London Borough of Lewisham
Location
Lewisham, United Kingdom
The role/category
Part-time ESOL tutor
Are you a passionate and qualified ESOL tutor? Do you enjoy making a difference to people’s lives through education and supporting adults with improving their English language skills?
Perhaps you are looking to combine your teaching skills with part-time flexible hours to suit your current work life balance?
If this appeals to you, please read on to find out more about our vacancies and what Adult Learning Lewisham is offering you:
We are looking to fill our vacancies across all levels in both accredited and non-accredited ESOL courses. In the ESOL accredited programme we are particularly keen to employ evening tutors. Due to an increase in demand for ESOL we can work with tutors and develop a timetable with flexible hours that meet your preferences. You need to be experienced in delivering at least one of the following courses: New to ESOL, any of the accredited or non-accredited ESOL Entry levels up to ESOL Level 2 or bespoke courses for new arrival refugees.
This is an exciting time to be joining Adult Learning Lewisham as we grow our provision and develop further partnerships across Lewisham to meet the ongoing demand of adults who seek to improve their English language skills to better integrate in the community, enhance their career prospects and flourish.
We are a well-established and ambitious adult community learning (ACL) provider, offering a wide range of courses across Lewisham and from our main centres located in Granville Park, Brockley Rise and Grove Park. We are proud to offer high quality ESOL courses to diverse groups of adult learners who successfully develop skills, gain qualifications and achieve their long-term goals. ESOL courses run daytime and evenings with sessions ranging from 2.5 to 5 hours per week across the academic year.
Working as part of a team, you will support the pre-course assessment of learners identifying their needs and allocating learners to courses that are right for them. You will be responsible for planning and delivering courses, addressing learner needs and supporting learners in progressing, achieving their goals and gaining a qualification (where applicable).
Upon successful recruitment, you will receive an in-depth induction into the service. We will provide you with ongoing support on our MIS and VLE systems. You will have regular opportunities in engaging and sharing best teaching practices and staff development activities to enable you and ALL to become an outstanding provider.
As a Lewisham council employee, you can enjoy a wide range of entitlements and benefits including a teacher’s pension and free access to the council’s Learning Academy, various schemes to support with travel to work, to mention just a few.
We welcome applicants who:
- are qualified ESOL practitioners or are working toward PGCE Level 4 with the ESOL subject specialism.
- have demonstrable skills in incorporating technologies and teaching resources that are relevant, inclusive and impactful.
- are preferably familiar with the new English Speaking Board ESOL qualifications
- have experience of pre-course assessments, quality assurance and internal moderation activities (preferred).
As part of your supporting statement, we strongly recommend you further refer to the job description and person specification of the role and address these.
If you have any questions relating to this post, please contact curriculum leaders
Stefania Quaresima – Accredited ESOL (stefania.quaresima@lewisham.gov.uk)
Ruhsar Osman – bespoke refugee courses (ruhsar.osman@lewisham.gov.uk)
Denise Jones – COMESOL (denise.jones1@lewisham.gov.uk)
Salary details
£32.78 per hour
Please ensure that you follow Lewisham Council’s job application process and complete all sections to support your application process. Your C.V. will not be accepted
Please clearly state which subject(s) / role you are applying for.
Closing date: 30th June 2024
Interviews to be held: Week commencing 15th July 2024
Click here for the job description and person specification
Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed. Diversity Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply The Council has a dedicated employment support service, Lewisham Works, which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works, please email JobsAndSkills@lewisham.gov.uk and an advisor will be in touch with you. The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response. Let’s stay connected, follow us on social media:
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