Adult Educator Panel

Specialisms:

• Business Leadership
• Childcare
• Healthcare
• Environmental Sustainability
• Digital Marketing
• Train the Trainer

GRETB are seeking to put a panel in place of suitably qualified persons to deliver one or more of the above specialisms across Galway City, Galway County and Roscommon. 

Duties and Responsibilities

·The adult educator shall give tuition in the subject matter of the syllabus/module content to the satisfaction of the Adult Education Officer/Director of FET and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Education and SOLAS.

·To set tasks to students to be undertaken both at the Centre.

·To prepare courses, schemes of work, assessment tools and individual lessons appropriate to the needs, interests, experience and existing knowledge of the learners in one’s class.

·The adult educator is expected to arrive at a reasonable time before the commencement of the class, so as to enable the class to start at the scheduled hour. They shall record their attendance by whatever system is prescribed. Any adult educator who comes late shall be liable to forfeit all or part of his/her remuneration. The same rule will apply to early departures.

·In addition to the work in class, the adult educator is required to fulfil such other duties incidental to the proper management of and the evaluation/assessment of the progress of his/her class as may from time to time be required: the payments made for actual class contact hours cover these incidental duties.

·To mark and assess learner work and to record their development progress and attainment both in class and elsewhere.

·To carry out all assessments and evaluations appropriate to delivering QQI qualifications.

·To take part in the programme planning process of policy and aims and in the revision formulation of guidelines.

·To provide or contribute both oral and written assessments and references both in class and elsewhere relating to the development and learning or individual learner and groups of learner.

·To evaluate and review one’s own teaching methods, materials and schemes of work and to make changes as appropriate on an individual basis or in co-operation with the Adult Education Officer/Director of FET and/or Inspectorate of the Department of Education.

·To keep up to date with current educational thinking and practice both by study and attendance at Courses, Workshops and meetings.

Person Specification

· A qualification at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications or its equivalent or higher in relevant discipline(s) commensurate with this role and the Further Education and Training Sector would be advantageous;

· Experience in Teaching/Training

· Good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and a high level of initiative

·Excellent ICT and administration skills;

·Inniúlacht le dualgais an phoist a chomhlíonadh go héifeachtach trí mheán na Gaeilge/ Capacity to discharge the duties of the post through the medium of Irish desirable.

Hours of work 

The post is temporary and pensionable. The hours may be either part time/full time.  A full time post is 35 hours per week which is made up of 20 hours Instruction and 15 hours Associated Work, which is not timetabled.  Part time posts are calculated on a pro-rata basis. 

Renumeration

The adult educator will begin at point 1 of the pay scale or corresponding hourly rate if not assigned to a full time post.

Current Rates (circular 0017/2025):

·1st point - €37,034