Job Description

Job Category: Non-Teaching
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County wide
Worker Category: Hybrid
Salary: 35,451 - 39,165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 0.8 / 29.6 hours a week
Contract Type: Fixed Term to 31/7/2026 with potential to extend
Closing Date: 06th October 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
Are you passionate about foreign languages and want to pass that passion on to others? Are you an excellent foreign language tutor who understands the needs and challenges of teaching adult learners? Are you a skilled coordinator able to manage staff, admin, learners and the demands of funders and awarding bodies?
Are you IT literate, and quick to learn new platforms and procedures?
If so, then this might be the role for you!
About the Role
The aim of this role is to manage the provision of Adult learning Languages classes alongside an established Learning Development and Delivery Coordinator (0.5) to ensure that classes are well run, quality of education is high and learners are supported to enjoy and achieve in their learning. This is a varied role, and within it you will also need to promote classes and recruit new learners, complete all course administration (including registering learners on qualifications and claiming certificates) and support tutors to deliver excellent lessons and manage attendance and behaviour. This role manages approx 10/12 sessional teaching staff.
We currently teach 6 languages, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and BSL. (There is a separate LDDC for BSL courses so these will not be your responsibility).
The role is varied and challenging, and different times of the year are busy in different ways! At the start of the year duties include ensuring that all classes are ready, paperwork is updated and prepared and planning is complete for the forthcoming year, towards the end of the academic year we are managing assessments and moderation, submitting results, creating reports and deciding on what we will deliver the next year. No week is the same! There is a teaching element to this post and there is an expectation that a minimum of 20% of your time will be spent teaching one of our 5 foreign Languages to adults face to face. We would prefer a Spanish speaker as we have a lot of native Spanish staff to manage and a large Spanish language provision. Our current LDDC is a French speaker.
You will need to complete mandatory training linked to the role and the service.
We would like someone based in the south of the county if possible as our current LDDC is based in the North. You must be willing to travel around the county (to visit tutors and attend meetings) and have access to your own transportation.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
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About You

• A level 4/5 nationally approved teaching qualification or equivalent
• A relevant and approved subject qualification at the required level for the subject specialism (Foreign Languages - specifically one of those we deliver)
• Good functional skills (to at least NVQ Level 2 or above in Maths, English and ICT (or evidence of competence)
• Experience of managing staff and coordination of courses.
• Ability to use ICT for professional communications, using email and attachments and other platforms including Sharepoint and Prosolution. You also need to be able to use the adult learning platform (Virtual learning environment- or VLE) both as a user and also as a tutor.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Daisy Edwards, Programme Manager, Languages
Telephone: 0116 305 3944 / 07730582874
Email: daisy.edwards@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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About Leicestershire County Council
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Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
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