Employability Tutor

Protocol; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage and travel support for multi‑s

Job summary

Protocol is seeking an Employability Tutor to deliver high-quality employability training across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire on a multi-site basis. You will support learners to develop skills, confidence and qualifications for sustainable employment, apprenticeships or further education.

The role involves delivering engaging sessions, assessing learner progress, providing tailored support, maintaining records, and ensuring safeguarding, equality and diversity compliance.

Qualifications

• Teaching qualification required (AET, PTLLS, CET, DET, PGCE or equivalent).
• Experience delivering employability, vocational or adult learning programmes.
• Experience assessing learners against qualification standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate and engage learners from diverse backgrounds.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging and effective employability training to groups and individual learners.
• Teach CV writing, job searching, interview skills, workplace behaviours and career planning.
• Assess learner work and provide timely, constructive feedback.
• Complete learner reviews, assessments and progress tracking per awarding body requirements.
• Develop lesson plans, schemes of work and learning resources.
• Support learners with barriers to employment and help them achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate learner records and documentation.
• Ensure safeguarding, equality and diversity, and health and safety requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Motivation and engagement

Organisational skills

Driving licence

Education

Teaching qualification

Job description

Employability Tutor

Salary: £30,000 per annum Location: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (Multi-Site Delivery) Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Employability Tutor to join our growing team, delivering high-quality employability training across multiple sites throughout Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

This rewarding role involves supporting learners to develop the skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into sustainable employment, apprenticeships or further education. The successful candidate will deliver engaging training sessions, assess learner progress and provide tailored support to help individuals achieve their goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging and effective employability training to groups and individual learners.
• Teach key employability topics including CV writing, job searching, interview skills, workplace behaviours and career planning.
• Assess learner work and provide timely, constructive feedback.
• Complete learner reviews, assessments and progress tracking in line with awarding body requirements.
• Develop lesson plans, schemes of work and learning resources.
• Support learners with barriers to employment and help them achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate learner records and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, equality and diversity, and health and safety requirements.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, employers and referral partners to support learner progression.

Essential Requirements

To be considered for this role, candidates must have:

• A recognised Teaching Qualification (AET, PTLLS, CET, DET, PGCE or equivalent).
• Experience delivering employability, vocational or adult learning programmes.
• Experience assessing learners against qualification standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate and engage learners from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Desirable Requirements

• IQA qualification (or willingness to work towards one).
• Experience working on funded employability programmes.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and learner support strategies.
• Experience supporting unemployed adults, young people or disadvantaged learners.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary of £30,000 per annum.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Supportive and inclusive working environment.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference in people's lives and careers.
• Mileage and travel support for delivery across multiple locations where applicable.

Protocol is proud to be Disability Confident Committed. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it; please let us know.

Protocol National ltd trading as Protocol are acting as an employment business for this position. If you are successful, Protocol is required to see evidence of your Right to Work in the UK; in addition to you applying for an enhanced DBS Certificate should you not already hold a suitable certificate registered on the DBS Update Service. The position is subject to agreement to Terms and Conditions and suitable application and reference process. As a result of the volume of applications we are currently receiving we regret that we may be unable to respond with individual feedback. If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.