Arborist Tutor


Company:	Central YMCA
Salary:	£27,686
Hours:	Full-time
Working pattern:	Remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Jul 2026
Closing date:	14 Aug 2026

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Summary

About Us

Central YMCA is the world's first YMCA and a national charity with a proud heritage of creating opportunities for people to thrive. Today, we are dedicated to transforming lives through education, skills and employability, helping young people and adults gain the confidence, qualifications and experience they need to build brighter futures.

As an independent training provider, we deliver high-quality study programmes, apprenticeships and vocational training in partnership with employers, equipping learners with the skills and knowledge to succeed in work while supporting employers to develop a skilled workforce.

Everything we do is driven by our charitable purpose. We work to break down barriers to learning, raise aspirations and create opportunities for individuals, while delivering high-quality, sustainable programmes that make a lasting difference to learners, employers and the communities we serve.

If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to make a meaningful impact every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Build a career in teaching? Let us fund the journey

Perhaps you've spent years working in arboriculture and are ready to pass your knowledge on to the next generation. If you hold credible industry qualifications and have experience of training or developing apprentices in the workplace, this could be the perfect opportunity. Whether you're looking to step away from hands-on work or take the next step in your career, we'll support you in becoming an outstanding Apprenticeship Tutor.

You don’t need to be a teacher to apply.

Whether you’re an experienced industry professional or a talented, qualified arborist with a passion for developing others, we’ll fully fund your assessor qualifications, develop your teaching skills give you the time and support to develop your skills whilst coaching you every step of the way. This is a springboard into a career in education.

Why join Central YMCA?

We’re the world’s first YMCA, a national charity with a simple purpose: helping people live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives. Join us and you’ll be part of something with real social purpose, at an exciting time of growth and transformation.

What we offer:

Fully funded assessor qualifications — with paid study time and mentoring built in

30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

Extra paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days a year

Flexibility in the role to work full-time, part-time and flexible patterns all considered; tell us what works for you

Home-based working when not on site with apprentices

4% contributory pension scheme and life insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Charity Employee Discount Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme, free confidential support (including counselling) for you and your immediate family

We have an exciting opportunity for an Arborist Tutor to join our Skills team, delivering arborist apprenticeship standards across the Midlands and surrounding areas.

As our Arborist Tutor (Apprenticeships), you’ll guide apprentices from their first day right through to EPA (End Point Assessment), delivering engaging training on site and online, assessing competence in the field, and building strong relationships with learners and their employers.

You'll also play an important role in developing and maintaining strong employer partnerships, promoting our apprenticeship programmes, supporting the recruitment and enrolment of apprentices, and identifying opportunities to grow our provisions across the region.

Day to day, you’ll:

Deliver one-to-one or group practical and knowledge teaching sessions to apprentices

Conduct workplace reviews and progress meetings

Assess learner work and provide constructive feedback via our online portfolio

Set SMART targets and agree next steps with learners

Monitor learner progress against target completion dates

Manage your own diary & caseload of apprentices throughout their learning journey including: sign-up, teaching & learning, ongoing assessment, progress reviews, End Point Assessment preparation and completion

Keep learner records accurate, timely and audit-ready

Maintain regular contact with employers and workplace mentors.

Build trusted relationships with employers across the region, opening doors to new apprenticeship & business opportunities

This is a rewarding opportunity to help shape the next generation of arborists while delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes that create lasting value for learners, employers and the communities we serve.

People are at the heart of everything we do. If you're passionate about creating opportunities through education and want to be part of an organisation where your work makes a meaningful difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments: Central YMCA is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you are shortlisted for interview and require any reasonable adjustments or additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please let the Hiring Manager know when you are invited to interview. This will help us put appropriate arrangements in place to ensure you can participate fully in the selection process.

Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available from Central YMCA website.

Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children. Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to complete a disclosure form prior to interview.

Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of our pre-employment checks. These include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, a satisfactory prohibition from teaching check (where applicable), verification of your right to work and identity, and original qualification certificates relevant to the role.

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