Freelance Military Training Instructor

Learning Curve Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility

Support from Tutor Delivery Manager

Shift scheduling app (SHIFTS)

Professional development

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Learning Curve Group is seeking a Freelance Military Training Instructor in Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich areas. This associate role involves delivering engaging L2 military training, detailed planning, and motivating learners to reach their potential within our academies.

You will teach, assess and support learners, maintain MIS records, and participate in regular programme activities while complying with safeguarding and health & safety policies.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within one of the uniformed services (minimum 3 years).
• Military or civilian Physical Training qualification is required.
• GCSE Maths and English are desirable but essential.
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications or the education sector.
• Teaching qualification or experience teaching/instructing.
• Experience of working with young people.

Responsibilities

• Keep subject knowledge up to date to ensure challenging lessons.
• Attend training events to keep industrial knowledge current (Reserve Training Camps/Events, Look at Life, Familiarisation/Acquaint Days, Assessment Centres).
• Use assessments to inform learners on improvements.
• Ensure learning is checked for effectiveness and provide timely support.
• Prepare demanding lessons to help learners realise their potential.
• Deliver curriculum on physical and emotional well-being.
• Reflect diversity of learners in resources and cover a broad community context beyond local experience.
• Identify learners who are falling behind and help them catch up.
• Set challenging targets and support Maths/English development.
• Track work experience via FCA in England and facilitate employer opportunities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Mentoring

Education

Military or civilian Physical Training qualification

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Teaching qualification

Job description

Vacancy Name

Freelance Military Training Instructor

Vacancy No

VN5887

Location City

Colchester, Ipswich & Norwich

Contract Type

Associate

Hours per week

0.00

Working Days & Times

adhoc

Salary Minimum Pounds

£15

Salary Maximum Pounds

£18

Description

Learning Curve Group are a growing company which is proven through our recent acquisition of MPCT bringing military academies to a total of 34 across England and Wales. This allows us to offer unique training in both vocational qualifications, employability skills, and most importantly helping learners prepare for employment with includes rewarding careers in the British Armed Forces.

Role Information

Transforming lives is what we do best, and there is no better example of this than in our Academies. As a military Training Instructor at LCG, you will be required to provide outstanding teaching and learning throughout the L2 qualification for our learners within centre. Your lessons will be detailed, well planned and engaging for learners, and the learners under your leadership will be well motivated.

You will need these important qualities:

• A genuine desire to transform lives through learning.
• The ability to aspire and mentor both young people and adults to achieve.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good administration and paperwork skills.
• Appropriate classroom management skills.

DUTIES

• To keep up to date with subject knowledge to ensure lessons are challenging.
• To ensure your Industrial knowledge is kept up to date by attending a number of the following, annually: Reserve Training Camps/Events, Look at Life, Familiarisation and Acquaint Days, Assessment Centres
• To ensure assessment is used to inform learners on how to improve their knowledge.
• To ensure learning is systematically checked for effective learning during lessons and to offer clear directed and timely support that provides notable improvement with learning.
• To prepare demanding lessons to ensure learners realise their potential.
• To ensure the curriculum delivers lessons on both physical and emotional well-being.
• To ensure resources reflect and value the diversity of Learners' experience and provide a comprehensive understanding of people and communities beyond their immediate experience.
• To identify learners who are falling behind, support and enable all to catch up.
• To set challenging individual targets for all Learners.
• To support the development of Maths/English with all Learners.
• To ensure all work experience is tracked via the FCA in England to ensure Learners are embracing the opportunities the programme provides with MPCT partner employers.
• To support the delivery of Learner induction with the Centre Manager.
• To keep the MIS up to date with all Learners details and tracking of performance of qualifications, attendance & progressions.
• To carry out progress reviews to support Learners' educational development.
• To deliver physical training using the bib system during all sessions, to extend and challenge Learners at the appropriate intensity.
• To deliver Military Training Days that follow the military skills portfolios scheme of work in a cyclical manner.
• To listen to the views of Learners and parents to improve teaching and learning.
• To attend regular training on teaching and learning provided.
• Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role
• Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours
• Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company
• Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent and Health and Safety Policies and be vigilant to potential concerns and risks at all times.

Working Flexibly

If the working hours, days or times don't quite meet your needs please contact us to see if we can accommodate working flexibly.

Essentia Criteria

We love to develop our people so even if you don't meet 100% of the essential criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply.

• Experience of working within one of the uniformed services e.g. army, navy, air force,(minimum of 3 years)
• Military or civilian Physical Training qualification

Desirable

• GCSE'S Maths & English qualification would be desirable but essential
• Knowledge of vocational qualifications or the education sector
• Teaching qualification or the experience of teaching or instructing.
• Experience of working young people

Why work for Learning Curve group?

PURPLE PERKS OF BECOMING AN ASSOCIATE

Aside from the amazing support you receive from your Tutor Delivery Manager, there are some great reasons to come onboard as an Associate Tutor with Learning Curve Group.

Flexibility

As an associate tutor you have the luxury of picking and choosing how often you would like to teach to accommodate to your other commitments. All Employability courses differ in terms of the length of the course and the number of days which are required from the tutor each week for delivery. You will receive all courses information prior to accepting work.

Support

From day 1 you will receive support from your Tutor Delivery Manager, starting with an in depth and thorough onboarding process and a chance to ask all your questions! You will have regular contact and update with your manager over Microsoft Teams, or face to face if you're passing the office.

SHIFTS

We have recently invested into a live scheduling tool called SHIFTS for all our tutors in Employability. As a tutor you will receive instructions on how to sign into the APP. Once you have completed your profile, you will receive notifications when a job has been assigned to you and be able to look at all your upcoming courses you have agreed with your Tutor Manager to deliver. Organisation at its finest!

Standardisation Meetings

You will use your own initiative to complete the services, however LCG can specify working standards which are monitored by observations and twice-yearly standardisation meetings. The standardisation meetings are also an excellent opportunity to learn and share best practice with other tutors across the nation.

We are diverse

You're unique - and we love that about you. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Associate tutors are self-employed individuals and therefore responsible for making their own tax and NI contributions. A UTR number will be required which you can apply for from HMRC Unfortunately we are unable to work with Ltd companies, you need to work as a sole trader.

Recruitment Checks

Learners are at the centre of everything we do so we are committed to safeguarding and promoting their welfare. The successful applicant will be required to provide satisfactory references and prove their eligibility to work in the UK. For this role, we will also carry out adverse media checks and also need to carry out a DBS check and will ask information related to previous convictions if you are shortlisted for interview.

Please be assured that a previous conviction does not automatically rule you out of a role, unless you are barred from working with children or adults. We will follow our risk assessment process to understand age of, context and relevance to the conviction(s).

Education Level

Vocational

Level of Vocational Experience

5 years

Applications Close Date

31 Oct 2026