Essential Skills Tutor (South Wales)

Itec Skills and Employment; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 30 days

Health care scheme

35-hour working week

Retail and gym discounts

Profit-sharing scheme

Life insurance

Employee of the month awards

Length of service recognition

Job summary

Itec Training Solutions Limited in Cardiff is seeking an Essential Skills Tutor to deliver literacy, numeracy and digital literacy training for apprenticeship learners, with responsibility for training and assessing against Award Body criteria. The role requires travel within the region to workplaces and may include invigilation and record-keeping.

The successful candidate will have experience in Work Based Learning and Essential Skills qualifications, a teaching/assessing qualification

Qualifications

• Experience of Work Based Learning and Award Body practices.
• Experience of delivering Essential Skills Qualifications.
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle.
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check (cost covered by the company) and EWC registration.
• Relevant teaching or assessing qualification (A1, TAQA, CAVA, or equivalent).
• Welsh speaking.

Responsibilities

• Deliver literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy support through workshops and one-to-one sessions, ensuring learners achieve Essential Skills qualifications and meet Framework requirements.
• Register, conduct, and invigilate controlled tasks in line with awarding body requirements.
• Manage teaching and assessment tasks, including preparation, marking, and participation in standardisation events.
• Engage learners and employers in qualification attainment and skills development.
• Maintain quality standards set by internal and external quality assurers.
• Keep accurate records of assessment activities and ensure positive outcomes are documented.
• Monitor and ensure timely completion and accuracy of learner documentation.
• Deliver high-quality training programmes to assigned learners/clients.
• Travel within a regional area to assess learners in their workplaces.

Skills

Welsh speaking

Work-based learning

Award body practices

Essential Skills delivery

Driving license

Education

Teaching or assessing qualification (A1/TAQA/CAVA)

Job description

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 09:00am to 16:30pm

Essential Skills Tutor (South Wales)

Company: Itec Training Solutions Limited

Salary: £25,704 to £27,316 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Cardiff, CF11 8TT

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 16 Oct 2026

Closing date: 30 Oct 2026

About Us

At Itec, we put our employees at the heart of everything we do. As an employee-owned organisation, every team member plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our business. We foster a culture where each voice is heard, and every contribution is valued. We take pride in empowering individuals and businesses to thrive. Join us and become part of a company that is dedicated to your growth, well-being, and success.

About the role

Our Tutors provide comprehensive support to apprenticeship learners throughout their programme, ensuring they develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. The successful candidate will be responsible for training and assessing learners against the criteria set by the relevant awarding body for Essential Skills Wales in Literacy, Numeracy, and Digital Literacy.

Your impact

Deliver literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy support through workshops and one-to-one sessions, ensuring learners achieve Essential Skills qualifications and meet Framework requirements.

Register, conduct, and invigilate controlled tasks in line with awarding body requirements.

Manage teaching and assessment tasks, including preparation, marking, and participation in standardisation events.

Engage learners and employers in qualification attainment and skills development.

Maintain quality standards set by internal and external quality assurers.

Keep accurate records of assessment activities and ensure positive outcomes are documented.

Monitor and ensure timely completion and accuracy of learner documentation.

Deliver high-quality training programmes to assigned learners/clients.

Travel within a regional area to assess learners in their workplaces.

Support planning, monitoring, and achievement of performance targets.

What are we looking for?

Experience of Work Based Learning and Award Body practices

Experience of delivering Essential Skills Qualifications

Full driving license and access to a vehicle.

Willingness to undergo a DBS check (cost covered by the company) and EWC registration.

Relevant training experience and a recognised teaching or assessing qualification (e.g., A1 Assessor Award, TAQA, CAVA, or equivalent).

Welsh speaking.

What’s in it for you?

At Itec, our employees have access to several great benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (rising with length of service), a health care scheme, 35 hours of working week, discounts for retail and gym membership, a Profit-sharing scheme, life insurance, employee of the month awards, length of service recognition, and much more.

Equal opportunities

Itec operates as an equal opportunity’s employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ensure equal opportunities inclusive of gender, ethnicity, disability, or other protected characteristics.

Additional information

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme