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Skills for Life Tutor - ESOL Specialist

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This is a full-time, fixed-term teaching position for two years. The role is term-time only (41 weeks per year), with a working pattern of 35 hours per week.

Salary: 36,974.00-42,005.00 per annum, plus London weighting, pro rata for 41 weeks.

About Us:

Tower Hamlets Council is committed to fostering a community of lifelong learners. Our combination of Idea Stores and Idea Store Learning provides a unique combination of adult learning, library and information services in one of the most economically and socially diverse communities in the UK. Our wide-ranging innovative ESOL provision works with our English, maths and digital skills partners to fulfil the core objectives of enabling adults to develop the skills they need to participate in a modern democracy, make progress at work and express themselves through different media.

The Role:

We are seeking a creative ESOL Tutor dedicated to improving the lives of our learners. You will work closely with the Assistant Programme Manager to design and teach high-quality ESOL courses that ensure our learners experience engaging, enjoyable and purposeful classes that enable them to shape their lives and be active members of their communities.


You will work across levels, on accredited and non-accredited classes, and be committed to creating a community of practice that experiments with different teaching, learning and assessment approaches.


Graded Good by Ofsted (January 2023), come and join our supportive learning environment where you will be given space to develop and progress in your teaching career.

About You:

Must have a recognised teaching qualification. It is desirable to have a subject specialism in ESOL but not essential. Proven experience in teaching engaging and purposeful ESOL courses to adults. Strong administrative and IT skills and familiarity with course delivery documentation. Commitment to professional development and continuous improvement. Excellent communication skills, specifically the ability to communicate simply, clearly and with empathy with speakers of other languages. This post requires an enhanced DBS and the ability to work flexibly and across learning sites and community venues as required. For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Benefits:

All tutors receive a laptop and work mobile phone Teacher's pension scheme Learning and development opportunities - including staff CPD afternoons Employee wellbeing initiatives including the Employee Assistance Programme Be Well Corporate leisure centre membership discount Cycle to work scheme Eyecare vouchers

Additional Information

The closing date for the receipt of applications is

Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 23:59

. You will be notified if your application has been successful.

Application Tips

We strongly encourage applicants to read the person specification carefully and ensure their application clearly demonstrates how they meet the essential skills and knowledge required for this role.


When completing your application, please consider the following:

Describe your teaching pedagogy

: Tell us about your approach to teaching and how you support learner progress.

Give real examples

: Share specific examples of how your teaching has made a positive impact on learners' engagement, confidence, or outcomes.

Be clear and specific

: Use your application to show us not just what you've done, but how you did it and what the results were.


Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.


Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.


We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.


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