# Essential Skills Tutor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- **Location:** Headquarters, Beacon House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Tutor
- **Salary:** £32557.00 to £39631.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T11:50:31.081Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8317506
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8317506?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://ambulance.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

The role involves the delivery and assessment of Essential Skill and equivalent qualifications including Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy and Digital Skills for Business (levels 2 - 3), alongside supporting learners working towards Apprenticeship programmes whose initial assessment results may range from Entry level 3 to L3.

You will work collaboratively across the Trust to communicate learner progress and ensure timely completion of Essential Skills Qualifications.

This role fits within the Workforce Education & Development Team reporting to the Digital Learning Manager.

Welsh Ambulance Services NHS University Trust is committed to promoting the Welsh language for both staff and learners, and whilst it is not considered essential criteria, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role.

### Main duties of the job

- Organise and deliver training, assessments, workshops with centre based/virtual activities to enable learners to achieve regulated qualifications.
- Plan and deliver effective learning, teaching and assessment by using a range of methods to effectively enhance the learning process.
- Support Essential Skills delivery across Apprenticeship programmes.
- Use results of diagnostic assessments to plan learner support and delivery.
- Meet delivery, marking and submission targets for Essential Skills Qualifications, as agreed with Digital Learning Manager/Head of Workforce Education and Development.
- Assess, support and develop learners’ Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy and Digital Skills for Business through delivery of qualifications and enrichment activities.
- Provide peer support to fellow assessors on delivery of Essential Skills and assessments.
- Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning/assessment and empower them to set challenging goals and targets to evaluate their own progress.
- Provide feedback to the learners through OneNote to ensure meaningful reviews take place.
- Communicate regularly and professionally with apprenticeship line managers to maintain good relationships and engagement in the learning process. Develop links with operational managers to encourage enrolment on essential skills programmes as appropriate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

### Applicant requirements

Welsh language skills are desirable

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Desirable**

- Experience of working within Work Based Learning

### Skills and Attributes

**Essential**

- Effective applied Digital Literacy skills across the M365 environment

### Qualifications and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Minimum L2 Essential Skills in Application of Number, Communication, Digital Literacy or legacy equivalent
- Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Adults or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of how to support learners with additional learning needs

**Desirable**

- Level 4 Certification in Internal Quality Assurance
- Certificate for Essential Skills Practitioner
- Minimum L3 Advice and Guidance or Coaching and Mentoring, or equivalent experience.

## Documents

- [ceo letter (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=915)
- [jdps english (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638695)
- [our wast way (pdf, 438.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3103)
- [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638696)
- [ceo - cymraeg (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1976)
- [ein ffordd wast (pdf, 527.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3104)
- [oh form - ig ffurflen (pdf, 216.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638697)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2839)
- [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1635)

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