Educator (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

  Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)

  London, England

Job Purpose:

To teach WSET qualifications, focusing on Levels 1, 2 and 3 in Wines, delivering high quality and engaging sessions to WSET School London students.

Support the delivery of WSET School London’s events programme and non-qualification activities.

You will contribute to the wider WSET Teaching faculty, supporting the quality control cycle and undertake activities to promote WSET and WSET School London.

Principle duties and responsibilities:

Teaching

• Teach across levels 1-3 as required by schedule set by Students Services Team
• Teach a minimum of 800 hours contact time per year.
• Undertake lesson observations in line with School Policy
• Ensure all courses are delivered to WSET School London’s high-quality standard.
• Mark work when required
• Deliver online course and webinars
• Support Programme Manager – Levels 1-3 where necessary and ensure cohesion between events and qualifications.

Events and tastings

• With support of Tastings and Events Manager, develop a diverse programme of consumer tasting events
• Liaise with speakers and attendees and ensure the smooth running of all events
• Work with the Resources Team to ensure events have appropriate samples and are set up correctly.
• Work with School Marketing Manager to promote events to new and expanding audiences
• Support delivery of student engagement events and other activities
• Contribute of monthly report monthly on events and produce annual review of all event activities.
• Support qualification courses by the planning of events and revision sessions.
• Work on students deals card, partnering with local businesses

General

• Attend WSET school team meetings as and when required
• Participate in the School quality review cycle for both events and qualifications
• Support school courses and initiatives as required
• Promote the WSET School London as a flagship provider of WSET qualification
• Contribute to 1-1’s and appraisal process in line with WSET procedure
• Build network of contacts within the industry and improve own knowledge by attending tastings and events
• Help at wider WSET events as requested
• Complete relevant CPD as identified with School Principal.
• Complete all work inline with WSET policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the successful overall operation of the Trust by undertaking such other tasks as may from time to time be requested’

Personal specification

Personal Attributes

• Confident when speaking in front of groups
• Highly organised with attention to detail
• Flexible with a positive can-do attitude
• Self-motivated
• Passion for wine, spirits, and Sake

Essential competencies:

• Experience delivering WSET Courses across Levels 1-2
• Experience in planning and delivering consumer tasting events and training
• Good inter-personal and communication skills
• Good IT skills including Microsoft office and Microsoft dynamics
• WSET Qualifications

Desirable attributes:

• Hold the WSET Level 4 Diploma
• WSET Educator programme
• Hold a relevant teaching qualification
• Ability to deliver level 3 and Diploma
• Ability to teach Spirits and Sake
• Significant experience working in the Drinks Industry

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