ESOL Employability Trainer - Refugee Employability Programme

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

As the ESOL Employability Trainer, your primary role is to deliver English Language Training to participants accessing our services on the Refugee Employability Programme (REP). REP, an initiative by the Home Office, is specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of refugees, offering comprehensive support to help them secure employment and establish fulfilling lives. By addressing barriers that may not be fully addressed by mainstream services, your role is crucial in enabling refugees to become self-sufficient by providing them with the necessary language skills to thrive in the job market and their new communities.

Essential:

You will have:

• ESOL/EAL subject specialist teaching qualification or equivalent experience.
• Proven understanding of the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum
• Experience of working in a fast paced, target driven environment
• Experience in successfully managing and progressing customers to meet agreed goals and ambitions

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Location:

Working across the following London boroughs: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. 
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk 

Shaw Trust are currently mobilising a new contract and subject to our go live date, are recruiting for this vacancy.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.