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Lead Tutor - Family Learning Curriculum

Surrey County CouncilSurrey

10 days ago

Job type

Part-time

Permanent

Job description

Description

The starting salary for this position is £16,256 per annum based on an 18 hour working week, pro-rata to £32,512.

We are excited to be hiring a multi-skilled and qualified Lead Tutor to teach courses to parents as part of our fantastic Family Learning programme based at one of the Surrey Adult Learning centres and this can be discussed further at interview. Travel within Surrey to other centres and venues will be required.. Join our dynamic and skilled team of tutors who have a direct impact on improving the lives of parents and their children in Surrey. Hybrid working arrangements will be discussed at interview.

Rewards and Benefits

26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
2 paid volunteering days per year
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Role

Family Learning is an integral part of Surrey Adult Learning which offers an inclusive range of learning opportunities to meet both local needs and government priorities. You will develop an ambitious and outcome focussed programme to equip parents and carers to support children's learning through an exciting and relevant curriculum of inter-generational and adult only courses. You will provide information, advice and guidance to encourage parents and carers to pursue further learning and seek opportunities for progression to accreditation.

You will join another dedicated Lead Tutor and be responsible for designing and delivering a high quality structured teaching programme to directly meet learners' needs for each course you teach. Our courses include 'How to be Awesome at Maths", "Reading for Wellbeing" and "Understanding Education in England". A full programme of courses is available on our website .

As a Lead Tutor you will primarily lead the family learning programme for English, Maths and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). You will develop specialist resources for these courses and support and mentor improvements for other Tutors in your curriculum area. You will assess learners' starting points, set appropriate learning objectives and review and assess progress.

You will also attend events to promote the programme and to build relationships with schools and family centres.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position your CV and answers to the questions below will clearly evidence :

Experience in teaching functional skills and ESOL for an organisation (or education provider) ideally subject to the Ofsted quality framework

A level 3 or higher subject specific qualification which is linked to either parenting, functional skills or ESOL and a relevant teaching qualification

Confident use of technology (e.g. Zoom and Microsoft SharePoint etc)

A collaborative and outcome focused approach to work

Experience in promoting learning programmes

Application Questions

What experience do you have in delivering family learning programmes to parents and carers? Please tell us about this.

Please tell us how you would promote the programmes to encourage learner numbers.

Please tell us how you develop personalised individual learning plans for your learners.

Please tell us how you check learning, progress and achievement for your learners.

Contact Us

This job advert closes at 23 : 59 on 20th July 2025 with interviews in late August – date to be confirmed.

We look forward to receiving your application,

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Curriculum Tutor • Surrey