Essential Skills Tutor

Welsh Ambulance Services; Swansea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Welsh Ambulance Services NHS University Trust is seeking a dedicated educator to deliver and assess Essential Skills and related qualifications for learners working toward Apprenticeships. The role includes planning lessons, assessments, and enrichment activities, with collaboration across the Workforce Education & Development Team.

You will assess literacy, numeracy, digital literacy and digital skills for business, using diagnostic results to tailor support.

Qualifications

• Minimum L2 Essential Skills in Application of Number, Communication, Digital Literacy or legacy equivalent.
• Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Adults or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of how to support learners with additional learning needs.

Responsibilities

• Organise and deliver training, assessments, workshops with centre based/virtual activities to enable learners to achieve regulated qualifications.
• Plan and deliver effective learning, teaching and assessment by using a range of methods to effectively enhance the learning process.
• Support Essential Skills delivery across Apprenticeship programmes.
• Use results of diagnostic assessments to plan learner support and delivery.
• Meet delivery, marking and submission targets for Essential Skills Qualifications, as agreed with Digital Learning Manager/Head of Workforce Education and Development.
• Assess, support and develop learners’ Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy and Digital Skills for Business through delivery of qualifications and enrichment activities.
• Provide peer support to fellow assessors on delivery of Essential Skills and assessments.
• Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning/assessment and empower them to set challenging goals and targets to evaluate their own progress.
• Provide feedback to the learners through OneNote to ensure meaningful reviews take place.
• Communicate regularly and professionally with apprenticeship line managers to maintain good relationships and engagement in the learning process.

Skills

Digital Literacy

M365 proficiency

Learner support

Education

Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Adults or equivalent

Level 4 Certification in Internal Quality Assurance

Certificate for Essential Skills Practitioner

Level 3 Advice and Guidance or Coaching and Mentoring

Job description

Job overview

The role involves the delivery and assessment of Essential Skill and equivalent qualifications including Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy and Digital Skills for Business (levels 2 - 3), alongside supporting learners working towards Apprenticeship programmes whose initial assessment results may range from Entry level 3 to L3.

You will work collaboratively across the Trust to communicate learner progress and ensure timely completion of Essential Skills Qualifications.

This role fits within the Workforce Education & Development Team reporting to the Digital Learning Manager.

Welsh Ambulance Services NHS University Trust is committed to promoting the Welsh language for both staff and learners, and whilst it is not considered essential criteria, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Organise and deliver training, assessments, workshops with centre based/virtual activities to enable learners to achieve regulated qualifications.
• Plan and deliver effective learning, teaching and assessment by using a range of methods to effectively enhance the learning process.
• Support Essential Skills delivery across Apprenticeship programmes.
• Use results of diagnostic assessments to plan learner support and delivery.
• Meet delivery, marking and submission targets for Essential Skills Qualifications, as agreed with Digital Learning Manager/Head of Workforce Education and Development.
• Assess, support and develop learners’ Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy and Digital Skills for Business through delivery of qualifications and enrichment activities.
• Provide peer support to fellow assessors on delivery of Essential Skills and assessments.
• Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning/assessment and empower them to set challenging goals and targets to evaluate their own progress.
• Provide feedback to the learners through OneNote to ensure meaningful reviews take place.
• Communicate regularly and professionally with apprenticeship line managers to maintain good relationships and engagement in the learning process. Develop links with operational managers to encourage enrolment on essential skills programmes as appropriate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

#RemarkablePeople

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we're needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you're sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Minimum L2 Essential Skills in Application of Number, Communication, Digital Literacy or legacy equivalent
• Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Adults or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of how to support learners with additional learning needs

Desirable criteria

• Level 4 Certification in Internal Quality Assurance
• Certificate for Essential Skills Practitioner
• Minimum L3 Advice and Guidance or Coaching and Mentoring, or equivalent experience.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Effective applied Digital Literacy skills across the M365 environment

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within Work Based Learning