Adult Skills Tutor/Assessor (ESOL) in Manchester

Salary: Up to £28,500 per annum, based on qualifications and experience

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Location: Manchester (M1 5AN) with the requirement to travel in all boroughs as necessary

For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses.

Join us as an ESOL Tutor supporting adult learners to start well, progress and achieve. You will conduct initial assessments, set personalised ILPs, and deliver engaging, real-life lessons across speaking, listening, reading, writing, plus grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. You will provide clear feedback, track progress and prepare learners for ESOL Skills for Life. You will uphold awarding-body standards, support standardisation, champion Safeguarding & Prevent, manage attendance/behaviour, and collaborate on IAG driving achievement and positive progression to work, study or volunteering.

What you’ll do:

• Demonstrate full commitment to wellbeing, working within company Safeguarding and Prevent policy and procedure and promoting a culture of vigilance at all times
• Conduct effective initial assessment for referred learners, identifying accurate starting points and designing appropriate Individual Learning Plans
• Deliver engaging personalised learning so that all learners make progress and achieve their individual goals
• Deliver accredited qualifications and wider learning in accordance with awarding body and Standguide policies and procedures
• Assess and monitor learner progress in line with company policies and procedures, intervening where necessary to ensure that all learners achieve their full potential
• Provide effective verbal and written feedback on learning so that learners make good progress and achieve qualification and wider learning objectives
• Prepare learners for summative assessment, including controlled assessment, external test and portfolio submission
• Maintain rigour in qualification assessment, working within JCQ and awarding body regulations regarding handling of secure materials, administration of assessment and procedures for results and resits as required

What you’ll need:

• Appropriate teaching qualification e.g., PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS, Cert Ed, PGCE
• Competence and industry experience in relevant sector and assessor qualification
• Subject and teaching qualifications to Level 5 minimum
• Experience of effective personalised teaching and learning for learners experiencing diverse barriers
• Experience of successful delivery of accredited qualifications
• Ability to engage and motivate learners
• Ability to use administrative systems and procedures to manage the learner journey
• Clean driving licence and full-time access to car as this role requires travel
• Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted. We welcome applicants with lived experience and encourage applications that reflect the relevance to the post.

Benefits:

• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 5-10 sick days per year paid

Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide. Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination. Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

For the full job description and person specification, please email Amy at recruitment@standguide.co.uk.