Job description
As a Skills Trainer you will provide participants with the highest quality support to enable achievement of skills development and educational aspirations. The post holder will have a particular focus on the development, direct delivery, assessment and accreditation of accredited skills and pre-employment academies. This will include academy-based training in key sectors of Hospitality and Tourism, Health and Social Care and the Green Economy. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.
Responsibilities
The Skills Trainer will engage effectively with all stakeholders in a professional manner to ensure the optimum opportunities and outcomes can be achieved by the participants.Ensure effective induction of participants, carrying out initial and formative assessment.To work with participants and Employment Liaison Officers to co-design, implement and review individual personal development plans.To work with the Employment Liaison Officers to implement person-centred action plans for all participants.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching (PGCE) , Certificate in Teaching (CIT) or equivalent RQF level 6 qualification in Education or Teaching.And Minimum of 1 year’s paid experience in the direct provision training.Proficiency in IT skills, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. Ability to work independently with good organisational, communication & interpersonal skills.
Further Information
Location: Regional - Choice of Locations.The Skills Connect project is a cross community/cross border initiative to support urban and rural communities to address the significant skills gaps, disparity in education attainment and employment outcomes for people with disabilities and long term health conditions. It aims to develop a strategy and action plan for sustained inclusive, labour-market responsive training options for people who fall outside traditional pathways.Skills Connect will deliver academy-based training in the following sectors: Hospitality and Tourism, Health and Social Care and the Green Economy through a curriculum of qualifications to reduce skills gaps and increase employability of participants. The project will work collaboratively with employers to build capacity to engage with a more diverse workforce.Skills Connect is supported by the European Union’s PEACEPLUS Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The project is led by the NOW Group in partnership with the Cedar Foundation (Cedar), Open College Network NI, Ulster University and Dundalk Institute of Technology.
