Data Tutor

Decoded; London; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Decoded, a leader in technology education, seeks a passionate Data Tutor to teach and support learners in data analytics. This role involves delivering workshops, mentoring, and contributing to curriculum development. Ideal candidates have teaching experience in data-related fields and possess strong Python skills, enjoying a flexible working environment.

Benefits

33 days of leave per year

Flexible working, including work-from-home

Company pension/retirement contributions

Health care, including dental, medical, and vision

Free monthly lunches

Qualifications

• Over 2 years of teaching experience in data analytics or computer science.
• Confident with coding in Python.
• Familiar with Data Science concepts and tools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching across various formats.
• Support learners with queries related to course materials.
• Develop curriculum content in collaboration with product developers.

Skills

Data Analysis

Python

Communication

Problem Solving

Organisational Skills

Job description

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We are Decoded, the pioneers of transformative technology education. We democratise cutting edge skills. We help transform traditional businesses into tech companies. We give our learners the skills and confidence to embrace the future of work.

Our products and methodologies have been shaped through our collaboration with some of the largest and most technologically progressive organisations in the world. We use the intelligent, ethical and creative application of technology to lay the foundations for a more productive and promising world – one with unlimited possibilities.

Overview

We are looking for a Data Tutor to work full-time within 3 key areas: teaching, coaching, and content development within our best-in-class Level 4 Data Analyst programme and our Level 3 Data Technician programme.

This role is dedicated to the support and delivery of workshops, delivered between 09:00 - 17:00 GMT. The majority of workshops will be 3.5 or 4.5 hours long (including set-up and wrap-up time), with 8-hour hackathon workshops delivered less frequently throughout the programmes. Infrequently, you may be asked to work outside core UK working hours due to the global nature of Decoded's client base. ?

Accountabilities

As a Data Tutor at Decoded, you are accountable for:

Ensuring your allocated teaching sessions are delivered to a consistently high quality.

Working with the Learner Success Coaches (LSCs) to ensure learners progress through the programme. Each Learner will have the support of an LSC to support them with practical and pastoral guidance.

Responding to and resolving learner enquiries to support them in acquiring the required skills and knowledge throughout their programme.

Supporting content and product development across the Decoded programme curriculums.

Ensuring compliance with programme standards (which may include awarding bodies or organisations such as Ofsted, ESFA, partners, and other authorities) for all procedures associated with teaching, learning and assessment.

Specific Role & Responsibilities

Teaching Decoded workshops:

Delivering effective teaching across various formats, addressing technical challenges efficiently and ensuring timely and smooth execution with a strong grasp of curriculum and standards.

Fostering a safe and inclusive learning environment.

Familiarising yourself with the course structure and content, proactively filling gaps in your knowledge

Contributing to internal training on content and delivery methodologies.

Achieve teaching quality scores that meet or exceed quality indicators

Learner coaching:

Responding to learner queries in a timely and effective way on the Help Centre related to course materials, assignments and projects, for example.

Providing support to learners with the tools and environments used in Decoded programmes.

Creating a safe coaching environment for learners, in relation to safeguarding, e-safety and wellbeing, for example.

Staying up-to-date with the latest trends and the specific tools and technologies covered in Decoded programmes.

Supporting Learner Success to assess evidence from learners on the knowledge, skills and behaviours they are acquiring throughout the programme.

Supporting Learner Success to provide timely feedback on learners’ projects at the end of each module as part of their assessment.

Providing detailed feedback on our content to drive product improvements.

Contribute to the innovation and development of content and technical learning products.

Working closely with Product Developers and Learning Experience Designers to develop curriculum content that meets the expectations and needs of all stakeholders.

Skills & behaviours

We are looking for candidates with a mindset built on:

Building collaborative relationships

Solving problems elegantly and creatively: “find a way or make a way”

Organisational skills - proactivity, process improvements

Excellent communication skills: adaptable, clear and consistent written, verbal, 1:1, group

A flexible, can do attitude and a willingness to learn

Striving for excellence in all areas

Exceptional attention to detail to deliver timely, quality results

A passion to learn and adapt

Topics covered within our programmes that require technical skills are:

Programming (Python)

Data Analysis (Python, Excel)

Data Manipulation

Statistics (descriptive and and basic inferential statistics)

Data Storytelling

Databases (SQL)

Time Series Analysis

Machine Learning (Regression and Classification)

What does success look like?

Your performance will be measured and driven by:

Enabling learners to apply newly learned techniques to their professional environment

Delivering regular high-quality learning engagements with learners

Coaching through the application of techniques that are new to learners

Striving for excellence in everything you do: you don’t accept mediocrity in yourself or the team around you

Solving problems elegantly and creatively: “find a way or make a way”

A successful candidate will be expected to achieve the following within 3 months:

Confidence to successfully deliver at least 60% of our Apprenticeship workshops

An overall Teacher KPI score of 75%

Autonomous management of well-informed and timely responses to all learner queries on the helpdesk

Who are you?

You are:

A passionate technologist with over 2 years of experience teaching data analytics, data science, computer science, software engineering or similar in a school or university

Confident with basic coding in Python

An excellent and adaptable communicator, verbally and in writing

Self-motivated and a problem solver who takes initiative

Passionate about technology and learning

A team player who is eager to improve our programmes wherever possible and contributes to overall morale

Always keen to learn, improve and stretch your own knowledge, skills and behaviours

Familiar or experienced with Data Science concepts and tools

Team reporting and structure

You will report into the Portfolio Director, in the Product Department.

Day to day

This role can be delivered fully remote within the UK, provided the working location has consistently reliable Wifi for workshop delivery. The Decoded office in London Liverpool Street is available to all Decoded employees for non-workshop delivery work.

Your working hours will be 09:00 - 17:00.

Learning and progression

We run a dedicated learning calendar to hone craft skills in teaching, leadership, strategy and other relevant disciplines.

Quarterly performance reviews embedded within our culture of feedback will ensure you are recognised and rewarded for the value that you bring to Decoded.

Apart from the above, working at Decoded means you’ll get:

33 days* leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) and an extra tenured holiday enabling team members to gain an additional day for every year you are with us (after the first 2 years) up to a maximum of 8. We also close the office for 2 full weeks at Christmas at

Decoded's discretion, which does not come out of your holiday allowance.

Flexible working, including work-from-home

Modern, flexible and fully serviced offices at WeWork in Liverpool Street, London

Company pension/retirement contributions

Health care, including dental, medical, and vision*, and to help you prioritise your wellbeing

Travel insurance

Social events and all company gatherings

Continuous learning and development. You will be challenged with lots of responsibility and exciting projects in an environment that encourages learning

A work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration

Free monthly lunches

Laptop and virtual work equipment kit provided

The first stage is a screening call with our People Manager.

The second stage interview is with the Portfolio Director as hiring manager and an Apprenticeship Team panel member. This interview will include a teaching exercise presentation.

The final stage interview is with Decoded’s Chief Product Officer and Decoded’s CEO.

[Salary band: £36-46K]

Decoded is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment