Application closing date
11/09/2025
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Adult Tutor points 1 – 5 £24,238 - £29,293 a year pro rata
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Education / Learning
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Job description
Directorate: People Services
Hours: 18.5 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Various Derby Adult Learning Service Locations
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives?
As an Employability Tutor with Derby Adult Learning Service, you'll have the opportunity to support adults and NEET learners to build confidence, develop new skills and take positive steps towards work, further learning or volunteering. Every day brings the chance to see learners grow and progress because of the support and encouragement you provide.
This is a rewarding role where you'll deliver on or Journey to Work programme and wider community learning such as budgeting, digital skills and personal development. As an Employability Tutor, you'll join a dedicated team committed to reducing barriers, creating opportunities and changing futures across Derby.
If you're ready to be part of a supportive service that values innovation, professional development and the positive impact of adult learning, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As an Employability Tutor, you'll not only help learners move forward – you'll also grow your own career within a forward-thinking and inclusive adult learning service.
The Opportunity
In the role of Adult Learning Tutor, here's an example of what you'll be doing to make an impact:
You will plan and deliver engaging and supportive employability and life skills sessions and provide ongoing personal assessment to adults who are unemployed, economically inactive, or otherwise distanced from the labour market — including NEET learners. Working primarily within Derby's Journey to Work programme, you will also contribute to wider community learning by delivering flexible, learner-centred courses such as budgeting, digital skills, and personal development
About You
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have…
Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Recent and relevant experience of teaching, training, coaching or mentoring adults or young people.
* Experience of working with unemployed, NEET, or disadvantaged learners to support their progression.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and engage learners from diverse backgrounds.
* Ability to plan and deliver structured, learner-centred sessions in areas such as employability, life skills, and community learning.
* Good organisational and time management skills, including record keeping and tracking learner progress.
* Confidence in using IT and digital tools to support teaching, learning and administration.
* Awareness of safeguarding, Prevent, and equality, diversity & inclusion in an adult learning context.
* Ability to work flexibly across different venues and times (some evenings or weekends may be required).
Qualifications (Essential)
* A recognised teaching or training qualification at Level 3 or above (e.g. Award in Education & Training or willingness to achieve within 2 years).
* English and Maths qualifications at Level 2 (GCSE equivalent).
Desirable:
* Experience delivering accredited qualifications or RARPA learning.
* Experience of delivering community learning courses such as budgeting, digital inclusion, or personal development.
* Additional qualification in digital skills, employability, or advice & guidance.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:
* Flexible work/life balance scheme
* Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
* 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
* Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
* Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
* Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
* Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
* Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 11 September 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on Relay UK or