Ready to shape the future of Early Years… beyond the nursery? You've built a career supporting children to thrive. Now it's time to use your experience to inspire the next generation of Early Years practitioners.
Job Title
Trainee Tutor - Early Years
Location
Remote based with in person requirements for learner observations, team meetings and 1:1s in Newcastle or surrounding
Salary
For Level 2/3 - Up to £26,500 and for Level 4/5 Up to £28,500
Hours
36.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
At Shaping Lives, we’re looking for passionate Early Years professionals ready to step into a rewarding new career as a Trainee Tutor / Assessor. Through our structured graduate training programme, we’ll support you to gain professional qualifications and become a confident trainer delivering outstanding learning to apprentices across the sector. This is your opportunity to move from hands‑on childcare into a career where you coach, mentor and develop the workforce of tomorrow.
Role Responsibilities
- Support Early Years learners through their apprenticeship journey
- Deliver engaging teaching and learning using digital tools and workplace learning
- Coach and motivate learners to achieve their qualifications
- Plan inspiring learning experiences tailored to individual need
- Provide constructive feedback and support progression
- Conduct regular learner reviews and progress meetings with employers
- Ensure learners are confident and ready for End Point Assessment
- Review and observe your learners face to face in their workplace
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop the skills to become an inspirational trainer, supporting learners from enrolment to completion.
Why should you consider taking the career step into becoming a trainer with us?
- You will be able to use your childcare expertise in a new and rewarding way
- You will gain fully supported training and assessing qualifications (AET & TAQA)
- Be able to work remotely with flexibility to manage your own diary
- Use your experience and skills to make a lasting impact on the Early Years sector
- Get true career satisfaction by supporting learners to achieve nationally recognised qualifications
What skills and experience we are looking for:
- We’re keen to hear from experienced Early Years professionals who want to transition into training. You might currently be a:
- Nursery Manager
- Deputy Manager
- Room Leader
- Senior Practitioner
- Early Years Trainer or Mentor
- Level 3 or ideally Level 5 qualification in Early Years or Childcare
- Recent occupational competency and industry experience within a childcare setting, ideally at senior or supervisory level
- A passion for supporting and developing others
- Great communication and motivational skills
- A desire to gain assessor and teaching qualifications
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Passionate about improving Early Years education
- Motivational and inspiring
- Forward‑thinking and solution‑focused
- Organised and self‑driven
- Committed to helping others succeed
If you’re ready to take your Early Years career to the next level and help develop the workforce of tomorrow, we’d love to hear from you.
Why should you consider joining us?
Because at Shaping Lives, we believe great educators shape futures, and by joining us, you’ll join a supportive team dedicated to developing talent, improving the sector and creating meaningful learning experiences.
We are proud to offer a suite of benefits that are handpicked for you:
- 25 days annual leave – increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
- Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues’
- Perkbox – a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tool
- 3% matched Employer Pension contribution
- In person team meetings and 1:1s
- Enhanced Maternity leave after 2 years of service
- Income protection and Life Assurance
- Recommend a colleague incentive scheme, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us
- CPD and training opportunities
- 4pm Friday finish with flexible working opportunities available
- Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture
- Employee Assistance Programme, with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues
Knovia is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant 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 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.
