Title: TAQA Trainer/Teacher and Skills Coach – 0.5 FTE
Closing date for applicants: 2 weeks from going live
Salary: £33,809 - £46,603 (Pro Rata - £16,904 - £23,301)
TAQA Trainer/Teacher and Skills Coach
We are looking for a TAQA Trainer/Teacher and Skills Coach with a start date of 17th August 2026
Overview:
The TAQA Trainer/Teacher & Skills coach plays an important role in maintaining the quality and integrity of apprenticeship and vocational training programmes across the college. They will plan and deliver a suite of TAQA qualifications, carrying out internal quality assurance activities, ensuring that assessment decisions are fair, valid, and consistent, and that delivery meets the requirements of awarding bodies and regulatory standards. The TAQA Trainer/Teacher & Skills Coach will work collaboratively with students, teachers, Heads of Department and other stakeholders to promote high standards in training, learning, and assessment, contributing to continuous improvement and positive learner outcomes.
Here’s the standard bit:
As a TAQA Trainer/Teacher and Skills coach you'll go into the Teacher Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefit’s, i.e., Teacher’s will have a generous leave of 45 days leave (pro-rata for P/T), plus bank holidays and any closedown periods at such as Christmas (pro-rata for P/T), Costa Coffee on site, Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One, to name but a few. Of course we offer retail discounts, a cycle to work scheme, and a savings club via Manchester Credit Union.
As a trainer/teacher and assessor, you will deliver engaging learning experiences in the workplace, online and within college settings. You’ll monitor progress, provide constructive feedback, complete assessment and verification tasks, and maintain high standards of quality and compliance. Working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders both within and outside college, you will tailor training to meet industry and leaner need ensuring they are fully prepared for their next steps.
What you’ll need : - Enthusiasm, resilience, great organisational skills and you will be a ‘people’ person. You will have Literacy and Numeracy Qualifications to at least Level 2, a Level 3 qualification or relevant NVQ in an FE curriculum area, L3 assessor and L4 IQA qualifications.
Ideally, you will be a qualified teacher with a Certificate in Education/ PrGCE/PGCE/PGDip/DIT or equivalent or will be willing to work towards within 2 years of appointment. Evidence of current Continuous Professional Development and a thirst for learning are essential.
About us: Tameside College has an excellent reputation, and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.
Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.
Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment. Come join us on our journey to outstanding!
Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.
Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.
