Adult Learning Tutor - Digital Skills

Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Contract Type: Fixed-Term

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Working Hours: Various, see details below

Working Location: Various, see details below

Salary: £28,605 - £31,029 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) or £35.76 per hour

Closing Date: 14th November 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Digital Skills Tutors

Are you passionate about teaching Digital Skills? Can you make learning inspiring and interesting? If so, then this might be the role for you! GoLearn (Leicestershire Adult Learning) are recruiting for passionate and creative Digital Skills tutors. Teaching hours per week are variable, depending on subject demand and your availability.

Applicants are advised that we have a particular need to teach the following classes:

Digital Functional Skills Entry 3 and level 1
Level 1 and 2 Digital Skills (ITQ equivalent)
Website Development including WordPress.

The following centres have available hours:

Wigston Library
Market Harborough
Hinckley Library
Enderby Adult Learning Service
Roundhill Adult Learning Service

We provide generous remuneration, with rates from £35.76 for each teaching hour delivered. This includes planning, preparation, and CPD, with annual incremental progression.

The Adult Learning service offer great benefits including access to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), generous holiday allowances, family friendly policies, wellbeing services and active workers groups. We also provide access to a wide range of professional development and training opportunities for all staff.

The curriculum team provide learning opportunities to help learners to use digital technologies in everyday life or for work.

Essential Requirements;

A nationally approved teaching qualification
Recent experience of teaching Digital Skills, to adults
Have Level 2 maths, English and Level 2 ICT or equivalent skills.
Flexibility to travel to different centres around the county during the daytime or in the evening as required.
Ability to use relevant teaching materials and techniques to support learning, including the use of e-learning technology and the use of different educational platforms.

Please note: In your role as tutor, you would be expected to carry out initial and formative assessment, including online methods, to identify levels and learning goals and complete learner records of progress throughout the course. Also, you will be required to complete mandatory training on the appointment. In addition, in line with our duties to protect learners, safeguarding and Prevent duty, training will be required. We are a dispersed service and have three whole service CPD events across the year. These run on Saturdays and attendance is expected.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to:

To prepare a scheme of work to include course learning outcomes, assessment and evaluation methods and resource requirements
Inspire, motivate and raise the aspirations of learners through your enthusiasm and knowledge
To provide an effective induction for learners, both to the centre and the requirements of the course
Create an environment where learners can reach their full potential, and teaching and learning are outstanding
To provide information, advice and guidance to learners, including appropriate referral for Learning Support or Skills for Life (Maths, English and ICT)
To enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals that stretch and challenge, negotiating individual learning outcomes and content as appropriate
To plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment

If you have any questions regarding this post, then please contact Helen Moore, Programme Manager, at helen.moore@leics.gov.uk

If you have any technical issues when applying for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
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