Our Hair & Beauty academies are not classrooms but are real working salons ensuring that our learners received the full working salon experience whilst learning new skills with us. We offer learners a wider range of courses from Level 1 to Level 4. Our Hair & Beauty academies have seen incredible growth taking us to a total of 17 academies nationwide. Our Northeast academies are based in Wallsend and Hartlepool. Our London academies are based in Borehamwood, Loughton, Ham, Chiswick, Croydon, and Camden. Our Northwest and Yorkshire academies are based in Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Derby, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Harrogate, Doncaster, and Chesterfield.
As a Nail Technology Tutor you will use your own expertise and our robust training programmes to deliver and assess our Nail Tech programmes to our apprentices, adult learners or study programme learners. By placing your learners at the centre of everything you do you will support and inspire to help them achieve an outstanding learning and assessment.
This role is for 30 hours a week.
You will need these important qualities:
- A genuine desire to transform lives through learning.
- The ability to aspire and mentor both young people and adults to achieve.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good administration and paperwork skills.
- Appropriate classroom management skills.
DUTIES
Teaching & Assessments
- Plan and deliver a training programme that ensures robust ILP, adheres to scheme of work and the Education inspection framework standards.
- Ensure that apprenticeship standard requirements, including functional skills are met, ensuring learner progress is effectively reviewed and tracked to ensure timely and overall completion.
- Ensure learner readiness for end point assessment (EPA) and set SMART targets on action plans to support them to achieve for apprenticeship learners.
- Support employers in understanding their responsibility relating to on and off the job training where applicable.
- Ensure all learner records and reporting is kept up to date and provided in a timely manner to support management reporting and audit requirements.
- Undertake assessment, portfolio evidencing and tracking of achievement using the LCG e-portfolio and tracking systems.
- Where applicable, generate teaching and learning resources as required or use the LCG resources.
- Provide robust and impartial information, advice, and guidance to learners throughout their learner journey including exit advise in relation to employment opportunities.
Quality Assurance
- Participate in LCG quality assurance activities working closely with the quality team.
- Ensure CPD is planned and reflects Company and stakeholder requirements as guided by the quality team.
- Manage learner feedback through learner surveys as per LCG requirements and achieve overall 95% learner satisfaction.
- Liaise with the Head of Teaching and Learning, Lead IQA regarding audit and compliance of reviews, ILPs and shared resources.
- Follow up learner absences and ensure timely communication with employers on learners’ absences, progress, and achievement.
Generic Deliverables
- Deliver KPI’s in line with company expectations (Register, marking policy, learner satisfaction).
- Complete regular and ad hoc reporting as and when requires.
- Positively promote the ethos, culture, and development of the LCG in every aspect of its business.
- Contribute to the commercial income of the academy salon, meeting salons targets.
- Conduct your role in line with the behaviour aligned with our company values.
- Promote equal opportunities and recognition of diversity throughout the company
- Ensure the maintenance of confidentially and professionalism at all time.
- Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role.
- Conduct your role in line with the company values and expected behaviours.
- Provide learners, customers and colleagues with support, advice guidance as part of your everyday role
- Comply with the Safeguarding, Prevent and Health and Safety Policies and be always vigilant to potential concerns and risks
- Always ensure confidentiality and professionalism.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
We love to develop our people so even if you don't meet 100% of the essential criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply.
- Minimum of GCSE Grade in Maths & English or equivalent
- Minimum Level 3 Nail Technology Qualification
- Recognised Teaching & Assessing qualifications (or be working towards these).
- Industry experience in Nail Technology. Ideally gel polish and enhancements.
Desirable:
- Experience of working within the education / training sector
- Competency to deliver other beauty programmes such as beauty therapy or makeup.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
You’re unique – and we love that about you. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Don’t just take our word for it though! Our commitment to a number of covenants and pledges will show you just how serious we are about equal opportunities for all:
- Disability Confident Employer
- Armed Forces Covenant Silver
- Domestic Abuse Covenant
- Durham Enable
- Care Leaver Covenant
PURPLE PERKS
26 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
We understand the gift of time, whether it’s to see your loved ones or just spending time doing the things you love. That’s why in addition to your basic allowance of 26 days your annual leave allowance can rise to as much as 44 days per annum (inclusive of BH) because of these amazing extra leave perks:
Buy & Sell | You can buy sell up to an extra 5 days annual leave each year
2YRS Service | Staff who have 2YRS service received an extra 2 days annual leave
5YRS Service | Staff who have 5YRS service receive a further 2 days annual leave
10YRS Service | Staff who have 10YRS service receive a further 1 days annual leave
We have a huge range of perks which you can look at here
HEAD OFFICE PERKS
We wish we could provide these to all, but as a national company its not always possible. However these perks are available to all staff when they attend our incredible Head Office space.
- Electric Car charging points
- Free fruit, Coffee and Tea
- Onsite Shower
- Prayer room on request or list of nearest available places of worship
If you would like to discuss this role in more detail or need support in applying for this role, please contact our recruitment team on 01388 777129 or Workforus@Learningcurvegroup.co.uk
Working Flexibly
If the working hours, days or times don't quite meet your needs please contact us to see if we can accommodate working flexibly.