Horticulture & Gardening Tutor

Horticulture & Gardening Tutor 

Location: HMP Dovegate, Staffordshire ST14 8XR 

Salary: £33,738 - £37,652 plus excellent benefits 

Schedule: 08.15 am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. 40 hours per week 

Ready to impact a better future? 

As a Horticulture & Gardening Tutor in our Justice and Immigration team, you’ll deliver hands on, practical and workfocused learning that helps people in custody build skills, confidence, and qualifications that support rehabilitation and future employability. You’ll shape positive learning experiences that open doors, increase opportunity, and create a meaningful pathway forward. 

Your role will help learners develop industryrelevant skills and secure recognised qualifications, building their readiness for work and strengthening their longterm prospects. Through high quality teaching, inclusive practice, and a purposeful learning environment, you’ll help create a future where every learner has the chance to progress. 

What you’ll do as a Horticulture & Gardening Tutor 

You’ll be entrusted to: 

• Deliver engaging, practical learning across vocational disciplines, embedding employability, functional skills, and British Values throughout. 

• Create and maintain Individual Learning Plans and closely track learner progress and achievement. 

• Design schemes of work, lesson plans and “rollon, rolloff” programmes that respond to a changing learner population. 

• Contribute to curriculum development, ensuring learning materials and resources remain current and effective. 

• Administer assessments, marking and accreditation processes in line with awarding requirements. 

• Provide pastoral support as a Personal Tutor, helping learners build confidence, resilience, and positive learning behaviours. 

• Maintain safe, inclusive and motivating learning environments that follow all security and safeguarding protocols. 

• Keep accurate learner records, registers and documentation to support compliance and quality assurance. 

• Work collaboratively with education managers, vocational supervisors and colleagues to deliver a cohesive and supportive learner experience. 

• Promote vocational programmes and engage with internal and external partners to raise awareness and opportunity. 

Does this sound like you? 

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have: 

• Experience delivering Horticulture & Gardening or work based learning within education, training or industry settings. 

• A minimum Level 3 teaching qualification and Level 3 assessor qualification. (Alternatively if you have proven occupational experience in horticulture & gardening Serco can support with obtaining your assessor qualification) 

• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to motivate, coach and support diverse learners. 

• A commitment to highquality teaching, continuous improvement, and inclusive learning practice. 

• Confidence working in a structured environment with clear safeguarding and compliance requirements. 

Vetting and checks: 

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role. 

Discover all you need to keep growing 

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them. 

What we offer 

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year) 

• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme 

• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression 

• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Sercomanaged leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service 

• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel 

• Charity: Paid volunteering day, taxfree charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity 

• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds. 

•  

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.