The St Giles Trust seeks a Trainer/Assessor to deliver accredited training and support disadvantaged individuals in North Wales and Gwent. The role
Responsible to:
North Wales Team Leader
Responsible for:
Hours:
35 hours per week. Flexible working considered
Contract type: FT until 31 May 2026
Grade:
Band 3
Location:
Newport
Holiday:
30 days + bank and statutory holidays (pro-rated if part time)
Salary:
£25,000 per annum
Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual.
Application Deadline:
Tuesday, 23rd September 2025 at 9.00am
We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this position at any time.
Interviews: Friday, 10th of October
Please note this role requires Enhanced Adult DBS checks.
St Giles Trust is a Charity helping people facing severe disadvantage to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need. We help them to become positive contributors to local communities and wider society. We passionately believe everybody is capable of changing their lives. Our mission is we empower people to overcome injustices for themselves, their families and their local communities – we achieve this through offering support from someone who has been there. Our peer-led services form the backbone of our work.
The Role- Through our Peer hub based in North Wales you will train people with lived-experience, who have faced disadvantage, to become professional advice, guidance and support workers, undertaking assured and accredited advice and guidance training, work placements whilst also receiving professional employment coaching and support.
Introduction to the post: Trainer/Assessor - Our successful candidate will deliver group and 1 to 1 training sessions at our hub (with occasional delivery in Eastwood Park Prison) and assess the City & Guilds level 3 in Advice and Guidance qualification to women on work placements across Gwent. You will support learners to complete their training and qualifications and develop individual learning plans whilst also working proactively with the hub team to ensure learners progress and achieve their goals.
(1) Key Deliverables
* Key Deliverables
* Plan, organise and deliver our City and Guilds Assured training course 'Learning to Advise' to project participants (and any other additional training required to address knowledge and skills gaps).
* Assess learners in work placements across Gwent to achieve the Level 3 Advice and Guidance Qualification.
* Support training delivery in Eastwood Park Prison when needed.
* Work in accordance with national and St Giles Trust quality assurance standards.
* Work with learners to produce realistic individual learning plans that are regularly reviewed and updated.
* Work with the wider team to identify and engage learners with the relevant potential, motivation and aptitude, taking part in participant interviews and providing a comprehensive induction.
* Make referrals to other services (where required) to address skills, qualification and experience gaps that can't be met through the hub.
* Maintain and update all records required for project monitoring purposes including learner progress records.
* Attend internal and external meetings, best practice seminars and continuous professional development opportunities as required.
* Be responsible for compliance with Estyn requirements.
* Work at all times in accordance with the Trust's code of conduct
(2) Person Specification
What we are looking for from you – Person Specification -When completing your application form please address the points marked with (A) set out below.
* Experience (Essential)
* Experience of delivering training to disadvantaged learners and ability to apply a creative approach to planning programmes and adopt a range of approaches (A)
* Ability to assess learners in work situations, and support them to achieve a Level 3 accredited qualification (A)
* Experience of working to targets and recording information and statistics to enable effective monitoring of performance against targets. (A)
* Experience (Desirable)
* Experience of using an online assessment platform (such as Learning Assistant) (A)
* Qualifications (Essential)
* Level 3 Award in Education & Training or equivalent or willingness to achieve this.
* TAQA or equivalent assessors qualification or willingness to achieve this.
* Qualifications (Desirable)
* Level 3 in Information Advice and Guidance
* Knowledge
* Knowledge of anti-discriminatory working practices, and the implications of both within the working environment
* Practical application of diversity awareness and unconscious bias in employment.
* Knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by project participants in accessing and sustaining training or employment and how these can be overcome. (A)
* Thorough understanding of the importance of quality assurance as it relates to training to vulnerable adults and familiarity with ESTYN requirements. (A)
* Awareness of and commitment to equal opportunity and diversity practices and policies, and ability to promote diversity and treat colleagues and learners fairly and with respect.
* Awareness of and commitment to safeguarding practices and policies, and ability to promote safeguarding among vulnerable clients and colleagues (A)
* Skills & Abilities
* Ability to be a flexible and co-operative member of a team
* Proven ability to apply a creative approach to planning programmes and activities and to adopt a range of approaches.
* Ability to effectively assess evidence and identify assessment criteria using a range of assessment methods. (A)
* Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and managers to achieve organisational goals, and to resolve conflicts of interest professionally.
* Strong IT skills including proven experience of using Word, Excel and Outlook in a similar work environment.
* Good written and communication skills (A)
* Ability to be flexible and develop positive working relationships with other staff, volunteers and partners to achieve targets and resolve conflicts of interest professionally.
* Attitude
* Commitment to consultative & collaborative ways of working.
* Commitment to and understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries
* Respect for the values and ethos of St Giles Trust.
* Personal and professional integrity
* Positive attitude towards staff and our Peers
* Emotionally Resilient
(3) About Us
In St Giles, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion-confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi-heritage) and those who identify as disabled, nonresponsive, or neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Ready to Apply?
1. Click HERE to download the application form.
2. Complete the application form, including the personal statement in relation to the job description.
3. Once completed, please return it by email to Please include the Job Title and Job Code in your email subject.
4. The deadline for this job application is Tuesday, 23rd September 2025 at 9.00am
This job description is a statement of requirements at the time of writing and is not contractual. It should not be seen as precluding future changes after appointment to this role.
Tianna Graham
People Business Partner