ESOL Tutor
Locations: Kidderminster
Contract Type: Part-time / Sessional (Block delivery)
Hours: Typically 2-3 hours per week per group (daytime or early evening)
Programme Length: 6-week blocks (with potential for extension)
Employer: Monarch Education (on behalf of a local authority-led community initiative)
The Opportunity
Monarch Education is seeking experienced and compassionate ESOL Tutors to deliver community-based English language classes across the Kiddermister and Wyre Forest area.
This is a rewarding opportunity to support newly arrived residents, including asylum seekers and refugees, by developing their confidence, communication skills, and independence within the local community.
Classes will be held in accessible town-centre community venues and will focus on practical, everyday English, community integration, and functional language for daily life.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging, inclusive ESOL sessions to adult learners from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds
- Adapt lesson content to suit mixed-ability and mixed-literacy community groups
- Support learners with practical English for daily activities, accessing services, and local orientation
- Create a safe, welcoming, and trauma-informed learning environment
- Track learner progress informally and adapt delivery accordingly
- Work collaboratively with Monarch Education and local partners to ensure high-quality provision
Essential Requirements
- Recognised ESOL qualification (CELTA, TESOL, TEFL, ESOL Level 5 or equivalent)
- Proven experience teaching ESOL / EAL / TEFL to adults or community groups
- Strong understanding of working with vulnerable learners, including refugees or newly arrived residents
- Excellent communication skills, patience, and cultural sensitivity
- Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)
- Reliability, flexibility, and professionalism
Desirable Experience
- Community-based or outreach ESOL delivery
- Working with asylum seekers, refugees, or displaced communities
- Delivering functional English, employability ESOL, or integration-focused learning
What Monarch Education Offers
- Flexible, sessional work that fits around other commitments
- Opportunities to work on meaningful, community-impact programmes
- Competitive hourly rates (paid via Monarch Education)
- Access to Affinity Academy – ongoing CPD and training
- Dedicated SEND & Alternative Provision support team
- A supportive, fully compliant, REC-accredited safeguarding agency
- Refer-a-Friend scheme (up to £200)
Why This Role Matters
This programme is designed to be practical, accessible, and responsive to local need. As an ESOL tutor, you will play a key role in helping learners build confidence, navigate their community, and feel more at home in the UK.
To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide – please visit our website – About Us – Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)
Important Information:
- All pay rates provided are inclusive of rolled up holiday pay.
- Equal Opportunities – Monarch
- Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant’s applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.
- This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.
