Early Years Trainer in Birmingham

Realise are recruiting for qualified Early Years Trainer Assessors, covering learners in the Birmingham 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

We welcome applications from full-time and part-time candidates.

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 £160 bonus for each learner you refer!

Where will I be based?

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.

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
• An assessing qualification (e.g., TAQA/A1/D32/33,CAVA) is essential
• 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

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.