proud of be a part of the AQA charity group.