Early Years Trainer or Trainee

Realise are recruiting for qualified Early Years Trainer Assessors, covering learners in the South East London region.

As a Trainer, your focus will be to support learners to reach their goals through their Early Years Level 2, 3 or 5 apprenticeships or ASF short courses. As the first point of contact for your learners you will provide the support they need to flourish through their learning journey with Realise.

• Supporting a caseload of 45 learners across your region, face to face and remotely
• Delivering a range of award-winning qualifications
• Creating appropriate solutions for your learners to ensure that they have the best experience possible and develop their interests and career
• Utilising our e-portfolio system to effectively manage the learner journey

We welcome applications from full-time and part-time candidates.

This is a home-based role, with travel required within approx. 1 hour radius to visit learners and employers. Around 70% of your week will be spent on the road, but as you’ll manage your own diary, you’ll have flexibility in how you plan your time. This will be discussed with you further in your interview.

• For a Trainee with no teaching or assessing qualifications: £27,500
• For a qualified Trainer able to deliver Level 3: up to £29,000
• For a qualified Trainer able to deliver Level 5: up to £30,000
• Up to £160 bonus for each learner you refer

• 25 days holiday plus public and bank holidays
• Purchase scheme for up to 5 additional days annual leave
• Birthday and Christmas Eve off
• Flexible working
• Health Shield scheme
• Life insurance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Sick pay
• Bereavement leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• £1,000 Employee referral bonus scheme

• A Level 3 qualification in Early Years, or equivalent is essential
• Significant occupational competency in an Early Years setting
• An assessing qualification (e.g., TAQA/A1/D32/33, CAVA) would be advantageous
• A teaching qualification (e.g., AET, PTLLS) would be advantageous
• Experience in building and managing your own caseload
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• IT competent with working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• The Realise Recruitment team will be in touch, regardless of the outcome
• Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely
• You can expect a one-stage interview process for this position, which will comprise of a one‑hour formal interview, likely on Teams, where we will ask you a series of competency and behavioural questions, followed by a short micro‑teach
• As an inclusive employer, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments

Realise helps more than 18,000 learners every year to achieve their goals. We only specialise in the areas we have in-depth expertise in – early years & education, health & social care, transport, business skills, and adult skills.

Our mission has always been clear, to deliver great training programmes.

We promote the wellbeing of all our learners and our employees and are fully committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and fulfilling our Prevent Duty obligations.

Please be aware that all successful applicants will undergo a DBS and online search check at the job offer stage. We request proof of qualifications and the Right to Work in the UK.

Realise is committed to investing in the latest technology to support our learners and teams. As part of our quality assurance and training processes, we may occasionally record audio and visual content. By applying, you acknowledge and accept this as part of our working environment.

Realise has been in business for over 35 years from our humble roots in Sheffield, to over 500 employees UK-wide. We are proud to be a part of the AQA charity group.