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Adult Education Organiser Career Details

Adult education organisers, also known as community education organisers, research and plan programmes of evening or part-time courses.

They talk to groups and individuals in the community to find out what they want, and liaise with local course providers. Courses include formal programmes of learning (such as GCSEs and A levels, and in Scotland, S grades and H grades). They also include informal learning (such as courses that aim to develop confidence and learning skills).

Adult education organisers’ duties and responsibilities may include:

advertising for, interviewing and appointing tutors
organising suitable venues and times for classes
planning, printing, advertising and distributing course information
advising and guiding people who are trying to decide which courses to take, both in person and by telephone
running enrolment evenings
visiting classes to make sure that the programme is going as planned
controlling the budget for adult education and bidding for more funding
administrative work (they may have an assistant to help with this task).

Many adult education organisers combine their work with teaching adult classes part-time. Some of their time is also spent going to meetings, on training courses and keeping up to date with lifelong learning developments.

Working Environment

Adult education organisers can work full-time or part- time. They almost certainly work during evenings, and sometimes on Saturdays.

Organisers are usually based in an office in a school, college or local centre where courses are held. They may sometimes work from home. The job involves considerable travel locally to visit classes and go to meetings.

Adult Education Organiser Related Skills

To be an adult education organiser you should:

have experience of working with adults
be committed to lifelong learning
have knowledge of a range of academic and practical subjects in order to select suitable tutors
understand the education and qualification system
have good planning and organising skills
be able to communicate with a wide range of people
have good administrative and numerical skills.

A driving licence is usually needed.

Adult Education Organiser Career Opportunities

Adult education organisers in England and Wales work for a local education authority, a college of further education or an independently funded community organisation.

In Scotland they work for the Community Education Service, an independently funded community organisation, a further education college or a higher education institution.

The number of adult education organisers is increasing and is likely to continue increasing as lifelong learning becomes established.

Promotion opportunities in adult education tend to be more limited than in further education and higher education. Adult education organisers may be able to transfer to teaching, educational guidance work or community development. They may move into an urban or rural regeneration project.

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