Contract: Fixed Term Grant Funded to 31/12/2026

Hours: 37 per week

Workstyle: Your workstyle in this role will require you to work from a fixed workplace.

About the role:

We are currently seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Trainer/Tutor with competencies in teaching a variety of Health and Safety courses, basic construction, first aid courses, and other similar short business relatable courses.

NPT Skills & Training Unit operate within Neath Port Talbot and across South Wales, delivering a variety of training programmes and are constantly developing their training provision and contracts.

The post holder will be funded for 1 year from commencement of post, to support a new project/initiative within the Skills & Training unit, to develop its business services. Therefore, the post holder will pay a crucial role in developing the project/initiative and supporting it to succeed.

As a Trainer/Tutor for the project/initiative, you will be required complete CPD and/or train/gain qualifications to be able to deliver courses and qualifications for Skills & Training. You will devise/design all related course materials and curriculum and deliver these to our learners for them to achieve/gain accredited or non-accredited qualifications/courses.

Your daily routine will require you to:

Design and deliver appropriate learning materials and resources to support new and established accredited course/qualifications delivered at Skills and Training.
To deliver and assess a wide range of training courses, accredited and non-accredited qualifications to various groups of both adults, young people aged 16-24 and school pupils.
To register, invigilate requires tests and assessments for qualifications, meeting awarding body guidelines. To use IT systems to complete and administer the testing process.
Maintain, update and complete appropriate documentation including, learning plans, learner assessment, data forms/information, relevant examination bodies&© documentation and others as required.
Organise and deliver courses as required.
To ensure targets set by Skills and Training are met.

About you:

You will need to have previous experience at designing and delivering training/tutoring, in particular delivering accredited qualifications, with a wide age range from school pupils up to adult learners. You should also be aware of the barriers faced by different age groups and be able to overcome these with your learners. You should also have excellent customer facing/verbal/written communication skills. Due to the courses that we intend to deliver, experience within Construction, health and safety sectors is essential.

Do you have:

Possess Further Education Teaching Certificate or equivalent (such as PGCE/PTTLS/Level 3/cert ed etc)
A Health and Safety/construction qualification
First Aid qualifications or experience as a first aider
GCSE (or equivalent/higher) in Maths and English grade C and above/Level 2
Be in possession of, or working towards A1 and V1 awards/ TAQA and or verifier awards or equivalent

We would welcome those with experience in the following roles:

Tutor/Trainer (Construction or H&S fields/disciplines/sectors)
Training Officer/Advisor (Construction or H&S fields/disciplines/sectors)
Lecturer (Construction or H&S fields/disciplines/sectors)

About us:

We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues&© efforts and achievements. We also believe that there&©s life at work and life outside of work. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need.

Choose to work for us and you&©ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.

Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work life balance
Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 22.4% employer pension contribution
Enjoy a holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years&© service (not forgetting the additional 8 bank holidays too)
Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.

If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Michelle Akerman on

Phone: 01639 686306 or

Email: m.akerman@npt.gov.uk

DBS requirements:

This post is subject to an enhanced with both adult & child barred list DBS disclosure

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children and young people are protected.

Welsh Language Requirements:

Welsh Language skills are not required.

Additional Information:

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees. We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.

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