Job Description

Salary

28.92 per hour (includes holiday pay, plus teachers' pension and agile working opportunities)

Contractual hours

0

Basis

Zero Hours

Region

South

Package

Agile working opportunities.
Employee assistance programme.
Eye care scheme.
Wellbeing programme

Job category/type

Quality and Curriculum

Date posted

04/07/2025

Job reference

REQ000180

Employability Sessional Tutor

28.92 per hour (includes holiday pay, plus teachers' pension and agile working opportunities)

Truro, Cornwall

The WEA is the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult education, a charity dedicated to bringing high quality, professional education into the heart of communities. We believe that all adults, regardless of their situation, should have access to education.



WEA are looking for talented individuals to help us deliver our mission - to bring education within reach.

As an Employability Tutor, you will provide the highest possible quality teaching and learning to a group of learners. These courses are non-accredited, with the potential to move to accredited as the year progresses. There may also be scope to deliver other programmes depending on your experience.

Providing engaging teaching, learning and assessment with a creative and supportive approach to teaching, adapting to a range of learning styles, and ability to differentiate delivery to learners with mixed abilities to develop learners` knowledge and understanding.

As a Sessional Tutor, you should have:
Teaching qualification (PCGE, CertEd, DET or equivalent), level 5 specialism (if you have IQA and Assessor qualifications that would be advantageous) Experience of design and implementation of innovative learning, schemes of work and lesson plans. Experience in a range of initial assessment and diagnostic tools. A thorough understanding of RARPA as well as the EIF and the quality processes that underpin your delivery. Experience of working with adults in hard-to-reach areas who may face multiple barriers to education. Strong working knowledge of OFSTEDs Education Inspection Framework. A strong team work ethic. We like to collaborate and support each other. A passion for adult education and making a difference!

We are working hard to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change.

We strongly encourage applicants from a diverse range of candidates and encourage everyone with the appropriate skills, experiences and potential to apply. Should you need any support with your application, then please email recruitment@wea.ac.uk



In our recent OFSTED inspection, we received a GOOD overall grade, with an OUTSTANDING rating for Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development.



You can read more about the WEA, on our website Why learn with the WEA? There are many reasons | WEA

Below are some of our great benefits:
Agile working opportunities. Employee assistance programme. Eye care scheme. Wellbeing programme




If you are interested in this role, please submit your application at your earliest convenience. We reserve the right to close the role early if we receive a large volume of applications.