Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

Coventry City Council’s Migration Team is an innovative and dynamic team that is focused on meeting the needs of newly arriving communities in the city and supporting integration.  

The team works with internal and diverse external partners to deliver projects and other interventions based on our migrant needs assessment and other evidence related to the barriers faced by new migrants.  

Coventry was one of the first cities to welcome Syrian refugees in 2014, and the team leads a partnership in delivering a resettlement programme welcoming some of the most vulnerable individuals fleeing conflict and persecution from Syria and the Middle East.  Work is centred on enabling refugees to make Coventry their new home, living with dignity and respect as well as contributing positively to our vibrant and growing city. 

Building on Coventry’s history of welcoming new arrivals into the city, we work towards maintaining a strategic overview of our refugee and migrant population including people seeking asylum dispersed to the city.  With over £3.5m already brought into the city, from external funding we establish collaborative partnerships to maximise interventions that promote community cohesion and enable everyone to contribute towards making Coventry a place where people choose to live, learn and work. 

The Migration Team celebrates diversity while also ensuring rights, opportunities and responsibilities are understood. 

Projects include: 

·         My Coventry

·         Your Vision, Your Future

·         Step and Step Forward

·         Homes for Ukraine 

What is the job role?

We are recruiting for additional ESOL tutors on a sessional basis to join us within the Migration Team delivering ESOL. Hours may include evening sessions, as well as sessions during the day across the city in community venues.

As an ESOL tutor you are required to support students that speak other language to learn the English language.

You will be responsible for teaching reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills to students.

The successful candidate must have the ability to provide high quality teaching and access to learning, contributing to course design, development and review of programmes

• To teach ESOL/Functional Skills ESOL to learners from Entry Level to Level 2 within Community venues
• Compose lesson plans in order to successfully incorporate the full duration of each lesson.
• Execute lessons efficiently using different styles of teaching depending on the content and needs of students.
• Engage students to ensure a lively and positive learning environment.
• Instruct students about the structure and content of the ESOL language.
• Teach students the spelling of words, and their meanings.
• Emphasize the rules of general composition, grammar and sentence construction.
• Teach students the correct pronunciation of words.
• Right to Work & Enhanced Adult/Child DBS dated within the last 3 months or on the update service
• A UK recognised teaching qualification, such as a PGCE, DTLLS, Cert Ed, or equivalent is essential
• Up to date with latest teaching techniques and topics in ESOL instruction
• Excellent spoken and written ESOL language skills
• Experience of delivering the subject.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate should have excellent communication and written skills, be able to work on their own initiative, have a meticulous approach and attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines. They should be able to monitor and organise interventions. 

You will be a highly motivated individual with experience of managing multiple streams of work and be able to prioritise your workload.

The right candidate will possess the following:  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A teaching qualification (ideally at Level 5)
• Previous experience teaching ESOL in Further Education sector/similar organisation
• Up to date knowledge of the National Curriculum Responsibilities of An ESOL tutor
• Supporting students so that they are given the best opportunity to excel academically and socially without being impeded by a lack of English
• Helping students to fully access the curriculum and become independent, co-operative and collaborative learners.
• Tailoring support to match individual needs.
• Adapting and customising curriculum materials.
• Liaison with like-minded practitioners and relevant team Migration Team members.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council