Professional Trainer -Adult ESOL

Care to Join Us?

At South Hampshire College Group, we believe education changes lives. We're looking for a passionate and motivated Professional Trainer - Adult Learning to join our Adult and Work-Based Learning team, helping adult learners gain the skills, confidence, and qualifications they need to succeed.

If you're an experienced trainer, teacher, assessor, or industry professional who enjoys inspiring others and making a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Professional Trainer, you will be responsible for the delivery, assessment, and ongoing development of adult learning programmes. You'll support learners from their initial enquiry and enrolment through to successful completion, ensuring they receive high-quality training and an outstanding learning experience.

Working across classroom, workshop, blended and online environments, you will engage, motivate and challenge learners to achieve their goals while meeting the requirements of awarding organisations, employers and funding bodies.

Based primarily at our Eastleigh campus, this role will also require flexibility to travel and deliver training across the wider College Group, including our Southampton and Fareham campuses, as well as employer premises and other delivery locations as required.

We offer great benefits including;

• Generous annual leave
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Regular training and development

Duties

You will

• Deliver engaging theory and practical training sessions.
• Support learner recruitment, interviews, enrolment and induction activities.
• Develop and enhance learning materials and programme content.
• Monitor learner progress, attendance and achievement.
• Prepare learners for assessments and provide constructive, developmental feedback.
• Assess learner work and maintain accurate programme documentation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with employers and external stakeholders.
• Support learners with additional learning needs in partnership with specialist teams.
• Deliver masterclasses, online sessions and commercial training programmes where required.
• Contribute to quality assurance, programme evaluation and continuous improvement activities.
• Promote a positive learning culture that encourages ambition, resilience and career success.

Qualifications

Desirable qualifications include

• Teaching qualification (AET, CET, DET, PGCE or equivalent).
• Assessor qualification.
• Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) qualification.
• Relevant vocational or professional qualifications within your specialist area.

Experience

We are looking for candidates who have

• Experience delivering training, teaching, coaching or assessing adults.
• Experience supporting learners to achieve qualifications and career goals.
• Experience tracking learner progress and maintaining accurate records.
• Experience within Further Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships or Work-Based Learning (desirable).
• Experience developing learning materials and delivering engaging training programmes.
• Experience working with employers and external stakeholders (desirable).

Ideal Attributes

The successful candidate will

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be passionate about supporting learners to achieve their potential.
• Demonstrate strong organisational and administrative abilities.
• Be adaptable and confident delivering training in a variety of settings.
• Be able to motivate, inspire and challenge learners to succeed.
• Have a learner-focused approach and commitment to outstanding customer service.
• Be proactive, innovative and committed to continuous improvement.
• Build positive and productive relationships with learners, employers and colleagues.
• Share South Hampshire College Group's values and commitment to educational excellence.

About Us

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is a dynamic, purpose driven Further Education organisation with a commitment to Creating Better Futures for learners, employers and communities within South Hampshire and beyond.

We pride ourselves on living our values - Collaborative, Inclusive and Aspirational. We also understand the difference exceptional employees can make to us delivering outstanding results and we are always seeking to attract talent who can add value and who will be proud to be part of our growing organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.