Functional Skills Specialist

**Salary**: £22,000 - £30,000
**Location**:Remote
**Role**: Functional Skills Specialist

HIT Training is the leading training and apprenticeship provider for the UK's hospitality and catering industry. Every day we make a positive impact on the skills and life chances of the individuals we serve.

We’re looking for someone to join the team to drive achievement rates, ensuring that learners have a positive learning experience with HIT Training Ltd.

**What you’ll do as a Functional Skills Specialist**

As a Functional Skills Specialist, you will enable and support our Vocational Trainers to ensure that English and Maths are delivered efficiently and effectively. As well as reviewing and developing resources and course materials. Everyday duties will include:

- Coaching and developing delivery teams to hold the required skills and knowledge for English and Maths
- Delivering English and Maths consistency sessions
- Monthly monitoring of Functional Skills performance and liaising with Area Managers and Quality Assurers to identify areas of strength and weaknesses
- Enabling delivery staff to competently and confidently understand and use teaching and assessment resources for Functional Skills
- Aiding delivery staff to plan and target effective Functional Skills related teaching sessions
- Providing feedback on course materials, ensuring adherence to the _DfE’s Subject Content for English and Maths, February 2018_. As well as providing feedback on ease of use and suitability
- Assisting with resource development work where required
- Contributing to the ongoing development of Functional Skills consistency sessions

**About you**

We’re looking for a competent and confident individual, with an excellent understanding of Functional Skills. You’ll also need the following skills and experience:

- Previous experience within a Functional Skills support role
- Level 2 (or equivalent) qualifications within English and Maths
- An understanding of regulations and requirements (such as, ESFA Funding rules and regulations, Apprenticeship Accountability Framework, Education Inspection Framework, High Quality Apprenticeship, and Awarding Organisation specifications)
- A sound understanding of apprenticeship delivery requirements

**A bit more about how we’ll help you**

As an Ofsted ‘good’ training provider, we offer a variety of courses and opportunities to help you develop your skills. These include tailored personal development plans, access to qualifications to support you in all areas of your role and allocated time to develop your own career.

A Functional Skills Specialist with HIT can expect a competitive starting salary of £22,000 - £30,000 depending on your skills and experience.

Check out our fantastic, enhanced benefits package too:

- Flexible working options
- Medical benefits, including a private healthcare cash plan and dental insurance
- A range of employee assistance and well-being programmes including GP access, discounts and more
- Company events, including our yearly Ski Trip and Conference as well as local team meetups and social hours
- 33 days holiday as standard, along with a buy-and-sell scheme
- Up to 9% company pension
- Enhanced sick pay and life insurance

**Why choose HIT Training?**

**We make sure you get the best of both worlds.** As well as giving you the chance to build lasting relationships within the industry you love, we’ll help you get your work-life balance back on track. We work Monday to Friday and our Team Leaders have control over their own work schedules, so you can fit in all your appointments and important events as well as enjoy your weekends and bank holidays

**People are at the heart of everything we do. **This goes for our staff as well as apprentices. At HIT, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including enhanced holiday and pension packages. We also offer a huge variety of wellbeing assistance and cash plans for private medical, wellness, and dental.

**We provide training and development opportunities to all staff. **We believe in investing in our people so that you get the most from your working life and stick with us. Career progression is what we’re all about.

**Just so you know.** We’ve made the aspirational Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Best Companies to Work For’ four times, most recently making the top 20 in 2020.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident and Living Wage employer as well as active champions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

HIT Training Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We comply with all statutory legislative requirements and guidance, this role requires an Enhanced DBS check.