Adult Skills Tutor 0.4 (Community)

Myerscough; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday

CPD opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Teacher’s Pension Scheme

Job summary

Myerscough College and University Centre in Liverpool is hiring an Adult Skills Tutor (Community) to deliver practical horticulture sessions across community settings. You will work directly with adult learners, helping them build confidence, develop new skills and progress into volunteering or employment.

The role focuses on inclusive, hands-on learning tailored to individual needs, with responsibility for tracking learner progress, giving feedback, and supporting each learner on their journey

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging hands-on learning tailored to individual needs.
• Track learner progress and provide feedback.
• Support learners on their journey into further learning, volunteering or employment.

Job description

At Myerscough, our values drive us: we are passionate about education, collaborative in our approach, professional in everything we do, and committed to Fredie (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement).

About the role

Calling all passionate and community-focused horticulture professionals!

Are you ready to share your skills and inspire adult learners in hands-on, practical environments? Do you have the knowledge and enthusiasm to support individuals in developing real-life skills for volunteering, wellbeing and employment?

Look no further – we’ve got an exciting opportunity for you!

Join us as an Adult Skills Tutor (Community) and become part of a rewarding programme delivering practical horticulture sessions across community settings. From gardens to allotments, you’ll work directly with adult learners, helping them build confidence, develop new skills, and achieve meaningful progression.

In this role, you’ll deliver engaging, hands‑on learning tailored to individual needs, ensuring sessions are inclusive, supportive and aligned with industry standards. You’ll play a key part in tracking learner progress, providing feedback, and supporting each individual on their journey – whether that’s into further learning, volunteering or employment.

This is your chance to combine your horticultural expertise with teaching, make a real difference, and bring learning to life in community settings.

At Myerscough College and University Centre we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well‑recognised partnership with the University of Lancashire and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally. We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land‑based and sports colleges in the UK.

What We Offer:

We take care of our team just as we do our students. As an employee, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A generous holiday allowance of 34 days, plus bank holidays.
• Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide wellbeing support in moments of need.
• Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme

We are flexible working friendly and happy to discuss interest in flexible working.

Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.

The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.

As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.

Hours: 14.8 Hours Per Week

Department: Adult Skills

Location: Croxteth Park (Liverpool)

Salary: £26,486 - £35,821 pro rata, per annum relating to qualifications and experience.