ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Green Skills Tutor to work alongside our Green Skills Manager to deliver engaging and impactful training sessions to people aged 16+.

You will deliver a variety of accredited and non-accredited green skills training across classroom, community and outdoor settings.

You’ll be delivering training courses across a variety of topics including sustainability, environmental awareness and practical skills.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

This is a dynamic role suited to someone with a passion for the environment and a strong background in training or education, who holds a Level 3 Award in Teaching and Learning (or equivalent) qualification.

You’ll be a positive and proactive team player with strong communication skills, motivated to inspire learners both in the classroom and outdoors.

You’ll have experience working in a target-driven environment, be confident using Microsoft Office, and possess strong organisational skills that enable you to effectively manage your time and plan sessions. With activities taking place across Greater Manchester, you’ll need to hold a full UK driving licence to access hard-to-reach nature sites and transport training materials.

It’s likely you’ll be working with people who face multiple challenges in their lives, so experience of this nature will be extremely valuable.

ABOUT GROUNDWORK:

We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. Find out more about our charities mission here.

ACCESSIBILITY & SAFEGUARDING AT GROUNDWORK:

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. As a Gold Award Employer Recognition Scheme holder with the Armed Forces Covenant, we also offer a guaranteed interview to veterans who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.

The postholder will be a member of the Skills & Justice team and will be working closely with the Green Skills Manager.

OVERVIEW OF THE POST

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the design and delivery of Green Skills training sessions. These sessions will focus on equipping learners aged 16+ with awareness of pathways to jobs in the green economy and provide them with the ability to increase confidence, engage with others and connect with the outdoors. Training will take place across a variety of settings, including classrooms, community settings and outdoor environments, ensuring accessibility and relevance for a diverse range of learners.

Delivery

• Delivering a portfolio of green skills related training products for different groups of learners
• Achievement of a range of KPI targets including the number of young people recruited and their retention on the programme; complete all necessary enrolment, monitoring, assessment, action planning and review processes as required by project funders and awarding bodies
• Effectively plan and resource provision on green skills programmes with well-maintained tools and equipment, ensuring delivery of applicable tool talks, supervising safe practice, maintenance and correct storage

Business & / or Service Development 

• Supports development of Groundwork Green Skills Academy, with new training courses, both accredited and non-accredited, relating to green skills and the green economy
• Develops and maintains relationships at project level e.g. community organisations, referral partners and employers
• Identifies opportunities to enhance learner experience.
• Uses internal and external data relating to teaching, development of young people and employment progression in specialist field, and shares learning within team to inform service development and practice

Financial Management & Income Generation 

• Responsible for travel, refreshments and activity resources
• Plans for effective use of resources within projects and / or service delivery
• Maximise draw down on relevant programme funding contracts whilst keeping expenditure within agreed limits
• Looks for cost savings and / or funding opportunities to support project sustainability plans and / or business development plans and / or internal or external service improvement plans; shares ideas with managers and team

People Management & Development 

• Supervision of volunteers or trainees
• Shares specialist skills and knowledge with others
• Embeds culture and values through own behaviours and providing supportive challenge to others

Internal Management

• Embeds policy and procedure within areas of responsibility
• Supports delivery of business improvement priority plans with focus on continuous improvement relating to teaching and CIAG
• Supports organisational needs/development as required

Maternity leave, paternity leave, flexi time, long service addtional leave, sick pay, pension scheme

To apply for this role, please download the documents from our website and return them to gmrecruitment@groundwork.org.uk