Job Description

The Growth Company's (GC) Education and Skills team have an exciting new opportunity for a Vocational Tutor (Construction) to develop, promote, deliver and assess training in order to maximise learning outcomes for students.
This role will be based out of Rochdale skills centre.
As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.
This role requires the following qualifications:

• Construction qualification (within a construction space) level 1+
• Teaching qualification (Level 4+)
• Maths and English L2 - (GCSE or Functional Skills)

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote courses and recruit in order to maximise occupancy levels.
• Carry out initial and on-going assessment to ensure students are on the right programme and receiving the right level of support.
• Plan & design appropriate training programmes (including development of schemes of work, lesson plans, Apprenticeship Learning Plans etc), taking account of individual requirements to ensure differentiation of learning.
• Adopt effective use of new technologies including development of learning programmes on SoL-VE and use of webinars/Skype etc to meet market demands and enhance the learning experience for students.
• Deliver high quality, engaging training to encourage learners to attend, stay on programme and achieve.
• Manage the safe evacuation of students in the event of fire or other emergency, following agreed company procedures and ensure that health and safety procedures are followed at all times.
• Mark/assess students' work, provide structured feedback and set development objectives for students.
• Moderate course work/liaise with external moderators to ensure university and awarding body standards and deadlines are met (HE tutors only).
• Act as Programme Leader for specific awards with responsibility for admissions, the co-ordination of tutor resource, representation at exam boards, uploading of marks and programme evaluation (HE tutors only).

About you:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to plan and organise workload effectively.
• IT skills including the ability to use technology to support learning delivery.
• Motivating and inspiring.
• Supportive.
• Flexible approach.

Skills Required:

• Industry experience in specialist area.
• Experience of T&L quality standards especially OFSTED.
• At least 1-2 years' teaching experience.
• Where appropriate, expertise in working with special needs e.g. LLDD (learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities) and challenging behaviour).
• Up to date knowledge of specialist subject area/professional qualifications as appropriate.
• Must hold teaching qualification - PGCE, PGDE, Cert Ed, DTLLS (and L5+ subject specialisms where necessary).
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and procedures including emergency evacuation.

Location
Rochdale
Business Area Logo
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Company Logo
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Company
Education and Skills
Contract type
Permanent/ Full- time
Salary
Up to 34,000 per annum
Advert Brand
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Closing Date
19/09/2025
Ref No
4835
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Safeguarding the welfare of all individuals, including vulnerable adults and young people is a core priority at GC, and we expect all staff to uphold this responsibility. All Education and Skills appointments are subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check and a professional social media check, carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) at no cost to the successful candidate.
Please note: It is an illegal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.
We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.
We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact or call us on 0161 237 4447.
Examples include:
Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance
Extra time for tasks
Interview questions shared beforehand
Accessibility software or equipment for assessments
We're proud to support the Ban the Box campaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we've removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.
GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Skills Required