Horticulture Tutor 1159

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Hours per week

40 hours per week

Location

Remote / North of England

Salary Range

£27,686 per annum

About Us

Central YMCA is the world's first YMCA and a national charity with a proud heritage of creating opportunities for people to thrive. Today, we are dedicated to transforming lives through education, skills and employability, helping young people and adults gain the confidence, qualifications and experience they need to build brighter futures.

As an independent training provider, we deliver high-quality study programmes, apprenticeships and vocational training in partnership with employers, equipping learners with the skills and knowledge to succeed in work while supporting employers to develop a skilled workforce.

Everything we do is driven by our charitable purpose. We work to break down barriers to learning, raise aspirations and create opportunities for individuals, while delivering high-quality, sustainable programmes that make a lasting difference to learners, employers and the communities we serve.

If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to make a meaningful impact every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Build a career in teaching? Let us fund the journey

Perhaps you've spent years working in horticulture and are ready to pass your knowledge on to the next generation. If you hold credible industry qualifications and have experience of training or developing apprentices in the workplace, this could be the perfect opportunity. Whether you're looking to step away from hands-on work or take the next step in your career, we'll support you in becoming an outstanding Apprenticeship Tutor.

You don’t need to be a teacher to apply.

Whether you’re an experienced industry professional or a talented, qualified horticulturist with a passion for developing others, we’ll fully fund your assessor qualifications, develop your teaching skills give you the time and support to develop your skills whilst coaching you every step of the way. This is a springboard into a career in education.

Why join Central YMCA?

We’re the world’s first YMCA, a national charity with a simple purpose: helping people live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives. Join us and you’ll be part of something with real social purpose, at an exciting time of growth and transformation.

What we offer:

• Fully funded assessor qualifications — with paid study time and mentoring built in
• 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Extra paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days a year
• Flexibility in the role to work full-time, part-time and flexible patterns all considered; tell us what works for you
• Home-based working when not on site with apprentices
• 4% contributory pension scheme and life insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Charity Employee Discount Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, free confidential support (including counselling) for you and your immediate family

About You

You're passionate about developing the next generation of horticulturists and helping apprentices build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed.

Whether you're an experienced Horticulture Tutor or Assessor, or an experienced Horticulturist looking to take the next step into teaching and assessing, we'd love to hear from you. If you have the right industry experience and a passion for supporting others to learn, we'll provide the support you need to develop in the Horticulture Apprenticeship Tutor role, including helping you achieve an assessor qualification if you don't already hold one.

Essential:

• Recognised Horticulture qualification at Level 3 or above
• Be occupationally competent or technically knowledgeable in horticulture
• Have credible experience in the industry
• Solid practical, hands-on capability in horticulture, gained through industry experience (grounds maintenance, landscaping, parks, nurseries or estates), or through the practical elements of your recent training
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region
• Great communication skills and the confidence to build rapport with learners and employers alike

Desirable:

• An assessor qualification (A1/CAVA or equivalent) — if not, we’ll fund it and support you to achieve it in your first months
• A teaching qualification, or experience tutoring or mentoring
• Familiarity with e-portfolio systems or apprenticeship funding rules

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Horticulture Tutor to join our Skills team, delivering the Level 2 Horticulture or Landscape Operative apprenticeship standards across the North of England.

As our Horticulture Tutor (Apprenticeships), you will manage a caseload of learners by delivering teaching, learning, assessments and progress reviews, while providing ongoing support to help learners achieve their apprenticeship on time.

Maintaining accurate learner records using the e-portfolio system, ensuring all documentation is compliant with DWP and awarding body requirements.

The role involves working closely with employers, monitoring learner progress, embedding Functional Skills, and promoting safeguarding, equality, diversity and health and safety throughout the learner journey.

You will also play an important role in developing and maintaining strong employer partnerships, promoting our apprenticeship programmes, supporting the recruitment and enrolment of apprentices, and identifying opportunities to grow our provision across the region.

Day to day, you will:

• Deliver one-to-one or group practical and knowledge teaching sessions to apprentices
• Conduct workplace reviews and progress meetings
• Assess learner work and provide constructive feedback via our online portfolio
• Set SMART targets and agree next steps with learners
• Monitor learner progress against target completion dates
• Manage your own diary & caseload of apprentices throughout their learning journey including: sign-up, teaching & learning, ongoing assessment, progress reviews, End Point Assessment preparation and completion
• Keep learner records accurate, timely and audit-ready
• Maintain regular contact with employers and workplace mentors
• Build trusted relationships with employers across the region, opening doors to new apprenticeship opportunities

This is a rewarding opportunity to help shape the next generation of horticulture professionals while delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes that create lasting value for learners, employers and the communities we serve.

People are at the heart of everything we do. If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to be part of an organisation where your work makes a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments: Central YMCA is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you are shortlisted for interview and require any reasonable adjustments or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please let the Hiring Manager know when you are invited to interview. This will help us put appropriate arrangements in place to ensure you can participate fully in the selection process.Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available fromCentral YMCA website.Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children. Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to complete a disclosure form prior to interview.Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of our pre-employment checks. These include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, a satisfactory prohibition from teaching check (where applicable), verification of your right to work and identity, and original qualification certificates relevant to the role.

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