Community Interpreting Tutor

£28.92 per hour

Based in Birmingham, with travel to various venues in your area

Are you passionate about teaching and making a difference in people’s lives?

We are looking for enthusiastic and skilled tutors to deliver courses on community interpreting, providing both theoretical knowledge and practical guidance to aspiring interpreters in public service settings like healthcare and social services, for the upcoming academic year. If you thrive on flexibility, love working with people, and want to be part of something meaningful, we want to hear from you.

At the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), we believe learning should be available to everyone. As the UK’s largest voluntary sector adult learning provider, we bring life-changing learning into the heart of communities — and we need great tutors to help us do it.

Job Description

WEA are looking for talented individuals to help us deliver our mission – to bring education within reach. If that sounds like you, then please read on.

As an WEA Tutor, you will provide the highest possible quality teaching and learning to a group of learners. You will provide engaging teaching, learning and assessment with a creative and supportive approach to teaching, adapting to a range of learning styles, and ability to differentiate delivery to learners with mixed abilities to develop learners` knowledge and understanding.

Undertaking effective initial assessments and diagnostic activities and preparing course materials, ensuring a wide range of formative and summative assessment practices, which motivates and stretches learners to reach their objectives.

What we’re looking for:

• A recognised teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE, CertEd, DET, AET Level 3 minimum)

• A Level 5 subject specialism for accredited provision (ideal, but not essential)

• Confidence using diagnostic assessments and planning learner journeys

• Experience working with adults, especially those who may face barriers to learning

• A collaborative attitude and a real passion for lifelong learning

• Familiarity with RARPA and OFSTED’s Education Inspection Framework is a plus

We offer:

Competitive salary and Teacher’s pension
Enhanced holiday entitlement (30 days, plus bank holidays)
Access to life assurance, an employee wellbeing programme, cycle to work scheme, eye care scheme, and EAP
The opportunity to join a mission-led organisation that values diversity and inclusion
The chance to be part of an organisation recently rated GOOD by Ofsted, with OUTSTANDING for Behaviour, Attitudes and Personal Development

Ready to bring learning within reach?

Apply today and help us change lives through learning.

We’re committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Should you need any support with your application, please contact us via our website.

If you are interested in this role, please submit your application at your earliest convenience. We reserve the right to close the role early if we receive a large volume of applications.