Army - Learning and Development Tutor.

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence, Civil Service workforce is diverse, with many different functions and professions ranging from police officers, security guards, trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff to support the British Army.

The Infantry Training Centre (ITC) is in Catterick Garrison where it delivers Infantry basic training and initial trade training. The ITC consists of three units; 1st and 2nd Infantry Training Battalions and a Headquarter Battalion all collocated along with Soldier Academy HQ. The 1st and 2nd Battalions deliver the Combat Infantry Course (CIC) for all recruits, who wish to join the Infantry, Royal Armoured Corp and Household Cavalry both regular and reserve. The ITC also commands Pegasus Company (which delivers P Coy), the Army School of Ceremonial, and the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming (based in Edinburgh).

We deliver training which covers everything from teaching soldiers to play the Bagpipes to developing a civilian with no previous military experience into a trained, confident Infantry soldier. Whilst the training delivery is undertaken by highly skilled and experienced members of the Army, we are supported by almost 200 Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civil Servants along with several Defence contractors. We have roles ranging from drivers to HR Clerks and storekeepers to tutors!

If you have the skills and ambition to support us in delivering World Class Infantry Training, we would love for you to join us! Ready to find out more about the role?

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Under the direction of the ITC Support Battalion Learning and Development Wing Head of Learning Development & Basic Skills Development Manager (BSDM), the Learning Development Tutor has a full-time commitment dedicated to the delivery of key intervention support to Basic Training trainees across The Infantry Training Centre.

Main Role Responsibilities:

• Deputising for the Head of Learning Development & BSDM during periods of absence.
• Conduct initial assessments for functional skills or administrating examinations as required.
• Design and implement targeted interventions for learners with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD).
• Delivering targeted small group interventions for recruits within rehabilitative holdover platoons to ensure they remain engaged and continue developing their skills during their recovery period.
• Providing Specialist English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Support for recruits whose first language is not English to remove communication barriers to training.
• Delivering small group workshops for trainees with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD) to develop practical strategies and enhance their learning capabilities.
• Conducting interviews with recruits facing learning barriers and perform initial screenings to identify specific needs and determine the appropriate support pathway.
• Leading one-to-one and small-group sessions for recruits requiring focused support with reading, writing, or comprehension skills.
• Administering dyslexia screening tools and delivering staff or zero week induction briefs in the Head of Learning Development & BSDM’s absence.
• Updating and maintaining individual learning plans (ILPs) to ensure that all recruits’ progress and interventions are accurately documented, including providing handover takeover of Individual Learning Plans (ILP) from Basic Training to Initial Trade Training.
• Carry out duties commensurate with the appointment and MOD CS grade required by Line Manager.

Person specification

Essential Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience of delivering English and or Mathematics to learners aged 16+ (KS4 equivalent and above)
• Demonstrate evidence of Teachers Standards Teachers' standards: overview through:
• Secure professional knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning (Teacher Standard 3).
• Effective use of teaching, learning and assessment strategies (Teacher Standard 6).
• Promoting positive learner progress and outcomes (Teacher Standard 2).
• Maintaining high professional and ethical standards (Teacher Standards 3 and 8).
• Building positive and effective relationships with learners and colleagues through clear communication (Teacher Standards 1 and 8).
• Sound interpersonal and management skills with experience of liaising with internal and external staff at all levels.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Teaching qualification at Level 4 or above.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Evidence of experience of delivering English and or Maths in an adult context.
• Knowledge and experience of Data Protection and Information Management principles.
• Experience of using digital learning technologies and ICT to enhance teaching, learning and assessment, particularly within an adult learning environment.
• Experience of writing performance reviews, learner reports, appraisals or other formal documentation.
• Experience of supporting learners with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD), including dyslexia.
• Experience of delivering English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support to adult learners.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)
• Specialist teaching qualification in Adult Literacy, Numeracy or ESOL.
• Specialist teaching qualification in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
• A specialist qualification in supporting individuals with dyslexia / or relevant experience
• Data Protection and Data Management.
• Diversity and Inclusion trained.
• Safe-Guarding and Prevent trained.

Qualifications

Teaching qualification at Level 4 or above.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Demonstrates Professional Teaching Knowledge and Understanding. (Teacher Standard 3)
• Uses Appropriate Teaching and Assessment Strategies. (Teacher Standard 6)
• Promotes Good Learner Progress and Outcomes. (Teacher Standard 2)
• Demonstrates and Maintains Professional Standards. (Teacher Standards 3 and 8)
• Communicates Effectively with Learners and Colleagues. (Teacher Standards 8 and 1)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,720, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,927 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other benefits for Army civil servants include:

- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- Highly competitive pension scheme
- Personal and professional development of skills
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
- 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
- Learning and Development
• Access to on-site Gym and retail facilities
• On-site Parking
• Dog Friendly Working Environment

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.

A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

At the application stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

• Personal Statement - of no more than 500 words detailing how you meet the essential skills criteria
• Behaviour - Communicating & influencing
• Behaviour - Managing a Quality Service

Where a large number of applications are received, an initial sift may be conducted against Communicating and Influencing only. The remaining evidence submitted at the application stage will be assessed only if you are successful at this initial sift.

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

• Behaviour - Changing and Improving
• Behaviour - Working together
• Technical - Teachers' standards: overview follow link to Framework Guidance
  • Demonstrates Professional Teaching Knowledge and Understanding. (Teacher Standard 3)
  • Uses Appropriate Teaching and Assessment Strategies. (Teacher Standard 6)
  • Promotes Good Learner Progress and Outcomes. (Teacher Standard 2)
  • Demonstrates and Maintains Professional Standards. (Teacher Standards 3 and 8)
  • Communicates Effectively with Learners and Colleagues. (Teacher Standards 8 and 1)

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held online via Microsoft Teams. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Please read this document prior to completing your application.

Please note: internal candidates must include their staff number when prompted during the application process.

Should you have any queries relating to the vacancy information or sift and interview process, please contact the recruiting line manager using the contact details listed on the vacancy. Please do not direct vacancy related queries to the recruitment team as they will be unable to advise.

FURTHER INFORMATION

CV’s

Should the selection process require a CV, you will be prompted to complete the required criteria during the application process. CV’s sent directly to the recruiting line manager will be deleted immediately to maintain anonymity.

Civil Servants (all grades)

Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.

Some of MoD’s Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) changed from 3 February 2014. Those TACOS changes applied to Broader Banded and Skill Zone staff who were new recruits to MoD or who were appointed to a post on substantive promotion, progression or advancement. On the same basis, the TACOS for Departmental Retained Grades changed with effect from 01 September 2014.

Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service on or after 5 October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.o

Please see link below to Civil Service Recruitment Principles http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/201…

Please see the MOD Privacy notice which informs how we will use your personal data, explains your rights and gives you information you are entitled to under Data Protection legislation.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-privacy-…

Non Civil Servants

All employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period effective from the employment start date.

COMPLAINTS

Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS does not play any part in the selection and interview process itself.

Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy.

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint. by writing to DBS at the following address:

Defence Business Services

Scanning Hub

Room 6124

Tomlinson House

Norcross Lane

Blackpool

FY5 3WP

FOR EXTERNAL VACANCIES If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address:

Civil Service commission

Room G/8

1 Horse Guards Road

London

SW1A 2HQ

Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk

Cabinet Office Fraud Checks

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Mary-Anne Metcalfe
• Email : Mary-anne.Metcalfe112@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.

Attachments

Teachers' standards_ overview Opens in new window (pdf, 178kB)ARMY Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 273kB)Defence Internal Brief notice Opens in new window (docx, 43kB)Defence Civil Service Offer Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB)