Tutor (Digital Inclusion) – Northern Directions
Job title: Digital Inclusion Tutor – Northern Directions
Reports To: Project Manager – Northern Directions
Priority Contacts: Participants, Youth Coaches
Salary: Circa £24,000 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: North of Tyne
About Groundwork
Groundwork aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work.
Each year Groundwork makes an incredible difference to communities across the North East and Cumbria. We work on hundreds of individual projects each year, supporting disadvantaged communities but what’s most important is how we change people’s lives. Our local programmes and services are tailored to the needs of partners and communities in each locality. When all that local activity is added together, it becomes a major force for regional change.
About the role
Working as a member of the Youth Employment and Skills team to run a Digital Inclusion Programme (Be Tech Savvy) with the aim of ensuring all young participants are equipped with key digital skills at a pivotal stage of their lives, responding to a need identified through recent observations, comments, and consultation with young people, employers, educators, and partners across the youth/employment sector.
Be Tech Savvy will be delivered via sessions both remotely and face to face depending on the need of the participants. Sessions will include; employability, Climate Change, cyber safety, online banking and financial inclusion, IT basics, social media, social action, and using engine searches. On completion our participants should have increased digital skills; They should be able to access online education, employment, and training opportunities, have increased their online employability skills and have reduced feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Candidate Pack Northern Directions_Tutor
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service
For further information about the role, or for an informal discussion please contact Mary Blackwell, mary.blackwell@groundwork.org.uk or 07930 330 725
This role may involve some evening and weekend work and a driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential to support delivery.
Want to apply?
Great all you need to do is complete the application pack that’s available on our website
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ND – Tutor – Be Tech Savvy-person specification July 2021
ND – Tutor – Be Tech Savvy – Job description July 2021
All completed applications should be emailed to HR.NorthEast@groundwork.org.uk
Closing date: Midnight 25th August 2021
Make yourself at home:
We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.
Groundwork NE & Cumbria is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.