Warehousing Tutor

Summary of Position

The role of a Warehousing Tutor is to deliver warehousing training as part of the ApprenticeshipsNI programme. This role involves working with employed apprentices who are undertaking formal qualifications in warehousing and storage, supporting their development through structured, workplace-based learning.

The successful tutor will bring sector expertise and a commitment to creating safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environments that enable each apprentice to thrive and achieve their potential.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning and delivering warehousing and storage training sessions in line with awarding body and programme standards.
• Supporting apprentices to achieve recognised qualifications through tailored, workplace-based learning.
• Carrying out initial assessments and regular progress reviews to identify learner needs and set development goals.
• Adapting delivery methods and materials to ensure accessibility and inclusion for learners with additional needs.
• Providing clear instruction, practical demonstrations, and feedback to support learner understanding and progress.
• Maintaining accurate records of attendance, progress, assessment evidence, and employer engagement.
• Preparing learners for formal assessments and ensuring readiness for assessment.
• Carrying out assessments / observations of leaners on employer sites.
• Responding professionally to learner concerns, disengagement, or safeguarding disclosures.
• Staying up to date with curriculum updates, warehousing industry developments, and funding rules (ApprenticeshipsNI).
• Complying with all safeguarding, GDPR, and health and safety policies.
• Working collaboratively with Clanrye Group staff, employers, and learners to deliver excellent learner experiences.
• Completing any other relevant duties as agreed within the scope of the self-employed tutor contract.

General Duties

• Adhere to Clanrye Group’s ‘Code of Conduct’ maintaining confidentiality, professionalism and quality standards across all work practices and interactions.
• Perform job duties in compliance with Clanrye Group’s policies and procedures to include adherence to equal opportunities, health and safety legislation and data protection requirements.
• Demonstrate commitment to Clanrye Group through the completion of all tasks allocated by attending staff and development opportunities to ensure that professional competency is maintained.
• Ensure that all safeguarding procedures are followed as outlined in Clanrye Group’s safeguarding manual.

Person Specification

Job Title: Warehousing Tutor (E = Essential, D = Desirable)

Skills and Competencies

Competencies

• Has a person-centred approach with the ability to tailor the teaching style to the individual needs within the class (E) 
• Embraces change and drives continuous improvement (E)
• Provides a high-quality service to all service users (E)
• Has ability to work in a busy teaching environment (E)

Technical competencies (qualifications and training)

Essential Criteria

• A vocational qualification at level 3 or above in warehousing operations or similar (E)
• Occupationally competent in warehousing operations with 2 years recent experience (E)
• Hold or be working towards a recognised assessing qualification, which could include: level 3 Award or Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement or A1 Assessor Award / D32, D33 or similar. (E)
• Relevant Teaching Qualification in individual’s specialist area or a willingness to undertake the Certificate in Teaching (CiT) qualification (E) 
• Good standard of Education to include Maths and English at a grade C or equivalent. (E)
• Good IT skills – to present data using Microsoft packages or suitable alternative (E)

Desirable Criteria

• Experience supporting learners of all ages to include those with additional learning needs (D)
• Familiarity with ApprenticeshipsNI framework and quality standards (D)

Experience

• 2 years’ experience of teaching. (D)
• Proven experience of designing and delivering qualifications to individuals. (D)
• Experience of working with people with learning challenges. (E)
• Highly competent in using ICT with excellent working knowledge of MS Office Suite to include Sharepoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. (E)
• The ability to teach and progress young people with a good track record of achieving high levels of retention and achievement in class (D)

Skills and Attributes

• A calm, professional, and learner-centred approach in a variety of learning environments (E)
• Confidence supporting apprentices from diverse cultural, educational, and employment backgrounds (E)
• Excellent subject knowledge and the ability to translate practical skills into engaging, understandable content (E)
• A commitment to maintaining consistency, quality, and fairness in delivery and assessment (E)
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, including time management and accurate record keeping (E)
• Discretion and professionalism when dealing with sensitive learner or employer information (E)
• The ability to manage workload independently, while maintaining open communication with the team (E)
• Flexibility and reliability, including responsiveness to changing learner or employer needs (E)
• A commitment to safeguarding, equality, and inclusive learning (E)
• A passion for helping others succeed in their career journey (E)

Personal qualities, communicating and relating to others

• Flexible, adaptable and innovative (E)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (E)
• Youth work Teaching / pastoral care approach to assisting young people to progress.
• through their qualifications while maintaining professional boundaries. (E)

Safeguarding

• Be able to display an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children, young people and adults. (D) 
• This post requires an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (E) www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/regulated-activity-vulnerable-groups

Other

• Access to transport to carry out the duties of the post (E)

Employee Benefits

The successful post holder will avail of the following benefits:

• Holiday Arrangements: 20 working days per year rising to 25 after a period of 2 years’ service plus 12 statutory days (holidays for part-time roles will be calculated on a pro-rata basis).
• Length of service awards: For those employees who have served for 10 years or more an additional day’s holiday will be granted for each year of service thereafter up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Flexible Working Hours: To accommodate personal circumstances, working day to be agreed between line manager and employee and in line with policy.

• Pension: Employees are able to join the pension scheme under the new Auto Enrolment Government Scheme.

• Sickness Arrangements: After 6 month’s service, full pay up to 20 working days. Half pay for a further 45 working days. At the conclusion of this period Personal Health Insurance may realise sick pay at 75% of full pay for a period of up to 3 years (subject to the ruling of the PHI Insurers and Clanrye Group).
• Enhanced Family Friendly Rights: Maternity and paternity leave in accordance with current statutory requirements.
• Wellbeing Hour: A ‘wellbeing hour’ – one hour’s paid leave per week to partake in a wellbeing activity to help maintain own mental and physical health, to be agreed by line manager.
• CPD: Opportunity to develop and enhance knowledge and skills through Continuous Professional Development.
• Birthday: Paid leave on day of birthday or on the following Monday if it falls at the weekend.