ASM - Workplace Literacy & Numeracy

• Full Time
• Application Closes 14 Jan 2023
• Bay of Plenty - Rotorua
• Vocational Education Teacher, Postsecondary

Full-time, Fixed Term (until end of December 2023)

Mokoia Campus, Rotorua or Windermere Campus, Tauranga

Toi Ohomai delivers quality vocational education and training to both domestic and international students, across five main campuses in Rotorua, Tauranga, Taupō, Tokoroa and Whakatāne, and numerous delivery sites across the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. 

Toi Ohomai is now a division of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology and part of a transformational change unifying all 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics across Aotearoa; together with other work-based, provider-based and online learning. Collectively we will be NZ’s largest tertiary education provider with national and regional reach enabling learners and employers to move seamlessly between workplaces, other educational offerings and locations as their needs change.

Join a supportive team of diverse and highly skilled people who have a passion for education and engaging with the community. This position is for an Academic Staff Member (ASM) to teach on our Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Programme and can be based in Rotorua or Tauranga. Travel may be required.

As an ASM your key responsibilities for this position include:

• Marketing to and identifying workplaces who wish to provide Workplace Literacy & Numeracy programmes for their staff
• Negotiating with workplaces to design programmes to meet the specific learner needs of their staff
• The delivery of the Workplace Literacy & Numeracy programme
• Provide leadership in learner management
• To develop, plan and implement learner assessment, courses and resource material in a workplace environment
• To monitor learner progress, results and provide timely and accurate advice and support as required 
• Planning and scheduling of the programme 

The skills, experience and qualifications required for this role include:

• Previous experience within the literacy and numeracy area is preferred though not essential
• Have teaching experience and or qualification, i.e. NCALNE (Desirable)
• Have confidence engaging and working with Māori and Pasifika models of learning
• Ability to network with businesses and employers 
• A good level of computer literacy skills 
• Have a positive attitude 

Importantly you will be able to demonstrate strong alignment and commitment to our Toi Ohomai Values.

Applications close: 14 January 2022

As a responsible employer and education provider, Toi Ohomai is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons act and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.