Adult Learning & Skills Sessional Tutor - ESOL Tutor

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team? Are you passionate about education and supporting people to develop their English Skills? If so, the ESOL Tutor post may be for you.

We are looking to appoint an ESOL Tutor who is confident and has experience of teaching ESOL at different levels. We are keen to ensure that our ESOL learners experience the best possible provision to support them in developing their English skills and integrate well into our learning community and the wider community of Halton.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Halton Adult Learning Services. You can help support people to change their lives and learn something new.

Our key values at Halton Adult Learning are ‘Empowerment, Opportunity & Resilience.’ We are a service that is dedicated to providing the best learning experience possible and pride ourselves on our positive working relationships with a variety of partners, employers and stakeholders.

A full training and development package is offered. You will be actively supported and encouraged to build on your skills and knowledge to maximise the opportunities that working for Halton Borough Council has to offer.

Your Contributions:

• You will be an organised, positive, enthusiastic, friendly individual who has education and achievement at the heart of your professionalism.
• You will want to thrive for the best outcomes for your learners to ensure they successfully reach their goals and aims.
• You will have experience of teaching ESOL qualifications and take an imaginative and innovative approach to your teaching duties to engage and support your learners to succeed and gain the skills needed to interact confidently within a community, education or work setting.
• You will be resilient and work positively and effectively as part of a successful team.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• Competitive hourly teaching rate of £25.64 (non-accredited) and £29.40 (accredited) per hour
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Kelly Arrowsmith on 0151 511 8453.

Interviews will take place w/c 15th December 2025.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!