Motor Mechanics Tutor -HMP Highpoint
About the company
Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist justice and rehabilitation recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.
Your tasks
About the Role We are seeking an inspiring Motor Mechanics Tutor to join an education provider in the justice sector, delivering meaningful vocational learning within a prison education setting. This is a unique opportunity to support learners on their rehabilitation journey, helping them build the practical skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into employment and shape brighter futures.
You'll deliver engaging and inclusive motor mechanics lessons to small groups of learners with a wide range of educational backgrounds, learning needs and abilities. Many of your learners will have had difficult experiences of education, so patience, empathy and a genuine belief in each individual's potential will matter as much as your technical knowledge.
- Delivering motor mechanics sessions and qualifications to groups of learners.
- Assessing, reviewing and tracking learner progress.
- Maintaining accurate course and learner records.
- Embedding employability and workplace skills into the curriculum.
- Supporting learners to achieve and progress towards employment.
Requirements
Are you a skilled motor vehicle professional looking for a role where your trade expertise genuinely changes lives?
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 qualification in motor vehicle maintenance, or equivalent, with industry experience
- An expert in your field with substantial vocational experience
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Genuine passion for learner development
Desirable (but not essential)
- A teaching or assessing qualification
What we offer
Salary: From £30,000 per annum
No teaching qualification? No problem. Full support and funding is available to help you work towards the required teaching and assessing qualifications.
- 30 days annual leave
- Paid Life Event Day each year
- Generous pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Enhanced wedding leave
- Enhanced maternity scheme
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Access to a wellbeing platform and retail discounts
How to apply
If you're ready to put your trade expertise to work helping learners build real skills and real futures, we'd love to hear from you.
Other
Motor Mechanics Tutor- HMP Permanent Location: Newmarket
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS check and HMPPS security vetting, in line with the requirements of the Ministry of Justice.
Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.