Sessional Tutor

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County wide

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary:  £35.76 per hour

Working Hours: Various, see below

Contract Type: Casual

Closing Date: 12th December 2025

Interview Date(s): 19th December 2025

About the Role

Are you passionate about Languages and able to pass this passion on to adult learners? Are you familiar with the challenges adults face engaging in learning in later life? Do you want a sessional contract teaching part time? This role may be for you

We are looking for an Adult learning tutor to teach Italian at centres around the county for 2-4 hours per week, mostly evenings.  (It may be possible to travel to more than one centre each week) You would need to be able to:

• Create an atmosphere where learners can reach their full potential and teaching and learning is outstanding
• Set goals that stretch and challenge- negotiating individual learning outcomes and content
• Meet varying needs of learners (SEND, Learning style etc) in a professional and sensitive manner
•  Plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment
• Use a variety of relevant and up to date teaching methods to enable and support differentiated learning, including the appropriate use of ICT in the classroom and online
• Promote the benefits of technology and support learners in its use
• Review and evaluate learning and teaching in order to plan for improvement
• Engage fully with opportunities for continuing professional development, at least 30 hours annually 

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

We provide generous remuneration, with rates from £35.76 for each teaching hour delivered. This includes planning, preparation, and CPD, with annual incremental progression. 

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.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• A nationally approved teaching qualification, minimum Level 3 but preferably Level 5 qualification

• Relevant and approved qualification in the language or subject expertise to an appropriate level

• Recent experience teaching the language, ideally to adults and an active engagement in the subject

• Good functional skills (to at least NVQ Level 2 or above in English, Maths and ICT)

• The ability to use ICT for professional communications, using email and attachments and to access the learning platform on Moodle, both as a teaching method in class and also to support learners in between classes by adding material to your class page and promoting independent learning

• Understanding of the national professional standards in teaching and learning

• Understanding of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement) and know how to apply its principles and processes 

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, 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.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

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:

Daisy Edwards – Programme manager – Languages 

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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 the apply button. 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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