Hours: 30 hours per week | Monday–Friday | 6 hours per day
About the Role
Positive Communities are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and learner-focused Employability Trainer to join our team in Doncaster.
We're looking for more than someone who can simply deliver a session. We want a trainer who can use creativity and innovation to bring our programmes to life, creating engaging, practical learning experiences that help people build their confidence, develop new skills and take meaningful steps towards employment.
You'll support learners throughout their journey with Positive Communities – from their initial onboarding and individual learning plan through to successful completion, achievement and progression.
With 30 hours worked across Monday to Friday, six hours per day, this role could be ideal for someone looking for a rewarding career while maintaining a great work-life balance.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll deliver engaging employability and sector awareness sessions across a range of programmes, supporting learners to understand the world of work and prepare for their next steps.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering high-quality, interactive employability and sector awareness sessions
- Using innovation, creativity and different delivery techniques to bring programmes to life and keep learners engaged
- Delivering sessions covering CVs, applications, interview preparation, confidence, communication, workplace behaviours and employer expectations
- Bringing different industries to life through sector awareness activities across areas such as Construction, Warehousing, Health & Social Care, Hospitality and other local employment sectors
- Supporting learner onboarding and induction sessions, ensuring learners have a positive experience from day one
- Working with learners to develop detailed, inclusive and supportive Individual Learning Plans, recognising their starting points, aspirations, strengths and individual support needs
- Regularly reviewing learner progress and adapting support and delivery where required
- Creating an inclusive learning environment that enables learners of different abilities, experiences and backgrounds to participate and succeed
- Identifying learners who may be at risk of disengaging and providing appropriate support to help retain them on programme
- Maintaining regular communication and engagement with learners throughout their programme
- Driving attendance, retention, achievement and successful completion
- Supporting learners to identify transferable skills and understand realistic employment and progression opportunities
- Working collaboratively with colleagues, employers and partners to ensure delivery remains relevant to the local labour market
- Maintaining accurate learner records and completing relevant programme documentation to a high standard
- Contributing ideas and helping us continually develop and improve our programmes
Qualifications & Experience
We're looking for someone who has previous experience working in a similar training, employability, coaching or learner-support role.
You should be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of delivering employability, training, coaching or skills-based sessions
- Experience of working directly with learners or customers who may have different barriers to employment
- Confidence delivering engaging sessions to groups
- Experience of supporting individuals to set goals and work towards agreed outcomes
- An understanding of learner engagement, retention and achievement
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to adapt your delivery style to meet different learning and support needs
- Good organisational and administrative skills
- A positive and creative approach to learning and development
- A genuine commitment to helping people progress towards employment
Desirable Qualifications
While formal teaching qualifications aren't essential, we'd particularly welcome applications from candidates who hold one or more of the following:
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training, PTLLS, or another recognised teaching/training qualification
- CAVA, TAQA or equivalent assessor qualification
- A recognised coaching or mentoring qualification
- Relevant sector-specific qualifications or professional experience
- Experience of delivering employability or adult skills programmes
We also welcome applications from experienced coaches or trainers who may have developed their skills through industry rather than following a traditional teaching route.
Who We're Looking For
The right person will be someone who can connect with learners and get the best out of them.
You'll be approachable and supportive while also being able to challenge and motivate learners to attend, participate and achieve.
You'll be comfortable standing in front of a group, but equally confident sitting down one-to-one with a learner to understand what's holding them back and helping them put a plan in place.
Most importantly, you'll bring energy, ideas and personality to our programmes. We want our learners to look forward to attending and leave our sessions feeling more confident about Working.
Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 6 hours per day
Location: Doncaster
The 30-hour working week offers a great opportunity for someone looking for a role that provides work-life balance without stepping away from a rewarding career in training and employability.
About Positive Communities
Positive Communities works with individuals, employers and community partners to connect skills, people and opportunities.
We create practical, engaging programmes that respond to the needs of local people and employers, helping individuals develop their skills, increase their confidence and progress towards sustainable employment.
As we continue to grow our delivery across Doncaster, we're looking for people who share our commitment to providing supportive, inclusive and high-quality experiences for every learner.
If you're an engaging trainer, coach or employability professional who believes learning should be practical, inclusive and inspiring, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: £26,500.00 per year
Work Location: In person
