Specialist, Service Provider Functional Skills Tutor - Andover, England

Job Title: · Specialist, Functional Skills Tutor (Peripatetic) · Description: · In this role, you will deliver high-quality Functional Skills teaching in Maths and English to Pearson TQ apprentices across multiple locations, including Army Apprenticeship contracts. The position a ...

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Job Title:
Specialist, Functional Skills Tutor (Peripatetic)

Description:
In this role, you will deliver high-quality Functional Skills teaching in Maths and English to Pearson TQ apprentices across multiple locations, including Army Apprenticeship contracts. The position aligns with market titles such as Functional Skills Tutor, English & Maths Instructor, Adult Learning Tutor, Skills Coach, or Apprenticeship Tutor, with a focus on engaging learners, supporting achievement, and ensuring compliance with awarding body and organisational standards.

The Role
This role exists to inspire learners to achieve Functional Skills qualifications while building their confidence and employability skills. You'll wake up motivated by helping learners succeed, seeing them progress, and knowing your teaching directly impacts their outcomes.

In your first six months, your biggest impact will come from establishing strong learner engagement, delivering high-quality instruction across multiple sites, and ensuring learners' portfolios and records are up-to-date and compliant.

What makes this opportunity different is the chance to work across a variety of Pearson TQ partnerships, supporting learners in both military and civilian contexts, while using innovative and contextualised delivery techniques to enhance learning outcomes.

What You'll Own
Success in this role means learners are motivated, supported, and progressing towards their Functional Skills qualifications.

You Will Own

• The delivery of Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications at Levels 1 and 2 across multiple sites
• Planning and preparation of differentiated learning materials, schemes of work, and lesson plans aligned to individual learner needs
• Assessment, feedback, and recording for all learners, including speaking and listening assessments, e-portfolio updates, and Awarding Body paperwork

You'll Also Influence

• Innovative and contextualised delivery approaches to engage learners in practical, meaningful ways
• Accurate and timely Functional Skills reporting and data submission to support quality assurance and management decision-making
• Collaboration with colleagues to improve learning resources, delivery practices, and learner outcomes

About You
You bring experience delivering Functional Skills in Maths and English and a passion for helping learners achieve their potential.

You Bring

• Relevant teaching qualification (e.g., PTLLS, CTLLS, Cert Ed, PGCE, DTLLS)
• Experience delivering Functional Skills English and Maths up to Level 2, including face-to-face and remote learning
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Ability to adopt contextualised and practical delivery techniques to motivate and engage learners

You're Someone Who

• Thrives in a flexible, multi-site teaching environment
• Embraces innovation in learning delivery
• Demonstrates professionalism, adaptability, and a learner-first mindset
• Has a full, current driving licence and is willing to travel to different sites

Desirable

• Experience within military or other structured learning environments
• Familiarity with e-portfolio systems and online learning platforms

What You'll Get
This role offers the chance to make a tangible difference in learners' lives across multiple locations while building your career as a Functional Skills educator.

You'll Benefit From

• 25 days annual leave plus additional days for service up to 30 days (pro-rata)
• Aviva AE pension scheme
• Life, private medical and dental insurance options, plus free eye tests
• Stock/share purchase options
• Flexible working policies and family care leave
• Employee wellbeing programme and volunteering days
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth

Ready to Make an Impact?
Apply now and help learners achieve their Functional Skills goals while building their confidence and employability.

Who We Are
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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Job:
School Service Delivery

Job Family:
LEARNING
&
CONTENT_DELIVERY

Organization:
Enterprise Learning & Skills

Schedule:
FULL_TIME

Workplace Type:
On-site

Req ID:
21849