Maths and English Tutor

The Growth Company’s (GC) Education and Skills team have an exciting new opportunity for a Maths and English Tutor to plan, deliver and assess effective Functional Skills and GCSE lessons to maximise learner progress and achievement.

As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct initial and on-going assessment in line with Company policy to inform placement of learners on effective programmes of learning.
• Use IA outcomes and all available information to personalise learning experiences for individuals.
• Adopt inclusive strategies to ensure support and challenge for all, including learners with SEND, challenging behaviours, other personal and social difficulties and medical needs.
• Effectively manage learner behaviour and classroom climate to create a secure and positive learning environment.
• Assess learners’ work in line with Company policy, using diagnostic and personalised feedback to drive ongoing progress toward examination.
• Track and monitor progress of individuals and groups of learners to ensure rapid and sustained progress from prior attainment.
• Identify learners in danger of underachievement and liaise with colleagues to ensure prompt, effective intervention.
• Contribute to the development of the Maths and English team by working collaboratively with colleagues on resources, schemes of work and pedagogy.
• Deliver good and outstanding teaching and learning across a range of centres and to groups of differing size and profile, as directed.

About you:

• Resilience, creativity and flexibility.
• Record of ongoing CPD.
• High professional standards.
• Ability to manage time and workload and work to tight deadlines.

Skills Required:

• Experience of teaching Functional Skills and GCSE in challenging environments.
• Experience of planning, teaching and assessment for progress.
• Subject-specific and teaching qualifications appropriate to the role.
• Able to motivate disengaged learners and to plan engaging, inclusive lessons.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders.
• Genuine commitment to improving the prospects of young people and adult learners.
• Recent experience of successful teaching of ‘hard to reach’ learners.
• To travel and willingness to work flexibly across a range of sites to meet the needs of the business.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.

If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.