Teaching Facilitator - Engineering and Manufacturing
About This Role
About the Role
Leeds City College is seeking a Teaching Facilitator to join our team. This is a brilliant opportunity to join our expanding community of talented, committed, and inspirational colleagues. Working in a dynamic, values-led organisation, this role is for those who are passionate about development and innovation within a lively college community.
As a Teaching Facilitator for Engineering and Manufacturing at our Printworks Campus, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of engineers. Your responsibilities will include facilitating learning in a classroom and workshop environment in relation to the skills you hold, supporting other teaching staff in their delivery, and working with cohorts of learners. At times you will be the sole teacher working with cohorts of students, supporting learners in developing skills for careers in various engineering fields.
Overall, this role requires a dynamic individual with a passion for engineering education, a commitment to student success, and the ability to collaborate effectively.
What You Will Do
Ensure the preparation, delivery, and setting up of all equipment (where necessary) for use by staff and students including related paperwork for practical sessions.
Ensure that workshops/ teaching spaces and all equipment used are kept clean, tidy, and in a safe condition.
Carry out routine and non-routine checking and fault investigation of all commonly used equipment and report to the manager in cases where replacements/further investigation might be required.
Monitor supplies of stock especially those in frequent use, and inform manager when further supplies are needed or if appropriate order stock.
Be responsible for the safe storage of equipment and materials. Understanding of the correct disposal of waste and hazardous materials, according to the relevant regulation’s guidelines and school procedures and in line with Health and Safety good practice.
Plan, prepare and create training, skills development and assessment plans in accordance with quality standards and deliver quality training and assessment in appropriate environments.
Supervise learner work experience and or placements, assess student work, provide feedback to help the learner improve, and record learner’s progress.
Maintain CPD in subject specialist knowledge and skills, as well as training and assessment, to ensure training and assessment conforms to current best practice.
Completion of administration tasks related to the role.
About You
Experience working within the Engineering Industry and/or a workshop environment.
Appropriate level 2 qualification or willingness to work towards this e.g. Level 2 apprenticeship in Engineering.
Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy qualification or equivalent.
We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about their subject and has a demonstrable commitment to using their expertise to create an excellent teaching and learning experience for our learners.