Job Description

Functional Skills/Employability Tutor

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Job description

Functional Skills/Employability Tutor

Ref: REQ001761

Competitive Salary and Excellent Benefits. Full Time or Part Time/Term Time Only.



A great opportunity to work with an Outstanding adult provision to support our stakeholders in upskilling adults. Due to growing demand, we currently have a vacancy as a multi-skilled Functional Skills/Employability Tutor to deliver engaging education, both online and in person. If you have proven experience in adult education, this is an excellent opportunity to empower learners and make a lasting impact.



The College uses an intelligent AI system for personalised learning to support direct tutor support for functional skills and assist in making effective interventions, saving time on marking and data analysis. The Functional Skills Tutor will coordinate the learning, send progress reports and run top up workshop sessions for English, Maths and some ICT at Level 1 and Level 2, as well as employability sessions. You will be considered if you specialise in any of those subjects.



This role will be mainly college based but occasionally some travel may be required to the workplace. Hours can be flexible for the right candidate but will be a minimum of 14 hours per week (2 days) but the opportunity is available for anything up to 37 hours per week (full time).



It is desirable for applicants to hold teaching or mentoring qualifications plus a level 3 in a relevant qualification, with a track record of working in the sector.

In addition, you need to be an enthusiastic and motivated individual who can engage with FE students to ensure that they reach their full potential.



This is a superb opportunity for a first-class applicant to work in an Outstanding College. In turn we can offer you interesting and varied work with an excellent benefits package.



Benefits include: Teachers Pension, 40 days holiday, onsite gym, Employee Assistance Programme including Savings Centre offering retail discounts, Refectory and free on-site parking.



Farnborough College of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer.



Interviews will take place shortly after the published closing date or when a suitable number of appropriate applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.



Please note we are not accepting speculative applications from agencies.

Safeguarding for Employees

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.



Positions within the College will involve contact with young people and vulnerable adults. Consequently, post-holders will be obliged to demonstrate and maintain their suitability to work with young people and vulnerable adults. This will include a requirement to undertake an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, in addition to referencing and qualification checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Farnborough College of Technology complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.



Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Amendment Order 1986) please refer to the DBS website for further information.



Candidates who are offered an interview for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College. The College will regard any failure to disclose your criminal record as a breach of trust. It is College Policy that all candidates will be subject to a Disclosure check if offered the post for which the application has been made. Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001761

Date posted

10/07/2025

Application closing date

31/07/2025

Contractual hours

Basis

Various

Job category/type

Teaching