Functional Skills Tutor (Remote) - Paragon Skills in Bournemouth

We are Ofsted Grade 2 “Good” a top 5 training provider and one of the top 9 best places to work, with a true dedication to the Care and Education Sector, and a commitment to delivering meaningful learning interactions to thousands of learners and employers nationally. We are looking for more HSC superstars to join our growing Functional Skills team! We are passionate, innovative, and determined to deliver an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner every time.

Position: Remote Functional Skills Tutor

Location: Remote based *must be located in the U.K due to GDPR

Salary: Up to £29,000

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, and experienced Functional Skills Tutor to join our team remotely. As a tutor, you will support and inspire a diverse group of learners, helping them navigate their learning journey and achieve their qualifications. Your role will focus on delivering high-quality, remote teaching that motivates learners to stay on track and complete their functional skills goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inspire and engage learners to achieve functional skills qualifications within set timeframes
• Deliver both group and 1:1 sessions remotely
• Provide additional learning support as needed, ensuring learners' individual needs are met
• Collaborate with operational teams to conduct initial diagnostic assessments for learners
• Use approved resources to deliver impactful functional skills sessions that promote learner success

What We Need From You:

• Minimum Level 2 qualification in Functional Skills (English and Maths)
• Relevant teaching and assessor qualifications
• Experience delivering additional learning support
• Proven experience teaching functional skills in a remote setting
• Strong ability to manage a diverse caseload and adapt to learners’ needs
• Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic work environment

Why Join Us?

At Paragon Skills, we foster an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative work culture. We’re committed to your professional growth, offering various development opportunities to help you thrive in your role. In addition to a positive work environment, we provide a range of benefits, including:

• 20 days of annual leave, increasing with service, plus a holiday purchase scheme
• 3 Paragon Days for our December operational closure, and 8 public bank holidays
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave with opportunities for corporate social responsibility initiatives
• Perkbox, offering a variety of lifestyle and wellness benefits
• Colleague referral bonus scheme

Important: We review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible as the role may close before the advertised closing date once we find the right candidate. Join us and help make a difference in the learning journeys of our learners at Paragon Skills!

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

We are Leaders in Safeguarding Gold and committed to the safeguarding, welfare and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Depending on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We are proud to inspire success and we can only do this by recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that is representative of the learners and clients we support, and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and actively promote equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.