Vacancy – BTEC Sports and ESPORTS Tutor – Plymouth

Organisation: Argyle Community Trust
Position: BTEC Sports and Esports Tutor
Location: Plymouth and Surrounding Areas
Offices: Home Park, Outland Road , Plymouth PL2 3DQ
Manadon Sports Hub, 121 St Peter’s Road, PL5 3JG
Salary: £23,000 – £30,000
Contract: Full Time, Permanent (option for term time only pro rata)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Devon Education Manager
Closing date for applications: Thursday 31st August 5pm

Benefits and Opportunities
We aim to ensure we look after our staff welfare and provide fair opportunities across the charity. Argyle Community Trust offers incentives & progression based on key performance indicators, appraisals and added value to the Trust.

Benefits

• Access to auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Relevant qualifications and training
• Ticket incentives for staff
• An opportunity to buy back on holidays
• Free access to courses for your children (immediate family) across Argyle Community Trust provisions
• Club Kit

Other Benefits

• Holiday allowance based on service, after 5 years of service your holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day each year, enabling you to increase your holiday allowance by up to 4 days
• Private healthcare after two years of service, not contractual but based on how the charity performs

Role Dependent Benefits

The Trust will also consider individual requirements needed to complete a role including:
• Work mobile phone with some allowance for personal usage
• Use of company vehicle for work purposes only
• Car Allowance

The Role

Argyle Community Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate BTEC Sports and Esports tutor to join our education programme in Plymouth. Reporting to the Devon Education Manager, you will inspire, engage and ensure that every young person that goes through a Level 3 or leadership programme with us will have an opportunity to thrive and succeed. The role of Sports Tutor will be to deliver BTEC’s, along with other vocational related qualifications in Sport.

Alongside the Plymouth course, the Trust runs similar programmes in Camborne and Newton Abbot. Across the Trust, education programmes have expanded by 30% during the past two years resulting in a provision of over 160 students, 10 staff and eight football teams that play in the U19’s national leagues. We are proud of our results, with 100% of students completing the BTEC course and 96% achieving on or above their target grades.

This role will be based in Plymouth, delivered by Argyle Community Trust and run in partnership with City College Plymouth. Tutors will teach the qualifications through sport, most notably the medium of football, as part of ACT’s Football Development Programme for students aged 16-18 years. In addition to this the tutor will deliver on another programme run in partnership with City College Plymouth, namely the BTEC Extended Diploma in esports. The successful candidate must have in-depth knowledge of the BTEC Sport and esports specifications, although the emphasis on the esports programme will be very much about the generic sports units, a knowledge of esports game play is not required. We would expect the candidate to a minimum Level 4 teaching qualification and ideally QTLS. In addition to this the tutor should have a good standard of English and mathemeatics as well as a willingness to undertake key administrative duties associated with the role.

There is also an opportunity for the successful candidate to deliver a sports leadership award that Argyle Community Trust currently delivers in two local prisons. As a registered charity, the Community Trust works, in close conjunction with Plymouth Argyle Football Club
and with many people across several sectors where sport has proven to be the ideal tool for creating lasting engagement with a diverse range of individuals.

Primary Objectives of the Role

• Promote a culture of respect within the department ensuring that students feel safe and supported
• Plan and deliver engaging, high-quality lessons that address the specification content for both BTEC sport and esports Level 3
• Mark and assess work, giving appropriate feedback, and maintaining records of learners’ progress and development
• Ensure all learners progress in a timely manner through their qualifications adhering to schemes of work and keep learners, coaches and key stakeholders updated on learner progress

Application

If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application form https://forms.gle/Lr5x7kHHEndy7jAL6

You will be given the opportunity to upload a covering letter and CV should you wish to do so however, for safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept application by CV only in your covering letter you should draw on relevant aspects of your experience, including paid employment and voluntary work or training to demonstrate how your skills, experience and personal qualities match the requirements of this job specification.

If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post contact ACTrecruitment@pafc.co.uk

Download BTEC Sports and ESPORTS Tutor Job Description.