Job Title: Start-Up Enterprise Tutor/S

Job Title: Start-Up Enterprise Tutor/s

Reporting to: Head of Skills (Classroom & Traineeships)

Locations: Birmingham/ Leicester / Tonbridge or London / Chelmsford/ Ealing/ As needed

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Delivery of e.g. DYE courses to unemployed and employed learners at a variety of locations, using distance learning, blended and face to face delivery. Other course delivery as locally directed by your line manager that fits your teaching experience to range of ages and course types.

Ability to assess, screen for suitability and progress learners as necessary.
Plan, review and deliver practical quality sessions giving comprehensible instructions to learners. This includes giving detailed verbal and written feedback to all course applicants.
Motivating and inspiring the learners towards realistic opportunities, and in particular self-employment.
Conduct contract interventions as each assigned contract requires, that could eg lead to signposting to Volunteer mentors, supporting with self-employment sustainment.
Work on Ixion contracts, as directed and agreed by your line manager.
Support learners in implementing their action plan, as Ixion are commissioned to deliver
Update and maintain learner records as required
Contribute to the design of course materials as requested by the senior qualifications administrator
Referring learners as required to further progression to both external & internal parties
Maintain learner information ensuring quality and integrity of the data
Organise and plan your workload to achieve targets

Deliver qualifications to the agreed standard meeting both Ofsted and awarding organisation guidelines

Liaising with other team members to achieve objectives
Work as part of a wider team and within the company’s ethos
Contribute to implementing a standard induction process
To maintain the standard across all contracts delivered through skills
Understand and adhere to all responsibilities to ensure that the quality requirements of Ixion’s Quality Assurance Framework, the prime contractor, funding body, Investors In People, OFSTED, DWP Quality Framework, or any other contract stakeholder, are maintained

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Attend training as identified through reviews with your line manager and the Ixion appraisal process, or as identified by the prime contractor
Work flexibly across offices & remote locations, as and when directed by your line manager
Undertake any other responsibilities and ad hoc duties as required by Ixion
Promote the principles of Equality and Diversity and ensure that the policy is fully applied at all times
Understand and adhere to all personal responsibilities under Health & Safety and Safeguarding procedures, and ensure that the policies are adhered to at all times
Ensure that the Code of Conduct, Data Protection, Harassment & Bullying, Confidentiality, Anti-Fraud, Data Security and all other policies of the Company are fully applied at all times
Strictly adhere to all Ixion processes and procedures
Ensure that you work to the Ixion Group’s vision, values, objectives and priorities and are strongly committed to them

CORE COMPETENCIES:

All IXION employees are required to demonstrate a number of core competencies

Self management – manage workload effectively
Relationship management – develop and maintain productive relationships with your Team, Management, Clients, Partners, Sub contractors and all key stakeholders.
Customer and Employer focused – committed to understanding client aspirations, supporting their needs.

Represent IXION in a professional manner on all occasions.
Strive to improve practice to be creative and innovative and work towards continuous improvement
To adopt a co-operative approach to delivery by maintaining and promoting effective communications, sharing good practice across the organisation and with externally.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Essential

Teaching and assessing experience/ qualified experience
Self-employment experience/managing own business
Enjoys using digital re distance learning tools and ways of teaching & learning and uses the tools to motivate others
Managing costs and budgets
Excellent Maths, English & IT skills
Evidence of supporting learners success
Very good standard of oral and written communication
Ability to meet targets and deadlines
Friendly and open manner with a calm approach
Good organisational skills, flexible approach to work & the ability to meet deadlines
Customer focused with the ability to maintain excellent personal relationships with individuals internally and externally at all levels
Capable of working on own initiative with minimal direction
Good motivational skills, including handling multiple tasks and complex situations e.g. arranging meetings with numerous attendees
Good time management and ability to work well under pressure

Desirable

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

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IXION is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners/customers, and expects staff to share this commitment.

All Roles will require a satisfactory DBS Disclosure check due to the nature of the work to be undertaken.

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