Freelance Training Consultants

at  Ambitious about Autism

FREELANCE TRAINING CONSULTANTS (0875)

At Ambitious about Autism, we’re currently looking for Freelance Training Consultants to support our National Services team.
You’ll work within the Training and Consultancy team to deliver both in person and online training to education or employment professionals, dependent on your area of expertise.
You’ll possess sound knowledge and expertise in the field of autism and education/employability, specialising in delivering training and knowledge to support autistic young people. You’ll support either education setting and organisations to become autism confident, providing interactive, captivating training both in-person and virtually.
You’ll contribute to the creation and delivery of digital learning content to be utilised by external organisations, including employers and corporate clients, health and social care and education sectors.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Substantial experience of delivering training to professionals, parents and other audiences.
• Experience of working with autistic young people, parents/carers and employers.
• An understanding of the challenges faced by autistic young people in the workplace/education setting.
• Ability to design and deliver training and CPD programmes to improve inclusive practice.

We are flexible on the number of hours you work. Our training sessions typically last either 1 hour, 3 hours or a full day and you will be paid either on an hourly rate or a day rate, dependent on the type of training that is being delivered.
We do not require a cover letter for this role, so you are welcome to leave this section blank unless you would like to provide some more context around your experience.
If you would like to find out more about the role and the requirements, please contact Emma at eallix@ambitousaboutautism.org.uk.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

• Location:Hybrid Working
• Salary:Circa £450 per day (depending on number of hours worked)
• Contract Type:Part Time
• Vacancy Type:Consultant
• Closing Date:28 July 2024

Please refer the Job description for details