Academy Housing Tutor

Places for People; Empangeni; Remote; ZAR 700,000 - 919,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension with matched contributions up 

Excellent holiday package – up to 35 s

Cashback plan for healthcare costs – £

A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2

Training and development

Extra perks including discounts

Job summary

Places for People is seeking a PfP Thrive facilitator to lead online workshops, tutor learners and assess progress. You will support progression, build confidence and deliver engaging, practical learning online, aligning with apprenticeship and safeguarding requirements.

The role focuses on developing others, strengthening teams and inspiring positive change across learners at different career stages.

Qualifications

• Strong training and facilitation skills for diverse audiences.
• Experience delivering online workshops and training sessions.
• Relevant occupational qualification or demonstrable occupational competence.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging online workshops that inspire learning and participation.
• Provide personalised one-to-one teaching, tutoring and coaching.
• Contribute to curriculum development, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
• Assess learner work fairly and maintain compliant learner records.
• Take ownership of learner progress, engagement and compliance.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Online workshop delivery

Coaching & mentoring

Curriculum development

Education

Relevant teaching qualification

Willingness to obtain teaching & assessment qualifications

Tools

Online teaching tools

Job description

As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives forward every day by building, managing and supporting thriving Communities. From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK. And that takes People who care about doing the right thing. People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do. We'relookingforColleagues who bring energy,curiosityand ownership. People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar. Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our Customers, ourCommunitiesand each other. Experience matters, butit'sonly part of the story. If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact,we'dlove to hear from you.

More about your role

Are you passionate about your profession, developing people and making a difference that goes beyond your own role? At PfP Thrive, we're passionate about unlocking potential and turning experience into impact. We're looking for professionals who want to use their real-world experience to develop others, strengthen teams and inspire positive change. Through teaching, coaching and assessment, you'll help people build confidence, grow their skills and progress in their careers. Whether your experience comes from frontline housing, community and resident engagement, operational service improvements or strategic management, what matters is the experience you bring, the difference you've made and your passion for helping others succeed. You'll support people at different stages of their careers – from those developing in their current role to emerging professionals and future leaders. Because when People grow, teams become stronger, services improve and communities thrive.

What You'll Do

This is your opportunity to make a real difference to someone's journey. You'll use your professional experience to teach, inspire and develop others, helping learners build the knowledge, skills, behaviours and confidence to make a real difference in their roles and careers. You'll deliver engaging online workshops alongside personalised one-to-one tutoring, coaching and assessment, bringing learning to life through real-world examples, discussion and practical application. You'll create an inclusive learning environment where people feel confident to contribute, challenge their thinking and put new skills into practice.

• Plan and deliver engaging, interactive online workshops that inspire learning and participation.
• Provide personalised one-to-one teaching, tutoring and coaching.
• Bring your occupational expertise into learning through real-world examples and practical application.
• Adapt your teaching to different starting points, learning needs and levels of experience.
• Build trusted relationships with learners, line managers and workplace mentors.
• Inspire learners to stay motivated, engaged and focused on their goals.
• Identify barriers early and find positive ways to help learners move forward.
• Balance nurture and encouragement with appropriate challenge and high expectations.
• Provide meaningful feedback that builds confidence and supports improvement.
• Assess learner work fairly, consistently and to the required standard.
• Maintain accurate, timely and compliant learner records.
• Take ownership of learner progress, engagement, quality and compliance.
• Work in line with apprenticeship, awarding organisation, safeguarding and PfP Thrive requirements.
• Contribute to curriculum development, quality assurance, standardisation and continuous improvement, helping us continually raise the bar for our learners.

More About You

You don't necessarily need to come from a further education background. We're looking for someone with strong occupational credibility and a genuine passion for helping people succeed. You'll be:

• Learner-focused – putting individual development at the heart of what you do.
• Tenacious – bringing patience, persistence and positivity, finding different ways to reconnect, motivate and help learners succeed.
• Curious – understanding what is getting in the way of progress.
• Supportive – building confidence while maintaining high expectations.
• Accountable – taking ownership and following things through.
• Collaborative – working with learners, line managers and mentors to support success.
• Organised and detail-focused – confidently managing your caseload, evidence and compliance.
• Adaptable – tailoring your approach to different learners and situations.
• A confident facilitator – creating vibrant online sessions that bring learning to life, make complex topics clear encourage participation, discussion and shared learning.
• Inclusive and learner-focused – creating an environment where everyone feels comfortable contributing, learning and developing.
• Inspiring – using your professional experience to challenge thinking, build confidence and encourage learners to put their learning into practice.

Essential Criteria

• Strong training and facilitation skills, with the confidence to bring content to life for different audiences.
• Experience of planning and delivering engaging online workshops and training sessions
• Relevant occupational qualification and/or demonstrable occupational competence in your specialist area.
• Current or recent industry experience relevant to the programmes they will support.
• Willingness to work towards relevant teaching and assessment qualifications if not already held

What you'll get

We know rewarding work deserves rewarding benefits.That'swhy, alongside a competitive salary,you'llhave access to a package designed to support you at work and beyond.

You'll receive:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Training and development
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.