Job Description
Your Mission
As a Functional Skills Officer you are responsible for delivering individualised functional skills learning to your own caseload of learners via various methods across Busy Bees Education & Training, to enable them to achieve their functional skills requirements within 6 months of start. You will have excellent knowledge of Functional Skills as a whole to enable yourself and Busy Bees education & Training to successfully hit the KPIs and ensure a positive learning journey for all our learners.
Key Tasks
- Deliver and drive functional skill requirements across your allocated caseload meeting the KPIs of completion within 6 months of start
- Support individualised functional skills delivery through teaching sessions, online delivery, support sessions and via 1:1 methods across Busy Bees Education & Training and your own caseload of learners
- Develop resources and activities to support the delivery of learning and capture assessment
- Plan and deliver online training sessions providing feedback on attendance
- Evidence 4 weekly teaching, learning and assessment across own caseload within the Eportfolio
- Engage with Functional Skills Manager and allocated ATL to identify challenges, areas of improvement, areas of good practice and status of learning
- Attend allocated ATL team meetings for current information within region and business updates
- Mark mock exams and provide constructive feedback to support the learner to work on and improve
- Book exams for own caseload of learners in line with practices and processes within Busy Bees Education & Training
- Meet requirements set out by Awarding Organisations
- Be enthusiastic and proactive in developing own skills within the workplace
- Demonstrate a commitment to continued professional development
Requirements for the Role
- Level 3 Teaching qualification (or willing to work towards)
- Level 2 / grade C / grade 4 qualification in Math, English & ICT
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Have flexibility and be able to work to tight deadlines
- Organised and able to manage multiple activities
- Be willing to travel UK wide and attend meetings
- Adapt practice to support individual needs of learners
Experience
- Prior experience of teaching
- Using IT systems
Knowledge
- Basic understanding of apprenticeships and the requirements to achieve
- NCFE and Skillsfirst Awarding Organisations functional skills qualifications
Personal Qualities
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers
- Organised
- Excellent Diary and caseload management
- Working independently and as part of a multi dynamic team
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday
- Extra day holiday for your Birthday
- Access to our retail benefit discounts
- Childcare discounts
- many more..
At Busy Bees Education and Training, we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of our learners. We will ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £20,000.00-£25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Store discount
- Work from home
Schedule:
Work Location: Remote
Reference ID: Functional Skills Officer