Adult Learning & Skills Sessional Tutor - Functional Skills English

Adult Learning and Skills Sessional Tutor - Functional Skills English

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’. 

Our Team:

‘Leaders and staff put learners at the heart of everything they do.’ (Ofsted, 2023, read the full report here: 50225735)

Halton Adult Learning is an Ofsted ‘Good’ graded education provider that delivers a range of accredited and non-accredited courses to adults in Widnes and Runcorn. The service offers a range of programmes including Functional Skills, ESOL, Teaching and Learning qualifications, Arts & Crafts, Creative Writing and Family Learning. We currently have an opportunity for a sessional tutor to deliver dynamic and engaging English Functional Skills qualifications to learners in our centres (Kingsway Learning Centre in Widnes and Acorn Learning Centre in Runcorn). 

Your Contributions:

• * Deliver accredited English Functional Skills programmes from Entry Level to Level 2
• * Support the achievement of learners that may face significant barriers to learning
• * Encourage retention of learners on programme so that they have the best possible outcomes

 

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• * Competitive Salary of £28.49 per hour for accredited teaching delivery and £24.85 for non-accredited teaching delivery. Non-teaching duties such as Team Meetings and training is £15.42 per hour. This is a sessional contract.
• * Investment in your personal development. A full training and development package. You will be actively supported and encouraged to build on your skills and knowledge to maximise the opportunities that working for the Council has to offer.
• * Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• * 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• * Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• * Car leasing schemes

 

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Kelly Arrowsmith on 0151 511 8453

Interviews will take place w/c 24th February 2025, date to be confirmed.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!