Vacancy at Action Tutoring
Deadline: Sunday, 26th July
Interviews: Monday, 3rd August 2026
Start date: Ideally, Thursday, 1st October 2026
Contract and hours: 0.6FTE (all year) or 0.8FTE (term time only), 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. A full working week is 37.5 hours.
Duties and responsibilities
- Following a defined brief, generate improvements to our KS4 English curriculum resources to enable pilot testing in AY26.27 Summer Term.
- Maintain our KS2 - KS4 English curriculum resources to ensure volunteer tutors have high quality materials to use in sessions.
- Support Action Tutoring’s Programme Department to provide and respond to requests for additional materials for tutoring sessions, particularly English sessions.
- Design and deliver online English-focused training for volunteer tutors so that subject knowledge is secure within the tutor community.
- Provide advice and support, including some direct tutor communications, on subject-specific matters for Action Tutoring staff who manage volunteer tutors.
- Engage and support Action Tutoring’s AI research including by undertaking pedagogical reviews of AI tutoring tools and supporting with tool development.
Qualification criteria:
We are looking for someone who is/has:
- Qualified (QTS) secondary school teacher of English
- At least two year’s teaching experience in English state schools with an understanding of the barriers facing disadvantaged pupils
We are looking for the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others:
- Experience designing and formatting curriculum resources to support learning, either for print or digital use
- Understanding of the different pedagogical approaches required in small-group learning compared to classroom teaching, with a robust understanding of tutoring as a mechanism for supporting pupil personalised learning
- Willingness to learn and become confident in the KS2 English curriculum
- Able to communicate pedagogy in jargon free, accessible ways to non-specialists
- Empathetic and skilled at providing feedback in a sensitive but constructive way
- Organised with strong time-management skills, able to independently manage a varied range of tasks and responsibilities
- Good attention to detail with administrative tasks, able to follow instructions well with a working understanding of the importance of data privacy
- Adaptable and open to learning with a passion for self-improvement, proactively seeking opportunities to develop and upskill
- Commitment to Action Tutoring’s Mission
- Committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
- Committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children
- Experience delivering training or CPD to adults with energy and confidence, able to engage attendees, facilitate discussion and manage time effectively
- Experience as a private, school-based or volunteer tutor or experience of teaching exam resit classes
- Evidence-based knowledge of how children and adults learn online compared to in person
- Provided coaching or mentoring to trainee teachers
- Experience as a GCSE English examiner
Hybrid working
We offer a flexible combination of office and home based working.
Holiday
25 days holiday a year (plus UK public holidays), increasing by a day for each complete year of service (up to five extra days). 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year.
Flexitime and TOIL
We have a flexible policy for working hours, and offer TOIL where staff have to work particularly early in the day or late in the evening, so that they can reclaim those hours at another time.
Team away days
The whole team across the UK gets together three times a year.
Pensions
We have a workplace pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution.
Sabbatical leave
We offer paid and unpaid sabbatical leaves to our long standing colleagues.
Culture of celebrating
Regular thanks and praise and monthly recognition of ’heroes’ to celebrate employees going above and beyond.
Knowledge-sharing
Lots of opportunities to learn from others in the organisation, including policy briefings, shadowing colleagues and peer-to-peer development.
Socials
Team socials around team days, regular bring-and-share team lunches and other activities.
Proofreading Team
As well as checking the accuracy of all content Action Tutoring shares with external audiences, our proofreading team supports individuals who would value an extra pair of eyes on their writing.
Ad hoc projects
Interested in other exciting topics relevant to our charity? Then join one of our working groups (including policy, diversity and inclusion, curriculum and training, socials, data and insights) and support with ongoing projects.
How to apply:
To apply for this position you will need to complete and attach an application form to your application. To do this, please download the attached application form, complete the sections in full and save the new file, and then click the 'apply' button.
You will be able to upload the completed application form on the next page.
Applications without an attached application form will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us (hello@actiontutoring.org.uk) if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help you with making the application process work for you.
| Title | File |
|---|---|
| Action Tutoring's Way of Working | AT's_Ways_of_Working_(4).pdf |
| Job pack | English_Curriculum_Coordinator_(maternity_cover)_AY25.26.pdf |
| Job description | English_Curriculum_Coordinator_(maternity_cover)_Job_Description.pdf |
| Application form - this MUST be completed | English_Curriculum_Coordinator_(maternity_cover)_Action_Tutoring's_Application_Form_AY25_26.docx |