Science and Access to HE Lecturer

College location: East Surrey College (Redhill)

Salary: £27,494 - £39,131 Pro rata (a market supplement may apply subject to qualifications, skills, and experience)

Hours: Part Time - 4 days a week

We are currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Science Lecturer to join our Professional and Services Industries department to deliver teaching and learning across Levels 2-3 BTEC Applied Science courses. In this exciting role, you will be responsible for planning learning programmes for groups of students, guiding them through the learning process, and undertaking assessment on an agreed range of programmes.

Working closely with the Director of Learning and the rest of the team, you will have the chance to share your knowledge and skills with students to help them achieve at the highest level as well as driving continuous improvement within the College. You will act as a personal tutor giving pastoral care, promote attendance, support students to attain suitable work placements, participate in team meetings, and contribute to the planning, development, and review activities within your subject area.

The successful candidate must have:

• A teaching qualification (ideally level 5 or above such as a PGCE, DET/DTLLS or Cert ED)
• Relevant FE teaching and assessing experience across BTEC levels 2 - 4
• A Science-based degree (ideally Chemistry)
• Experience of tutoring and pastoral care for 16-19 in the FE sector
• BTEC internal verification experience
• Relevant industry experience
• Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent

It is also highly desirable that you hold the Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement and also desirable for you to hold a Certificate/Award in Internal Quality Assurance (if old qualifications are held (e.g. A1 or V1) it is essential that you are willing to update to the new standards).

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward-thinking, friendly, fast-paced, changing environment with state-of-the-art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such as an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday package, free onsite parking, and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in-house Spa and Salon treatments.

Closing Date: Monday 16th December 2024

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately, you have not been selected for the position.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campuses are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.