ESOL Facilitator - Restart
Location
We are looking for an experienced ESOL Facilitator to join our team. This role is part time (24hrs a week) and a FTC of 9 months. It is based in our Southampton office. It can be split over 5 days or 3 full days, but the days must remain consistent.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
As an ESOL facilitator, you’ll create tailored classroom plans based on our customers’ needs and evaluate their progress throughout their time on the courses.
You’ll organise employment focused courses for non-native speakers, employing diverse activities and methods that cover all aspects of the English language, including speaking and writing.
Our ESOL facilitator will play a vital role in helping individuals improve their language skills, enabling them to access employment opportunities, integrate into their communities, and navigate essential services. By empowering participants with better communication skills, we contribute to their overall well-being and long-term success in both personal and professional spheres.
Responsibilities
- Prepare classroom and course materials.
- Deliver face to face lessons and offer some online support.
- Assign additional out of classroom activities.
- Create individual plans for customers with special requirements.
- Research and implement teaching methods for teaching English as a second language.
- Create a supportive, engaging and positive classroom environment.
- Provide progress reports and update the case management system.
- Support customers in applying and securing sustainable employment.
- Work alongside the Employment Solutions team to create employer specific lessons
Required
Skills and experience:
- Previous experience as an ESOL teacher or similar role.
- Knowledge of various methods of teaching English to non-native speakers.
- A calm and resilient personality.
- Ability to handle work and targets under pressure.
- An ESOL qualification such as but limited to CELTA
- Knowledge of Farsi, Dari, Pashto or other languages would be beneficial
Key Competencies
- Creative intelligence;
- Ability to motivate, challenge and inspire;
- Proactive and solution focused;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Performance and target focused;
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills;
- The determination and drive to want to make a positive difference.
Guiding Principles
Across Our Offices, Our Guiding Principles Define Who We Are And What We Stand For. We Are Looking For Candidates That Resonate With Them
- We are One Palladium: We are all accountable, we take responsibility for our actions, and celebrate the positive impact we create.
- Our business grows when our people grow. We seek out opportunities to develop ourselves, each other, and Palladium.
- Our strength lies in our differences: We harness our unique strengths by listening to and respecting each other.
- Making mistakes is part of learning: We admit our mistakes early, help to make things right, and learn from the experience together.
- We don’t exist without results: We’re driven by the outcomes we achieve and stay focused on what matters.
About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or any other circumstance, please let us know.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
Palladium International is a Real Living Wage Employer.
Project Overview And Role
The Restart programme offers enhanced support to Universal Credit claimants who have been out of work for at least 6 months to find jobs in their local area. Started in June 2021, it will benefit more than 1 million Universal Credit claimants who are expected to look for and be available for work but have no sustained learnings. The scheme provides up to 12 months of tailored support for each participant. Palladium works with employers, local government, and other partners to deliver tailored support for individuals.
The salary for this role is: £15,724.80 (FTE -£26,208) per annum
