Functional Skills Tutor - Supported Internships

Shaw Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Volunteer leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Shaw Trust is seeking a skilled tutor to deliver English and Maths in a vocational setting, supporting learners on the Supported Internship and 16‑19 provision. The role involves creating resources and conducting face-to-face group teaching and one-to-one support, with a fixed-term contract until 31 July 2026.

Based at the Norwich office, with regional travel as required. The successful candidate will help learners reach level 1 or 2 qualifications to meet employer needs, working to the

Qualifications

• Tutoring and teaching English and Maths in vocational settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and develop resources to improve learners' core Maths and English.
• Provide face-to-face group teaching and one-to-one support.
• Deliver on Supported Internship and 16-19 provision until employment or apprenticeship.
• Contribute to meeting awarding bodies' standards.

Skills

Tutoring English

Maths tutoring

Face-to-face teaching

Session support

Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility. For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco‑system of purpose‑led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

We are looking for a skilled tutor that will help learners apply English and Maths in a real, vocational, and practical way to support their studies and workplace aspirations. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering on our Supported Internship and 16‑19 provision where our learners are all on a short and intensive journey to find employment or an apprenticeship.

The successful candidate will deliver and develop a range of resources dedicated to helping individuals improve their core Maths and English to help them achieve a level 1 or level 2 qualification, meeting the needs of employers and learners, to the standards set by awarding bodies. Delivery of these programmes will be face to face group teaching and one to one support sessions.

This is a fixed‑term contract until 31st July 2026.

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Location

You will be based in the Norwich office, and may be required to delivery at other sites in the region occasionally.

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [e-mail]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.