First Aid Trainer

First Aid Trainer - Flexible Contract (variable hours)

The Trafford and Stockport College Group is seeking a First Aid trainer to join our Lifelong Learning Team. You will be required to deliver workshops and courses in community venues to adult learners across Stockport and Trafford as well as on any of the 5 campuses.

About us- A Great Place to Work.

As an employer and a provider of education and training, Trafford & Stockport College Group is an inclusive organisation where individual differences are respected, staff and learners are treated on their merits, and everyone has a fair opportunity to fulfil their potential. If you share our passion for success and want to inspire our future workforce there has never been a better time to work for the Trafford & Stockport College Group.

About the Lifelong Learning Department

The Lifelong Learning team is an ambitious and fast-moving division that focuses on delivering a variety of accredited and non-accredited learning opportunities in a range of subject areas including life skills, health and wellbeing, digital skills, functional skills (maths and English), creative activities, employability and citizenship.

We offer courses for adults in Trafford and Stockport on our 5 college sites as well as in partner community venues and schools.

The Role

• To deliver outstanding First Aid (both non accredited and accredited), Paediatric Awareness and CPR Awareness workshops and courses using a diverse range of teaching and learning strategies. You will provide learners with an exceptional educational experience enabling them to maximise their potential.
• To ensure documentation including schemes of work, lesson plans, RARPA documentation and other resources are in place before the start of courses, ensuring all course related administration is kept up to date.
• To provide informal information, advice and guidance for learners, identifying individual support needs and individual progression opportunities, signposting leaners to appropriate progression opportunities.
• To participate in staff meetings as required, carrying out any other duties that may be reasonably required.
• To work closely with the Lifelong Learning Leader and the Community Development Workers to deliver responsive, high-quality community learning provision.
• To develop good relationships with staff and learners in college and community venues, to strengthen the capacity of local people in different communities to participate in adult community learning.

About you:

If you are passionate about teaching and sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience and have an enthusiasm for supporting learners then there has never been a better time to join Trafford & Stockport College Group.

You must be enthusiastic, experienced, confident at teaching a range of students at different levels and be able to engage and retain learners on courses.

Our staff Care Bundle

• Generous annual leave allowance, including Christmas/New Year closure.
• Substantial Pension scheme
• Well-being programme with counselling, fitness, and sports facilities
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• On-site Café
• Customise Learning & Development career programmes.
• Staff discounts on a range of products and services including travel and high street savings.
• Family Friendly policies to ensure work-life balance.
• Job opportunities, providing flexibility in choosing or changing a career path to suit your changing needs and ambitions.

Staff at Trafford & Stockport College Group go above and beyond to ensure that our students get the best possible teaching and support to enable them to reach their ambitions. We expect the very highest standards for all students, and this is evidenced year after year by our achievement and progression outcomes.

The Trafford & Stockport College Group promotes, celebrates and values diversity and is committed to promoting equality for all. As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident Employer, all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job, as set out in the job description and person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

The Trafford & Stockport College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at the Trafford & Stockport College Group 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. The Group will meet the costs associated with this.

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 an interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

This position is open to direct applicants only.

We look forward to receiving an application from you.