Job Description

Harness your skills and lead impactful training that provides people with a green career.

As a part time Green Skills Tutor for the CONNECT programme, you will support and deliver sessions that give learners aged 16+ the skills, knowledge and confidence to explore careers in the green economy.

We're passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. As a Gold Award Employer Recognition Scheme holder with the Armed Forces Covenant, we also offer a guaranteed interview to veterans who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.

Based at Groundwork offices in Trafford Park or Ashton-under-Lyne and/or community base within Greater Manchester.

We aim to support a healthy work-life balance. As such we operate a flexi-time system and part-time and flexible working options are available. We are happy to discuss preferred working arrangements with candidates within the parameters of the role requirements.

Overview of the post

The postholder will be a member of the Skills & Justice team and will be working closely with the Green Skills Manager.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the design and delivery of Green Skills training sessions. These sessions will focus on equipping learners aged 16+ with awareness of pathways to jobs in the green economy and provide them with the ability to increase confidence, engage with others and connect with the outdoors. Training will take place across a variety of settings, including classrooms, community settings and outdoor environments, ensuring accessibility and relevance for a diverse range of learners.

Delivery

Delivering a portfolio of green skills related training products for different groups of learners

Achievement of a range of KPI targets including the number of young people recruited and their retention on the programme; complete all necessary enrolment, monitoring, assessment, action planning and review processes as required by project funders and awarding bodies

Effectively plan and resource provision on green skills programmes with well-maintained tools and equipment, ensuring delivery of applicable tool talks, supervising safe practice, maintenance and correct storage

Business & / or Service Development

Supports development of Groundwork Green Skills Academy, with new training courses, both accredited and non-accredited, relating to green skills and the green economy

Develops and maintains relationships at project level e.g. community organisations, referral partners and employers

Identifies opportunities to enhance learner experience.

Uses internal and external data relating to teaching, development of young people and employment progression in specialist field, and shares learning within team to inform service development and practice

Financial Management

& Income Generation

Responsible for travel, refreshments and activity resources

Plans for effective use of resources within projects and / or service delivery

Maximise draw down on relevant programme funding contracts whilst keeping expenditure within agreed limits

Looks for cost savings and / or funding opportunities to support project sustainability plans and / or business development plans and / or internal or external service improvement plans; shares ideas with managers and team

People Management & Development

Supervision of volunteers or trainees

Shares specialist skills and knowledge with others

Embeds culture and values through own behaviours and providing supportive challenge to others

Internal Management

Embeds policy and procedure within areas of responsibility

Supports delivery of business improvement priority plans with focus on continuous improvement relating to teaching and CIAG

Supports organisational needs/development as required

To apply for this role, please download the applications on our website and return them to gmrecruitment@groundwork.org.uk

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 20,693.12 per year

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Company pension Cycle to work scheme Flexitime Free parking Health & wellbeing programme Paid volunteer time Sick pay
Work Location: In person