Functional Skills Tutor (City Training Services)
Bradford College
Bradford
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 17 August 2017
Job overview
City Training Services are looking to recruit a Functional Skills Tutor, to teach and assess functional Maths, English and ICT to learners within a wide range of vocational areas. To provide support to vocational delivery staff with embedding functional skills into their curriculum. Plan and deliver innovative teaching sessions to inspire and motivate learners.
Main Duties
- Design, develop and deliver high quality Maths, English & ICT Functional Skills training for apprentices engaged by Bradford College and City Training Services
- Ensure training provided is appropriate to learners training and development needs
- Work as a part of a team to provide apprentices and employers with a range of delivery methods to suit specific need
- Delivery of group and 1:1 Functional Skills sessions
- Creation and update of learner resources to support distance learning
- Deliver appropriate induction programmes for individuals and groups
- Set SMART targets to ensure timely achievement
- Facilitate attainment of learner action plans and Individual Learning Plans
- Provide regular and constructive feedback to learners and employers (where requested)
- Work alongside Training and Performance Managers, Assessors and Progress Officers to provide detailed information on apprenticeship progress and areas for development
- To attend regular Functional Skills standardisation meetings with colleagues within City Training Services and Bradford College
- To maintain accurate and up-to-date learner files, assessment and other documentation as necessary
- Invigilation and administration of Functional Skills exams where required
- Maintain regular interaction with Internal Moderators and External Verifiers
- Strive to ensure equality of opportunity in the learning process
- Participate fully in any staff development activities necessary to meet the requirements of the post
- Any other duties commensurate with the post
To apply for this role, please email your CV and Covering Letter to Nicola Simpson - n.simpson@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
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About Bradford College
Bradford College Mission: To help students from the region, nationally and internationally, achieve their potential and make a rewarding contribution to their own communities
We are proud of our strong reputation for supporting learners and providing quality education and training for over 185 years. Each year we deliver hundreds of courses to thousands of learners from across the globe. We are one of the largest college’s in the country, and one of the largest providers of Higher Education outside the university sector in England.
With a strong professional emphasis, our students benefit from more taught hours and tutor contact time than many universities. In most cases, group class sizes are smaller and learners benefit from more contact time and tutor support.
Bradford College has been presented with a number of prestigious National Beacon Awards by the Association of Colleges for its outstanding contribution to Equality & Diversity, its innovative approach to developing and embedding Functional Skills (OCR Award) and for its excellence and innovation in Health and Safety.
In recent Further Education surveys 98% of students said they were enjoying their course, 96% of students said that they would recommend their course to a friend and 96% of students said they liked coming to College.
Satisfaction rates are mirrored in Higher Education, with the latest National Student Survey recording an average 4 per cent improvement in satisfaction from students on our degree-level courses.
Bradford is a city with a rich heritage of industrial growth, and over 60% of Bradford Metropolitan district is rural. There is easy access to countryside, the world-renowned UNESCO Saltaire World Heritage Site, the popular town of Ilkley and the fabulous Yorkshire Dales. The city is within easy reach of major motorways, Leeds Bradford airport and direct rail routes to and from London, Manchester and Leeds. The College campus is located at the heart of the city, surrounded by a vibrant array of restaurants, bars, museums and The Alhambra Theatre.
Our College is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a good reputation for offering outstanding support to our staff with excellent additional benefits. Why not join us!
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