Location: Remote based with travel required for learner observations and meetings
Vacancy Locations: Various locations including Newcastle and Northumberland
Starting Salary: £24,500
Following the success of our first cohorts of Trainee Personal Tutors at our sister company Paragon Skills, we are looking to replicate the trainee tutor model here at Shaping Lives to support Early Years industry experts join us and become qualified Tutors.
As Trainee Tutor, you will develop your training knowledge by completing our in-depth inhouse training programme and learn the skills to effectively deliver innovative and impactful learning to all learners. Whilst using your industry experience, knowledge, and passion for your chosen sector you will support a growing diverse caseload of learners as they progress thorough their qualifications.
Key elements of this role involve:
. Participating in the Trainee Tutor programme and complete professional qualification including AiET and TAQA
. Motivating and driving learners to achieve their work-based qualifications through outstanding teaching and learning
. Maintaining a growing caseload of learners
. Encouraging further progression for our learners onto high level qualifications
. Completing impactful and consistent progressive visits and reviews with learners and employers
. Ensuring learners are fully ready with a completed portfolio
. Supporting learners to feel confident at the EPA Gateway
. Continuously develop own capability and share best practice with your peers
. Adhere to GDPR regulations and all internal information and data security policies and procedures
What we need from you:
. Minimum of Level 2 Functional Skills in English, Maths, and ICT
Minimum of Level 5 qualification in Early Years
. Relevant Early Years experience, to senior/managerial level
. Full UK Driving Licence, access to a car and ability to travel and conduct learner observations
. Experience of delivering or engaging in training activity or knowledge sharing with colleagues
. Experience of achieving targets and deadlines set without close supervision
Effective interpersonal and communication skills - both verbal and written
Knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding
Strong personal drive and the ability to manage own time and meet challenges in a positive way
Flexible and adaptable to change with the ability to learn new skills
Self-motivated with the ability to plan own workload and diary effective
We are proud to offer a suite of benefits that are handpicked for you:
* 25 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and 8 bank holidays
* Holiday purchase scheme
* Performance based bonuses
* Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
* Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'
* Perkbox - a suite of discounts, lifestyle benefits and wellness tool
* 3% matched Employer Pension contribution
* In person team meetings and 1:1s
* Enhanced Maternity leave after 2 years of service
* Income protection and Life Assurance
* Recommend a colleague incentive schemes, where you can benefit £500 for referring great people to work with us
* CPD and training opportunities
* 4pm Friday finish with flexible working opportunities available
* Flexible and supportive team and with a great culture
* Employee Assistance Programme, with a dedicated People Team to support all colleagues
Knovia is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.