ESOL Tutor

Salary: £31.85 per hour
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG/Hybrid      
Hour per week: 2-6 hours or 2-3 days per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term – Part time- 1 Year renewable - Termly
Closing Date: Tuesday 15th October 2024 at 23:59
Interview: TBC

About Camden

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About the team/service

Camden Adult Community Learning provides learning opportunities across the borough of Camden, in community settings, schools and libraries. 

Our role is to:

• encourage and support adults of all ages and backgrounds to make their first steps back into learning 
• work in close partnership with local community organisations and groups, enabling us to reach those most in need and least likely to engage 
• provide the highest quality teaching and learning and progression routes for all our learners

Our work is underpinned by inclusive learning and approaches that recognise the diversity of our community.

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved

This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced tutors to teach accredited and non-accredited ESOL English classes (reading, writing, speaking and listening) at Pre-entry to Entry Level 3 within community venues. 

The courses usually run for 2-4 hours per week in each venue. Successful tutors might be teaching at one centre only or may be required to teach at venues across Camden. You will also be paid additional hours for any training session or meetings attended.

You will plan and develop courses using course outlines, assessments, schemes of work, lesson plans and learner profile and design high-quality learning activities to help students achieve and progress in their learning, both, in externally and in internally accredited courses. This will involve assessing student’s initial starting points, agreeing learning goals, monitoring their progression whilst providing regular feedback throughout their learner journey and providing them relevant advice and guidance. You will have experience of planning and delivering classes which meet the needs of learners with very limited English, as well as meeting the Quality requirements for funders and the Service. You will have experience teaching accredited and non-accredited ESOL courses in community settings to Ofsted requirements.

You are expected to work alongside fellow ESOL tutors, centre managers and administrators to actively promote learning opportunities for potential new students in the local area.  We especially want to engage and attract those who are hard to reach and have experienced disadvantages in relation to learning opportunities. You should create a classroom environment that is fun, friendly and conducive to the learning needs of adult learners from diverse backgrounds in a climate of equality of access and opportunity for all. Working with the ESOL Programme Manager and other ACL Managers, you will advise and support the learners onto progression opportunities, including signposting learners to IAG services in local colleges, organisations or employment opportunities and attending Camden events to attract and promote ACL courses. You will be expected to attend meetings to report and provide updates, to complete various documentation and comply with the Service’s Quality procedures including RARPA requirements and achievement records for each learner. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10679300/file/document?inline

All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

To be considered for this vacancy, it is essential that successful candidates have the following:

Education and qualifications: 

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
• Teacher trained (PGCE, DTLLS or Cert Ed) and possesses a qualification in the delivery of ESOL e.g., Level 5 or above - Certificate for ESOL Subject Specialist (or other)

You will be an excellent communicator (both written and verbal) with intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and possess excellent personal organisation skills. You will be used to ‘thinking on your feet’ and have excellent problem-solving and team-working skills. Throughout your role, you will be supported by the ESOL manager and offered all Service CPD and training opportunities. 

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Interest free loans
• Access to our incredible staff networks
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.