Skills Trainer, Connect

Job Ref: 26-080-ST-ECI-WEB
Job Role: Skills Trainer-Skills Connect
Location: Ballymena (with agile-working-options)
Salary: Starting at £30,426per-annum(pro-rata)
Hours: 37-hours/week
Contract: Until March 2029 (Continuation of employment beyond this date is subject to funding)

The Service:

The Skills Connect project is a cross-community/cross-border initiative to support urban and rural communities to address the significant skills gaps, disparity in education attainment and employment outcomes for people with disabilities and long term health conditions. It aims to develop a strategy and action plan for sustained inclusive, labour-market responsive training options for people who fall outside traditional pathways.

Skills-Connect will deliver academy-based training in the following sectors: Hospitality and Tourism, Health and Social Care and the Green Economy through a curriculum of qualifications to reduce skills gaps and increase employability of participants. The project will work collaboratively with employers to build capacity to engage with a more diverse workforce.

Skills Connect is supported by the European Union’s PEACEPLUS Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The project is led by the NOW Group in partnership with the Cedar Foundation (Cedar), Open College Network NI, Ulster University and Dundalk Institute of Technology.

The Role:

As a Skills Trainer you will provide participants with the highest quality support to enable achievement of skills development and educational aspirations. The post holder will have a particular focus on the development, direct delivery, assessment and accreditation of accredited skills and pre-employment academies. This will include academy-based training in key sectors of Hospitality and Tourism, Health and Social Care and the Green Economy. 

The Skills Trainer will engage effectively with all stakeholders in a professional manner to ensure the optimum opportunities and outcomes can be achieved by the participants. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people with disabilities and neurodivergence.


Benefits:

• 20-days annual leave and 12-statutory days pro rata. Annual leave entitlements increase to 25-days (pro-rata) after 5 years’ service and 27-days (pro-rata) after 10 years’ service.
• Auto-enrolment Pension through Standard Life. Employer contribution 4%, employee contribution 5%.
• Annual incremental pay increases on agreed salary scale.
• Agile-working-benefits.
• Occupational-Sick-Pay Scheme that increases with length of service.
• Investor in People Platinum accredited organisation with commitment to development of the staff team through training and learning opportunities.
• Staff recognition & reward incentives aligned to high standards of performance.
• Westfield Healthcare cashback scheme.
• Special offers at over 600 leading high street and online retailers.
• Cycle to Work scheme.

Essential Criteria:
1. Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching (PGCE), Certificate in Teaching (CIT) or equivalent RQF level 6 qualification in Education or Teaching

AND

• Minimum of 1 year’s paid experience in the direct provision training.

2. Proficiency in IT skills, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. 
3. Ability to work independently with good organisational, communication & interpersonal skills 

Apply Online: https://cedar-foundation.getgotjobs.co.uk/home
Closing Date: Tuesday, 28th April 2026 at 10:00 am


THE CEDAR FOUNDATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER.

Please Note – At present The Cedar Foundation does not offer sponsorship.
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