Job Description

Please apply via Kent Teach https://www.kent-teach.com/Recruitment/Vacancy/VacancyDetails.aspx?VacancyId=146333

Our Aim

Liberty College is an organisation devoted to improving the lives of society's most vulnerable and needy individuals, supporting them to achieve the most in their lives. With our combined knowledge and experience Liberty College delivers an optimum service to help learners achieve their full potential and make a positive impact on society through our nurturing and supportive Specialist Post-16 College and our soon to be established high school, Liberty High.

The Role

The role of Motor Vehicle Tutor is to deliver motor vehicle mechanics skills and to assist the training team to provide support for learners in preparation for entering the workplace. You will have an active role in assisting learners on training courses to help them progress into education, employment, training or volunteering. You will be responsible for teaching motor vehicle mechanics skills, employability skills, functional skills and life skills, often to challenging and disengaged young people with learning difficulties.

As a Tutor you will support the team in ensuring the courses are run effectively and the service provided reflects the ethos of the college. You will support the team in ensuring directives and policies are reflected and implemented in everyday practice. You will be accountable to the Deputy Headteacher.

Requirements

Your normal hours of work are 37.5 per week, to be worked over 5 days. 08.30 - 16.30 Monday to Friday, term time. Full time tutors are required to be available for work for 195 days per year (directed time). In addition to your directed days, you will be required to work such reasonable additional hours as necessary to complete your tasks. Part-time Tutors are required to work a proportion of the 195 days appropriate to their contract. The hours of work you will be expected to work will be specified by the Head of College. You are entitled to a 30-minute unpaid lunch break per day.

You must have an outgoing, friendly and confident personality with a positive attitude and a passion for helping others. Our Tutors are motivational speakers, inspirers, and energisers who broaden horizons and break down barriers to progression. We have a holistic approach to training young people, helping them wherever possible with the challenges that life may throw at them, and to join our team, you would need the same outlook.

This is a brand new course, currently under construction, and any applicant should have ideas for fun engaging activities. We are looking for someone with innovative ideas that steer away from traditional teaching methods. At Liberty, we have a learner-centred approach and are looking for someone with the same philosophy.

We are a small team, with an 'all hands on deck' approach, so when you are not teaching, you may be asked to assist the team in other areas.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS- formerly CRB) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions. A number of roles, especially those involving children or vulnerable adults, are subject to a criminal record check. All job offers are subject to successful DBS checks, an individual not being listed on the POVA register and are subject to a final offer of employment being made by Liberty.

Responsibilities

General

To fully understand the aims, objectives and ethos of Liberty and to reflect these in your daily working life

To adhere to Liberty's policies and procedures

To act in a professional yet approachable manner at all times

To attend regular meetings and supervisions to help your own professional development

To attend training as required

Any other tasks as required or requested by your Line Manager

Working with learners

To assess, plan and deliver motor vehicle mechanics skills with embedded English and maths to all learners on an individual or group basis according to learners learning needs and requirements

To assess, plan and deliver weekly workshops in a vocational subject to groups of learners

To design and deliver engaging sessions, including activities and projects, incorporating life skills, PSHE, personal development and employability skills in order to provide a holistic service which prepares our learners for the world beyond education

To design and deliver engaging sessions, including activities and projects

To work as part of the training team to develop high quality training programmes

To be part of ongoing assessment of learners learning needs and to make adjustments as required minimising barriers to learning and achievement

To accompany groups of young people on days out and activities, and participate in activities

To develop a professional 'mentor' relationship with learners, always keeping appropriate and transparent boundaries

To encourage growth and self-confidence by working with learners to develop employability and functional skills which are embedded within the curriculum

To ensure learners are following health and safety and behavioural guidelines

To deal with challenging or inappropriate behaviour in a professional manner according to college guidelines and disciplinary procedures

To lead by example as a good role model at all times, adhering to safeguarding and health and safety policies

Working with other organisations

To promote the college and training service to other companies through email, telephone and face to face contact, including attending promotional events

To maintain excellent working relationships with other agencies and employers to encourage good multiagency working

Administration and clerical

To keep thorough, confidential and up to date client records for the purpose of effective and efficient client working, using cloud-based databases and Microsoft Office programmes

To ensure all documentation is completed accurately and to a high standard and in accordance with guidelines set by the training contract and awarding body

To maintain and update all manual and computerised training records

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 27,742.00-35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Casual dress Company events Company pension Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 27/08/2025