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Part-Time ESOL & English Tutors x 4

London Borough of Lewisham

Location

Lewisham, United Kingdom

The role/category

ESOL, COMESOL and Functional skills English / GCSE English tutor part-time

Are you a passionate ESOL tutor with the skills to also teach English? Do you enjoy making a difference to people’s lives through education and supporting adults to improve their English language skills?

Perhaps you are looking to combine your teaching skills with part-time flexible hours to suit your current work life balance.

If this applies to you, please read on to find out more about our vacancies and what Adult Learning Lewisham can offer.

To meet the demand from learners, we are looking to fill vacancies at different levels in both accredited and non-accredited ESOL, COMESOL and Functional Skills English courses from New to ESOL to L2 ESOL and Functional Skills English to GCSE. We are particularly keen to employ evening tutors, although we also have vacancies for daytime classes. There are also opportunities to cover tutors when they are unavailable. We work with our tutors to develop a timetable which fits in with their availability.

We aim to meet the ongoing demand of adults who seek to improve their English language skills, enhance their career prospects and flourish.

We are a well-established and ambitious adult community learning (ACL) provider, offering a wide range of courses across Lewisham from our centres located in Granville Park (Lewisham), Grove Park and Brockley Rise (SE23). We are proud to offer high quality courses to diverse groups of adult learners who successfully develop skills, gain qualifications and achieve their long-term goals. ESOL and English courses run in the daytime and evenings with sessions ranging from 4.0 to 5.0 hours per week across the academic year. You may want to teach one course, or a variety of courses.

Working as part of a team, you will support the pre-course assessment of learners, where their needs are identified and they are allocated to appropriate courses. You will be responsible for planning and delivering courses, addressing learner needs and supporting learners in progressing, achieving their goals and gaining a qualification (where applicable).

Upon successful recruitment, you will receive an in-depth induction into the service. We will provide you with ongoing support with our MIS and VLE systems. You will have regular opportunities to share best teaching practices and attend staff development events.

As a Lewisham council employee, you can enjoy a wide range of entitlements and benefits including a teacher’s pension, free access to the council’s Learning Academy and various schemes to support your travel to work, to mention just a few.

We welcome applicants who:

are qualified ESOL/English practitioners or are working towards a Level 4 qualification with the English/ESOL subject specialism
have demonstrable skills in incorporating technologies and teaching resources that are relevant, inclusive and impactful
are familiar with either ESOL or English Functional Skills and/or GCSE qualifications
have experience of pre-course assessments, quality assurance and internal moderation activities (preferred).

An ability/experience of working in both areas would be preferred.

As part of your supporting statement, we strongly recommend you further refer to the job description and person specification of the role and address these.

Please ensure that you follow Lewisham Council’s job application process and complete all sections to support your application process. Please do not provide a CV as it will not be seen by the shortlisting panel and will not be considered.

If you have any questions relating to this post, please contact:

Stefania Quaresima – Stefania.quaresima@lewisham.gov.uk

Salary details

£34.72 per hour

When applying, please clearly state which role you are applying for.

Closing date: Sunday 7^th June 2026

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 22^nd June 2026

Click below for the job description and person specification

https://lewisham.gov.uk/-/media/jobs/Adult%20Learning/JD%20and%20PS%20Tutor

Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council has a dedicated employment support service, Lewisham Works, which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works, please email JobsAndSkills@lewisham.gov.uk and an advisor will be in touch with you.

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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