Lecturer

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of autistic young people? Do you bring creativity, resilience, and a commitment to helping learners overcome challenges and achieve their goals? At Ambitious College, we are looking for a dedicated and inspiring Lecturer to join our team—someone who will empower learners, nurture independence, and support them to thrive both in and beyond college.

This is more than a teaching role. It’s an opportunity to build meaningful relationships, guide personal growth, and create a truly inclusive learning environment where every learner feels valued, understood, and supported. You will develop strong, trusting relationships with learners, taking the time to understand their individual needs and adapting your approach to help them succeed. A key part of the role involves supporting learners through both everyday challenges and more sensitive conversations, always with empathy, professionalism, and respect.

You’ll play a central role in shaping a positive and inclusive college community. This includes promoting emotional wellbeing, supporting positive mental health, and creating a safe environment where learners can grow in confidence and independence. Working closely with each learner, you will help set meaningful personal, social, and educational goals, and provide consistent guidance to support their progress. You’ll also contribute to preparing learners for life beyond college—whether that’s further education, employment, or greater independence within their communities.

Alongside your work with learners, you will contribute to a strong and collaborative staff team. You’ll lead by example, supporting colleagues to deliver high-quality, learner-centred practice and encouraging a culture of reflection, consistency, and continuous development.

We’re looking for someone who is adaptable, reflective, and forward-thinking. You’ll be confident in adjusting your teaching strategies and support plans to meet changing needs, and creative in finding ways to engage and motivate learners. Most importantly, you’ll be committed to helping every learner achieve their long-term goals and reach their full potential.

Diversity, Safeguarding & Recruitment: Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age. Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process.

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 may be carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.