Maths Tutor

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave (pro‑rata)

Birthday leave & volunteering days (pt

Contributory Pension

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work

EAP

Employee Discount Scheme

Job summary

Central YMCA in Doncaster is seeking a part-time Maths Tutor to deliver engaging sessions and help learners achieve functional skills or GCSE maths. You will work with a small cohort and provide pastoral support to build confidence and progression.

The role requires PGCE or equivalent, Level 3 maths and Level 2 English, with a focus on inclusive teaching and barrier removal. 20 hours per week, pro‑rata benefits, and a collaborative team are offered.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage learners and build confidence in maths.
• Strong organisational and time-management abilities.
• Experience delivering maths up to GCSE/Level 2.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Entry Level to Level 2 Functional Skills and GCSE maths.
• Embed work readiness, behaviour and social skills into lessons.
• Monitor learner progress and set targets.
• Organise assessments, coursework and examinations.
• Provide pastoral support to learners.
• Maintain learner records using ICT and tracking systems.
• Build links with apprenticeship tutors and external organisations.

Skills

Excellent communication

Rapport building

Creative teaching

Organisation & planning

IT skills

Support learners to overcome barriers

Experience teaching maths to Level 2/​

Education

PGCE/Certificate in Education

L5 Diploma in Education & Training

Level 3 maths

Level 2 English

Job description

Maths Tutor 1173

Vacancy Type: Permanent/Part Time

Hours per week: 20 hours per week

Location: Doncaster

Salary Range: £30,000 pro-rata for part time.

About Us

Central YMCA is the world's first YMCA and a national charity with a proud heritage of creating opportunities for people to thrive. Today, we are dedicated to transforming lives through education, skills and employability, helping young people and adults gain the confidence, qualifications and experience they need to build brighter futures.

As an independent training provider, we deliver high-quality study programmes, apprenticeships and vocational training in partnership with employers, equipping learners with the skills and knowledge to succeed in work while supporting employers to develop a skilled workforce.

Everything we do is driven by our charitable purpose. We work to break down barriers to learning, raise aspirations and create opportunities for individuals, while delivering high-quality, sustainable programmes that make a lasting difference to learners, employers and the communities we serve.

If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to make a meaningful impact every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Why join Central YMCA?

• Smaller class sizes, enabling you to build positive relationships with learners and provide personalised support.
• A supportive and collaborative curriculum team that values innovation and wellbeing.
• Access to funded professional development.
• Generous annual leave, plus access to a range of employee wellbeing benefits.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to young people's futures through high-quality vocational education.

What we offer

• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• Extra annual paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days (pro-rata for part-time)
• 4% Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a wide range of free and confidential services for you and your immediate family (including counselling sessions)
• Charity Employee Discount Scheme

Our Commitment to Equality

Central YMCA is open to applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to equity, acceptance, and inclusion, and provide everyone who works with us the opportunity to reach their potential. Our doors are open to all and if you connect with our mission, vision, and values we welcome you to come and be part of our team.

About You

The successful Maths Tutor will have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and great rapport-building ability.
• Be creative and brave, finding ways to engage learners and improve their maths confidence.
• Nurture and empower learners by supporting them to overcome barriers.
• Be highly organised, with demonstrated planning and time-management skills (supported by good IT skills).
• PGCE/Certificate in Education, or L5 Diploma in Education and Training.
• Qualified to a minimum of Level 3 in maths, and a minimum of Level 2 in English.
• Experience of teaching maths up to Level 2 and/or GCSE.
• Effective skills in managing conflict and maintaining high standards of classroom behaviour.

About the Role

As a Maths Tutor, you will be responsible for delivering engaging and practical learning experiences to young people at our centre in Doncaster.

You will support learners from initial assessment through to successful completion and achievement, helping them build a variety of skills, confidence, and a recognised qualification in either functional skills or GCSE maths.

Following a specific curriculum delivery model, you will support our young people to develop and grow their maths skills and knowledge across the academic year, allowing them to succeed in gaining maths qualifications and therefore supporting progression with next steps. Often building on existing skills and knoweldge of maths, the tutor will support our young people to overcome any barriers to learning they may have in the subject, utilising all their own skills and subject knowledge to support growth and build confidence in our young people.

This role combines classroom teaching and pastoral support, preparing learners for progression into employment, apprenticeships, or further education. You will also work closely with vocational tutors, learner support mentors and external partners to support positive learner outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and teach Entry Level to Level 2 Functional Skills and/or GCSE English & maths
• Embed work readiness, behaviour, and social skills into lessons
• Monitor learner progress and set individual learning targets
• Organise and support assessments, coursework, and examinations
• Provide pastoral and tutorial support to learners
• Maintain accurate learner records using ICT and tracking systems
• Build effective links with apprenticeship tutors and external organisations

People are at the heart of everything we do. If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to be part of an organisation where your work makes a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments: Central YMCA is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you are shortlisted for interview and require any reasonable adjustments or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please let the Hiring Manager know when you are invited to interview. This will help us put appropriate arrangements in place to ensure you can participate fully in the selection process.

Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available from Central YMCA website.

Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children. Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to complete a disclosure form prior to interview.

Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of our pre-employment checks. These include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, a satisfactory prohibition from teaching check (where applicable), verification of your right to work and identity, and original qualification certificates relevant to the role.