Substantive Tutor (ESOL)

Oldham Council; Oldham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Oldham Council is seeking an instructor to deliver high-quality teaching and assessment across various centres. The role will focus on Skills for Work and ESOL courses, requiring relevant qualifications and organisational skills. This position offers an opportunity to positively impact learner progress while ensuring adherence to service standards.

Benefits

25 days annual leave with increase after 5 and 10 years

Access to LGPS pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support including Mental Health First Aider

Qualifications

• Relevant teaching experience in the Post 19 sector, ideally with ESOL.
• Experience in delivering online and face-to-face learning.
• Ability to prepare lesson plans and assess learner progress.

Responsibilities

• Prepare schemes of work and lesson plans for various courses.
• Complete administrative tasks for learner assessments.
• Monitor and record individual learner progress.

Skills

Organisational skills

Teaching skills

Assessment skills

Education

Relevant subject qualification at level 3 or equivalent

Teaching qualification

Job description

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Based: Across the Coldhurst, Werneth Park and Oldham Lifelong Learning centres and in community & partner venues

Closing Date: Sunday 27 July 2025

Interviews: w/c Monday 4 August 2025

Role Overview:

To deliver high quality teaching learning and assessment that complies with the quality standards of the service. Course delivery will include a range of accredited and non-accredited Skills for Work and ESOL Skills for Life vocational and non-vocational courses. Course levels are pre-entry to Level 1.

Key Responsibilities:

• To prepare schemes of work, lesson plans and relevant resources for accredited and non-accredited course/s.
• To complete all appropriate administrative tasks, including completion of registers, learner agreement forms, risk assessments and records for the teaching and learning file in line with Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement (RARPA).
• To assess and mark learners’ work as appropriate to the standards of the qualification.
• Provide individual / group ongoing assessment to support learning in order to ensure achievement and progression.
• To ensure that individual learner needs are met and progress is monitored and recorded and is reflected in lesson planning.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

• Relevant subject qualification at level 3 or equivalent
• Teaching qualification
• Excellent organisational skills to deliver teaching and learning online and face to face within the Post 19 sector; with practitioner experience in the ESOL curriculum area.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our Benefits Package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

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Important Information:

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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