Pay: £24.00 per hour
Please contact the network office to request an application form.
Job description
CMN Training and Skills (Part of the Cornwall Marine Network Group)
Contract: Freelance
Salary/Hourly Rate: £24 per hour (plus £12 per hour travel time and 45p per mile as required)
Location: It essential that applicants are based in Cornwall (Currently seeking a priority focus on Maths Tutors based in Falmouth Area)
Number of roles Available: Multiple
How to Apply: Please submit a covering letter together with a CV and a complete CMN Freelance application form and send to: [email protected]
About Cornwall Marine Network
As a training provider CMN provides personal and flexible training to individuals, employees and apprentices in SMEs across all business sectors in Cornwall and the South West. Since 2002 CMN has successfully delivered a wide range of training programmes to learners, created more than 5,000 new jobs and added over £700M value to the local economy. This freelance role will support our business and local community to meet their skills and training needs; ensure we continue to drive improvement in our apprenticeship training service and ensure CMN continues to be recognised as a provider of excellence for all our customers and learners.
Overview
As a freelance Functional Skills Tutor and Assessor you will report to the Training, Quality and Delivery Senior Manager and form part of the training team. You will have apprenticeship experience as well as a proven ability in teaching Maths and English to achieve high quality outcomes for learners whilst delivering year on year improvements in effectiveness and efficiency.
You will have the ability to manage the teaching; coaching and additional support for learners. Your role will be to support the delivery team to ensure learner achievement and enable equality of opportunity for learners to reach their full potential.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the achievement of FS English and/or Maths qualifications for an allocated cohort of learners as required and agreed with the Training Delivery and Quality Manager.
- Responsible for the management of an allocated cohort of learners through the supporting, monitoring, recording, tracking and regular reporting of learner progress towards the achievement of FS qualifications. Ensure the successful and timely completion and progression of apprentice’s and other learners within allocated caseloads.
- Identify learners with Additional Learning Support (ALS) needs, complete required funding paperwork and deliver additional support as required.
- Ensure learner records, information and data is kept up to date, secure (Data Protection) and relevant through utilisation of training team systems and processes.
- To undertake and administer all paperwork related to learning and training for learners within allocated caseload, maintaining all course and related documentation, including course/lesson plans and responsible for the completion of the FS Individual Learning Plan for each learner within the allocated caseload.
- Responsible for the delivery of tutorials on specific FS related subjects as agreed with line manager (mostly delivered online).
- Support Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) duties in conjunction with other Assessors as allocated by the Training Delivery and Quality Manager
- To work with other colleagues as required and directed, to promote the achievement of Functional Skills.
- Liaise with the project teams to facilitate suitable progression opportunities for participants across CMN projects.
- Attendance at caseload reviews and standardisation meetings with Training Delivery and Quality Manager.
- Utilise online platforms such as the CMN e-portfolio (VQ Manager), Teams and/or Google Classrooms in delivering an efficient and auditable apprenticeship support service (training will be given if needed).
- Promote CMN training offers to prospective customers.
Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria
- Minimum qualifications Level 3 (A level) including English and Maths minimum at GCSE.
- Suitably qualified Teacher (PGCE, Level 3 Education and Training Award, L3 Teaching qualification).
- Experience of delivering English and Maths to adults (minimum 2 years).
- Experience of delivering via blended or distance learning.
- In-depth knowledge of English and Maths “Reformed” standards and familiarity with associated assessment methodology.
- Experience of engaging, enthusing and inspiring high achieving learners in English and Maths subjects.
- Excellent subject area teaching strategies.
- Experience of contextualising English and Maths and relating it to the main area of study.
- Ability to work with young people and adult learners with varying starting points and prepare them for success at level 2.
- Experience of delivering training online and face-to-face.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills with the ability to self-motivate; in particular, have excellent time management skills and have an ability to work towards challenging targets.
- Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to relate to people at different levels of an organisation and excellent Customer Service skills.
- Flexible, adaptable, able to work on own initiative with can-do-attitude.
- Be based in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
- High level of commitment to improving people’s lives through learning.
- Ability to multi-task and apply differentiation to support a range of learner needs.
- Excellent IT skills.
Desirable Criteria:
- Assessors Award (or already working towards).
- Experience in designing and developing curriculum for the specialist subject area.
- Experience of teaching learners with additional support needs or SEND.
- Passion for all things maritime and Cornwall.
- Experience of supporting other teaching staff.
- Experience of working with awarding organisations and Ofsted inspections.
Equal Opportunities: Cornwall Marine Network operates under the principles of Equal Opportunity, insisting on and promoting equality of opportunity and access to all, regardless of age, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or impairment, income, education, religious beliefs, or cultural heritage.
Safeguarding and Prevent: Cornwall Marine Network is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all team members and Freelance Tutors to share this commitment. Applicants must have an enhanced DBS check along with evidence of recent safeguarding and Prevent training.
Work Location: In person
Pay: £24.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
