Job Details:
Maths Tutor

Job Description

The Growth Company’s Employment team have a new vacancy for a Maths Tutor who will develop and deliver continually improved training to multiple funding streams to achieve outcomes for customers through the development of their knowledge, skills, behaviours & attitudes.

This role is based at the GM SkillCentre, Unit 32, Ashburton Point, Wheelforge Way, Ashburton, Trafford Park, M17 1EH.

We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a range of individuals; from people who have found themselves recently out of work, to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health and debt.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in effective IAG activities to achieve robust individual learning plans.
• Manage own caseload to ensure progression and track attendance.
• Plan and design face to face curriculum to promote the attainment of retainable knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSB) making reasonable adjustments to meet the individual needs of learners across a wide variety of provisions (including but not restricted to: Apprenticeships, Adult learning, ESF and Study programme).
• Mark/assess students’ work, provide structured feedback and set and agree development objectives with all key stakeholders (learners, employers, parents etc) in line with company learning policies.
• Use accurate vocational and personal developmental starting points of learners to set meaningful and collaborative targets ensuring that all stakeholders have committed to the learner journey and support learner progress. 
• Ensure that you regularly review learner progress and achievement with the engagement of key stakeholders (learner/employers/parents) and set meaningful and stretching learning targets and ensuring personal KPI’s are achieved.   
• Accurately track KSB progress of all learners and effectively risk band their timely progress and achievement using additional learner support funds and tools, where necessary, to ensure learners are not disadvantaged.
• Actively engage and take ownership of assigned self-assessment cycle and improvement responsibilities, supporting the attainment of key performance indicators such as retention, attendance, achievement, stakeholder satisfaction and positive destination outcomes.
• Ensure that learners additional needs are reviewed, and safeguarding concerns proactively managed in line with company policy.
• Risk assessments are in place and reviewed annually so that learners are safe.

About you

• Up to date knowledge of specialist subject area/professional qualifications as appropriate.
• Have or are working towards a Diploma in Education and Training or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and procedures, including emergency evacuation.
• Motivating and inspiring, supportive and has a flexible approach.

Skills Required

• At least 5 years vocational industry experience in specialist subject area.
• Experience of teaching and learning quality standards especially OFSTED.
• At least 1-2 years within teaching, learning and assessment.
• Excellent communication skills and effective coaching.
• Ability to plan and organise workload effectively.
• Able to create and conceptualise innovate and engaging learning materials.
• Ability to use Microsoft office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and outlook to a competent level to enhance the learner journey.
• Able to use a variety of digital systems and eLearning platforms to direct and support learners.

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.

If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at [email protected] or call us on 0161 237 4447.

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

• Our annual leave entitlement starts at 25 days, plus bank holidays which increases with length of service with the opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional days leave each year.
• Access to counselling via our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We have 8 EDI steering group to make sure we value our differences and enable an environment of fairness, dignity and respect.
• We offer up to two days’ paid leave to volunteer at a charity of choice through our Volunteer2Day scheme. 
• We offer travel loans, discounted seasonal travel tickets for public transport and a great cycle to work scheme promoting opportunities to reduce environmental pollution and a healthier lifestyle. 
• We have an enhanced learning and development offer for all staff and managers with opportunities for mentoring, undertaking apprenticeships and continuous professional development. 
• Paid for eye test and contributions towards glasses for VDU users, helping improve overall health and wellbeing in the workplace.