Associate Lecturer - CIPD

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary up to £21.50 per hour DOE and Qualifications

Hours/Weeks: 4hrs per week, 17.00 – 21.00 on Thursdays

Contract Type: Sessional – Hourly Paid

About the role:

We are currently seeking an Associate Lecturer in CIPD to join our Business department at The Bedford College group.

As a lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Delivering and assessing CIPD professional courses within the Business department.
• Supporting and guiding students to achieve success and realise their potential.
• Managing students' learning and providing a high-quality learning experience.
• Contributing pro-actively to developments in the Department in curriculum development and innovating teaching.
• Teaching effectively on CIPD professional courses, recognising and meeting students' individual needs.
• Researching, developing and effectively implementing new learning materials in a variety of media to engage students in learning.
• Assessing students' work effectively to meet awarding body standards and carrying out verification and moderation.
• Meeting assessment deadlines as set by the awarding body and the college.
• Monitoring and recording students' progress and taking action to ensure students meet required standards and deadlines.
• Maintaining records on students' progress and performance, communicating in a timely manner to the Course Lead where there are issues / concerns.
• Keeping up to date with developments in subject specialism and sharing expertise with colleagues.
• Ensuring that learning environments are interesting and that learning experiences include diversity awareness and meet health and safety requirements.
• Being responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and for raising any concerns in line with college procedures.
• Being responsible for promoting equality and diversity in line with college procedures.
• Being responsible for following health and safety requirements in line with college policy and procedures.
• Participating proactively in training and development including qualification development required in the job role.

About you:

• Are CIPD qualified (or equivalent)
• Have English and mathematics or similar at GCSE grade A-C or equivalent Industry experience of working within an HR environment
• Have experience of meeting deadlines
• Possess the ability to effectively research, develop and implement new learning materials to engage students in learning
• Possess the ability to extend students learning experience by application of learning to the vocation/profession.
• Possess the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children, young people, and vulnerable adults
• Have a willingness to update skills and knowledge

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: 17 March 2025

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred – At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Bedford College

Bedford College has a number of sites across the town and surrounding areas, these include our main Cauldwell Street campus in the heart of the town, our hair and beauty salon on the High Street, the advanced automotive centre on Brunel Road and the gas and technology plumbing centre in Kempston.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.