Maths Tutor


Company:	Central YMCA
Salary:	from £30,000 a year, pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Doncaster, DN1 2DY
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	24 Sept 2026
Closing date:	24 Oct 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.

Why join Central YMCA?

Smaller class sizes, enabling you to build positive relationships with learners and provide personalised support.

A supportive and collaborative curriculum team that values innovation and wellbeing.

Access to funded professional development.

Generous annual leave, plus access to a range of employee wellbeing benefits.

The opportunity to make a genuine difference to young people's futures through high-quality vocational education.

What we offer

30 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

Extra annual paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days (pro-rata for part-time)

4% Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a wide range of free and confidential services for you and your immediate family (including counselling sessions)

Charity Employee Discount Scheme

Our Commitment to Equality

Central YMCA is open to applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to equity, acceptance, and inclusion, and provide everyone who works with us the opportunity to reach their potential. Our doors are open to all and if you connect with our mission, vision, and values, we welcome you to come and be part of our team.

About You

The successful Maths Tutor will have:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and great rapport-building ability.

Be creative and brave, finding ways to engage learners and improve their maths confidence.

Nurture and empower learners by supporting them to overcome barriers.

Be highly organised, with demonstrated planning and time-management skills (supported by good IT skills).

PGCE/Certificate in Education, or L5 Diploma in Education and Training.

Qualified to a minimum of Level 3 in maths, and a minimum of Level 2 in English.

Experience of teaching maths up to Level 2 and/or GCSE.

Effective skills in managing conflict and maintaining high standards of classroom behaviour.

About the Role

As a Maths Tutor, you will be responsible for delivering engaging and practical learning experiences to young people at our centre in Doncaster.

You will support learners from initial assessment through to successful completion and achievement, helping them build a variety of skills, confidence, and a recognised qualification in either functional skills or GCSE maths.

Following a specific curriculum delivery model, you will support our young people to develop and grow their maths skills and knowledge across the academic year, allowing them to succeed in gaining maths qualifications and therefore supporting progression with next steps. Often building on existing skills and knoweldge of maths, the tutor will support our young people to overcome any barriers to learning they may have in the subject, utilising all their own skills and subject knowledge to support growth and build confidence in our young people.

This role combines classroom teaching and pastoral support, preparing learners for progression into employment, apprenticeships, or further education. You will also work closely with vocational tutors, learner support mentors and external partners to support positive learner outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver and teach Entry Level to Level 2 Functional Skills and/or GCSE English & maths

Embed work readiness, behaviour, and social skills into lessons

Monitor learner progress and set individual learning targets

Organise and support assessments, coursework, and examinations

Provide pastoral and tutorial support to learners

Maintain accurate learner records using ICT and tracking systems

Build effective links with apprenticeship tutors and external organisations

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.

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