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Foundation Skills Tutor

We are looking for a person to join the team who wants to pass on their experience, life skills and knowledge to our youth. Due to demand we are looking to set up another group of students and need a tutor to deliver the programme as well as support the wider tutor team.  

EmployNZ is a Category 1, Private Training Establishment registered and accredited by NZQA and contracted to provide tertiary education programmes from Level 1 – 6 in the Bay of Plenty and ESOL courses in Auckland. Our Social Services Division provides Youth Services across the Bay and in the Taupo and Turangi area and we have a range of services for clients seeking employment placement services across the Bay, Auckland and Waikato areas.

We are looking for an inspiring person who wants to get involved as a Foundation Skills Tutors and deliver our NZQA approved foundation education programme which can lead to youth gaining their NCEA and a NZ Certificate. This is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our young people and to join the EmployNZ team.

The ideal person will be able to: 

• Relate to youth and want to make things happen for them
• Provide learning in an interesting, fun and relevant way that meets the needs of the students who have just left school or returning to study
• Share their passion for navigating pathways into the future for our students
• Support the wider tutor team by providing support and relief
• Drive and deliver achievement for our students
• Build positive relationships with students and their whānau
• Connect with and support our youth alongside other youth organisations within the community
• Use their expertise, skills and knowledge to pass on valuable life skills

To be successful in this role you will need: 

• A genuine passion for helping youth achieve their educational goals
• To use MSOffice 365 apps and our cloud based apps to manage planning, attendance, results, and outcomes
• Develop and collate Literacy and Numeracy portfolios with students
• Deliver sessions and assess student achievement against the New Zealand Qualification Framework including life skills and employment skills  standards leading to NCEA Levels 1 and 2
• Adult teaching experience and holding the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (NCALNE) (Level 5) would be an advantage, however professional development will be offered

The EmployNZ team are a passionate bunch of people who work everyday to make positive changes to the lives of the students we work alongside and they want their new colleagues to be the same!  

This position is for 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday.  Hours:  8am - 4.30pm daily. 

Our Company

EmployNZ’s motto ‘He Taumata Oranga: We Change Lives’ is interwoven into the culture of our organisation, and embedded into our practice by our kaimahi, management and executive.

EmployNZ was established in 2000, led by people with a deep passion for creating positive change, led by the following whakatauki, ensuring our focus on the people we support is constantly centered and upheld:

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people

Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.  

Please apply via Seek by submitting a covering letter briefly outlining your suitability for the role, and your current CV.