Job Description

Job Title: Functional Skills Tutor (Maths & English)
Location: Romford, London
Contract Type: Temporary, Flexible, Part-Time
Start Date: ASAP
Pay Rate: Starting from 25/hour (based on experience and qualifications)

As a Functional Skills Tutor, you will work with learners in one-to-one or small group settings, designing personalised lesson plans that address individual learning needs. Your innovative teaching methods will help students overcome challenges, build confidence, and gain the essential skills they need for academic and everyday success. You will work closely with students with SEMH needs, ensuring lessons are both engaging and accessible.

• Deliver one-to-one or small group tuition in Maths and/or English Functional Skills (Levels 1 & 2).
• Develop and implement customised lesson plans that cater to individual learning requirements.
• Adapt teaching strategies to support students, particularly those with SEMH needs.
• Monitor student progress and provide constructive, regular feedback.
• Create a supportive, inclusive learning environment that encourages student success.

• Functional Skills qualifications in Maths or English.
• Minimum 1 year of teaching or tutoring experience in Functional Skills.
• Demonstrated experience working with SEMH learners.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to undertake one).

• A teaching qualification such as PGCE in Maths or English and/or QTS is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A genuine passion for helping learners overcome challenges and develop essential skills.

• Competitive Pay: Starting from 25/hour, with potential increases based on experience and qualifications.
• Flexible Working Hours: Choose sessions that fit your schedule-mornings, afternoons, or evenings.
• Local Placement: Work in Romford, benefiting from a supportive community and reduced commute times.
• Professional Development: Opportunities to enhance your teaching skills while working with a diverse group of learners, including those with SEMH needs.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.