Job Description

Job Title:

Maths & Engineering Tutor

Posting Start Date:

16/04/2025

Job Id:

1000

School/Department:

AMRC Training Centre

Work Arrangement:

Full Time (On site)

Contract Type:

Fixed-term

Salary per annum ():

38,249 - 51,039

Closing Date:

12/05/2025
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.


We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Overview

As a Tutor at the AMRC Training Centre, you will play a key role in ensuring that the AMRC Training Centre's apprentices receive high-quality teaching by devising, designing, preparing, delivering and assessing knowledge elements of our Advanced and Higher apprenticeship programmes using active learning techniques within the classroom. You will be responsible for delivering your own units and meeting the requirements of Ofsted's Education Inspection Framework. You will have sufficient knowledge and experience to deliver a range of common units to advanced apprentices whilst having a key focus on Maths & Mechanical Principles units.




Experience of teaching the EAL Diploma is desirable.



You will have very good communication skills, be able to organise your workload and time effectively, be able to work independently with minimal supervision and work collaboratively with team members.


Ideally, you will hold a teaching qualification or the ability to work towards, and a relevant qualification in engineering, manufacturing, your given subject area or equivalent experience. Industrial experience in manufacturing and engineering would be advantageous.

Main duties and responsibilities

Deliver high-quality teaching in engineering subjects using a variety of active learning strategies. Reflect on your teaching practice, taking advice from colleagues to improve your practice and apprentices' learning experience. Devise and apply a range of assessment activities, including formative assessment. Assess apprentices' work and provide feedback to support apprentices to improve and achieve their maximum potential. The tracking of marked student work is to be done promptly and accurately ensuring it is kept up to date. Provide academic and pastoral support to guide, challenge and inspire apprentices. Write, develop, and monitor individual learning plans for apprentices, updating them as required. Contribute to the review, planning, creation and development of the curriculum and units within. Produce and develop schemes of work, lesson plans, individualised learning plans and learning materials. Using virtual learning platforms such as Blackboard for online and hybrid teaching. Contribute to the development of strategies to improve apprentice the retention, attendance, achievement, and success rates of apprentices. Work with the Support Team to identify and support apprentices with additional learning requirements, and pastoral needs. Deliver commercial training courses as required. Take part in Open Events during evenings. Make a full and active contribution, as a Tutor, to the AMRC Training Centre, including the pursuit of excellence in the education of our apprentices. As a member of staff, you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding the University sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible. Model the conduct and behaviours required of all staff in the University's Code of Conduct, including excellent attendance and punctuality. Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post.

Person Specification

Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and are respected. Even if your experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Essential Criteria

Have a Level 4, or higher, qualification in Engineering / your subject area, or similar, or evidence of relevant industrial experience (assessed at: application)





Proven teaching/training ability, ideally with a teaching qualification (assessed at: application)





Ability to plan and deliver effective teaching/training sessions, supporting apprentices to meet their learning outcomes. And have the knowledge of and/or experience using a range of teaching methodologies and virtual learning platforms (assessed at: interview & application)





Understanding of the academic and pastoral needs, and of supporting apprentices (assessed at: interview & application) Excellent customer service skills, with experience in responding efficiently and effectively to phone and email queries (assessed at: interview & application) Good organisational and time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines, alongside excellent attendance and punctuality (assessed at: interview & application) Good interpersonal skills with the ability to model the University's values and Code of Conduct (assessed at: interview & application) Ability to reflect on your performance, identify areas to improve, and engage with continuous professional development (assessed at: interview & application) Ability to work effectively collaboratively with colleagues within and outside your immediate team - (assessed at: interview & application) Experience in delivering individualised learning to a range of students. And the ability to give clear and constructive feedback to apprentices to guide learning (assessed at: interview & application)

Desirable Criteria

Experience with Ofsted inspections (assessed at: interview & application) Relevant industrial experience in engineering (assessed at: interview & application)

Further Information

Grade: 7

Duration:

30th June 2025 (if possible) - 12 Months Fixed-Term

Line manager:

Curriculum Manager

Direct reports:

N/A

Our website:

https://amrctraining.co.uk/




For informal enquiries about this job contact

Tom Bird, Curriculum Manager: t.bird@sheffield.ac.uk

Next steps in the recruitment process

It is anticipated that the selection process will take place as soon as possible after the closing date. The selection process will consist of a micro-teach on a job role-related topic of your choice (20-minute lesson, presentation and resources to be prepared by the candidate), a round table discussion with leaders and staff within the team, followed by a formal interview. We plan to let candidates know if they have progressed to the selection stage within 2 weeks of the closing date. If you need any support, equipment or adjustments to enable you to participate in any element of the recruitment process you can contact t.bird@sheffield.ac.uk

Our vision and strategic plan

We are the University of Sheffield. This is our vision: sheffield.ac.uk/vision ().

What we offer

A minimum of 41days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more. Generous pension scheme. A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel. A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Women's and Parent's networks). Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role. A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes; integrated with our Academic Career Pathways. A range of generous family-friendly policies + paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies
+ support for those going through the menopause
+ paid time off and support for fertility treatment
+ and more




We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.

Criminal record

A

enhanced with barred lists

DBS check will be needed for this role. More details on the checks can be found on the Government website: gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role (opens in a new window).




Possession of a criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment at the University of Sheffield. We recognise the value of steady employment in the rehabilitation process and examine each case in its own right. More information can be found on our Information for candidates page:- sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/candidates (opens in a new window).




Closing Date : 12/05/2025




The University of Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and students. It is an offence to apply for this role if you have been barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Applicants will be subject to relevant safeguarding checks in line with the requirements of each role and the guidance from the Department for Education.



Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):

Childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Medical Online and social media Eligibility to work Satisfactory references Suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.



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