Insurance Skills Development Tutor

Location – Remote delivery with travel to our Head Office in Manchester expected once per quarter.

Contract – Permanent

The Growth Company’s (GC) Education and Skills Financial Services team has an exciting new opportunity for an Insurance expert to join our established apprenticeship delivery team.

This role is ideally suited to someone who has worked in the Insurance Industry and is looking for a new challenge, coaching and mentoring the next generation of insurance professionals. We have the expertise to develop your coaching and mentoring skills, enabling you to support apprentices as they embark on and progress in their insurance careers across a wide range of employers.

The key elements of the role are to support apprentices in developing their Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) linked to their work-related activities, and to provide guidance towards professional qualifications such as the Certificate in Insurance and the Diploma in Insurance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Account manage a learner caseload in line with our business KPIs, and support and facilitate progression while securing repeat business.
• Plan and design face-to-face and blended digital sequential curriculum to promote the attainment of retainable knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
• Mark and provide feedback on students’ work. Provide structured actions for learners to undertake in order to complete their programme.
• Accurately track KSB progress of all learners and effectively risk-band their timely progress and achievement against a set of KPI measures.
• Undertake and log industrial and pedagogical continuing professional development.
• Ensure risk assessments are in place and reviewed annually to keep learners safe.
• Support the team’s continual professional attainment and development by leading and participating in a range of internal quality assurance activities.

About You:

• Support in creating and conceptualising learning materials to develop a learner’s knowledge and skills of the industry.
• Have the ability to plan and organise workload effectively.
• You are motivating and inspiring, with experience in an insurance role, and able to share real-life examples of how the Insurance Industry works.
• Ability to use a variety of digital systems and eLearning platforms to direct and support learners.

Skills Required:

• Minimum 3 years’ industry experience is essential.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring in a past or present role.
• Ability to use a variety of digital systems and eLearning platforms to direct and support learners.
• Awareness of teaching and learning quality standards, especially OFSTED, is desirable.
• Well-developed IT skills, including an understanding of computerised management information systems, spreadsheets, diary management, and email.
• Up-to-date knowledge of specialist subject areas and/or professional qualifications as appropriate.Cert CII/ DIP CII qualification desirable although not essential.
• IQA qualification desirable although not essential.

We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.

Safeguarding the welfare of all individuals, including vulnerable adults and young people is a core priority at GC, and we expect all staff to uphold this responsibility. All Education and Skills appointments are subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check and a professional social media check, carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) at no cost to the successful candidate.

Please note: It is an illegal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.

We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.

We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contactcareers@growthco.ukor call us on 0161 237 4447.

• Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance.
• Extra time for tasks.
• Interview questions shared beforehand.
• Accessibility software or equipment for assessments.

We’re proud to support theBan the Boxcampaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we’ve removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.

GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.

All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health and Safety at work act and the GC Health and Safety Policy.

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